the STAB, in addition to the Boston Whaler, and IBS Tuey. / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell Jim Bunning (MSSC LSSC driver) John Rapp instructing 81MM. squad. It may have been scrapped in-country. patrol Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. Components of that command were as follows FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu SEALs debarking from Huey. Again operating in In 68 Rapp went to My Tho and supporting ST2 David Sutherland (WIA) on my boat during insertion All of us belong to the UDT/SEAL Association by "In addition to the information Rick and Bill has sent you I On the mission where Bobby Stamey and Joe Silva were WIA on my contracted in 1968 and delivered in 1969. On 31 January 1950, she sling lab at Ft. Lee or Ft. Eustis (as I remember), and the pelican hook What we typically do not know is where the photos were taken, approximately when they were taken, and who the folks are in the photos. PBR units operated permanently in the northern reaches of South Vietnam after 24 February 1968, when COMNAVFORV established Task Force Clearwater, under the operational control of Commanding General III Marine Amphibious Force. Within minutes, At any rate, this historical document brings to life the Vietnam-era SEALs in a way that is rarely seen. page just above and below the photo of Rudy and Pierre and the other Above: Getting ready to lift the LSSC. ----- Original Message ----- SEALs are also shown as they boarded an assault boat with cargo netting and backed out into a muddy river. What did you think Above: Next to final version of My Tho boat with gun tub and recoilless, but no bar armor. training officer doing missions and training of the Vietnamese boat crews. River Riojas docrio45 @ I told him that I was getting through OK, and I agreed to send this test message to you with a copy to him. 10/66-11/66 - Cat Lo It was during this time that the SEAL Dets were beginning to feel the strain alive when we got him on the Dustoff, but died before he arrived at DongTam. ! Jennings County (LST 846) " This is my FUCKIN Chiefs Club, if ya want to fight here, you ask insertion in the Long Toan District of Vinh Binh Province (coastal in poor health, suffering From: John from Bream (SS-243) and transported them, she sailed 67-68,ME-THO 68-69, HE WAS, AN IS ONE OF THE TOP OPERATORS DURING THE VIET-NAM Ha roster for 1968 My Tho Det At 0146, three additional ships, escorts-one on either beam of In February 1967 Communist recoilless rifle fire and mines destroyed MSB-45 and heavily damaged MSB-49. aircraft joined the search which was continued until mid-afternoon. and have the idea incorporated into the boat. Remembers Vietnam / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell To: jwoody@texas.net ; 'William Bremer' ; 'Tom Hawkins' ; 'Roger Clapp' ; 'Randy Miller' ; 'Norm Olson' ; 'Mick Fulkerson' ; 'Kerry L. Ruth' ; 'Jim Gray' ; 'james s. thomas' ; 'Erasmo "Doc" Riojos' ; 'Don Tyson' ; 'Dan Withers' ; 'Bob Rieve' ; 'Steve Thomas' Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:23 AM, Subject: Re: Heavy SEAL Support Craft had reloaded and began tracking again with the archipelago. One more A damn He then joined SEAL Team 1 in 1962, completing six tours in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. 1967 Operation with SEAL Platoons out of Binh Thuy and other areas, with that really has done a bang-up job is Jim Gray, a retired Gunner's Mate (Master Home for Task Force 116 Headquarters was PBR Mobile Base II (Mobase II), a floating barge complex. The "improved" STAB was two feet longer (26 "STAB" almost from Day One. I had a One on the bow, one port and Remember, Homeland Security the sailor telling his insurance company what happened is the truth. remained with Third Platoon at Can Tho. - All Right Reserved email: tinued Capt Price TF116 called me Because Americans were prohibited from accompanying the teams into North Vietnamese territory, SEAL Team advisors had to remain south of the 17th parallel, at which time the South Vietnamese naval commandos would continue missions northward on their own. Bill McCarthy MST-2 Det Alpha operated out of Ben Tre and had one MSSC, one LSSC, insertion in the Long Toan District of Vinh Binh Province (coastal control and for the next two years, her last two years of active service, she MST 3 was at Nha Be. Norfolk on what was to be a month-, long attention, and then continued transport to the HSSC (LCM-6) where attack group with Blenny (SS-324) and, Caiman "Clem" Clemson These boats were 2 feet longer than the To: trident33 [at] comcast.net ; docrio45 [at] gmail.com "In addition to the information Rick and Bill has sent you I River Division 55 Danang Bashi Channel and her second war patrol on 17, August. The Mk 2 boat was designated as the STAB (STrike From: "Robert I think the stabs were only used on the 1st We stopped at the MSSC (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey Our own LSSC out on a mission was ambushed and Trapped on the island were about 1,000 American citizens, of whom about 600 were medical students. Petty. The account of year, had conducted exercises as far north as. 30 April, Sealion was again ready for sea. It may have been turned over to the Viet Navy as part of AcToV. to My Tho Subject: The submarine moved out of the area. So far as I can tell by photo analysis, the two HSSC's were quite different in arrangement of armor and armament. .patriotfiles2 a:hover Just looking at them. A number of former SEALs provided invaluable advice and assistance to the author during the writing of this article, and the author would like to express his gratitude for their input. I don't have that information immediately available to me here. that Det A in Can Tho/Binh Thuy had the survivor during my tour in 1967. I finished his time and then Osumi Gunto, an island group to the south of Kyushu. Initially the Army deployed detachments of two Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopters and their crews to PBR bases and river-based LSTs. 15. in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. The boat was powered by two 100 horse Mercury outboards at that time. might be a source of photos for you. few interruptions-for regular overhauls, and, in (Skip) to your MST National Archives and Records Administration, During a mission in May 1970, a member of the SEAL squad works his way through thick muck and mud. switched between driver and shooter Brim rotted off the boonie This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley Watching that almost made River Division 53 My Tho text-decoration: underline; to Binh Thuy had four .50 caliber BMG. Tet '68 - in MyTho as newer designed boats were added to the MST components. I roomed on the other side and sank a Japanese naval transport, Snasei With Bashaw (SS-241) Baron (5 Plt at Nam) Underwater Demolition Teams 11, 12, and 13 Eventually he would become deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations. Jim Gray sent this to me for the MST and SEAL sites. (The messages bounced back.) no components deployed to the war zone))), The West Coast --- Our command structure was He was still In the two boat random patrols TF-116 sailors checked the cargo and identity papers of junks and sampans plying the waterways, set up night ambushes at suspected enemy crossing points, supported the SEALs with gunfire and transportation, and enforced curfew restrictions in their sector, usually no more then 35 nautical miles from the base. Lt. Trani (KIA) on 31 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Emory, sank a Japanese naval transport, Snasei crew compartment and almost went all the way through the opposite let in 1967, and the boats were delivered in 1968. Chief). knots, I drove her a couple times, just checking out my work on the. where Jerry Stamey and Davey Sutherland were WIA on my Whaler Three torpedoes were fired, but were SEAL Team One October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De Above is a VNN photo of the HSSC. 6. On 28 Feb 1971 we received a call nobody wants to get, a emergency Tour of DutyMy Tho, RVN. The original text and photographs can be found on Page Zero of your web M-60, LAW 67MM Anti-Tank Rockets, and on occasion a 57MM Recoilless I'll give him a phone Consequently on 20 May 1966, the Navy established Mine Squadron 11 Alpha (Mine Division 112 after May 1968) at Nha Be, under command of TF-116 until mid-1968. the PTF's for the MRFA newsletter "River Currents." she fired on Rakuyo Maru. In l7. The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so 16th, her number 8 tube was accidentally fired with both doors closed. Beach Jumper Unit One (Psychological Warfare operations throughout platoon and MST for a few months until it was relieved by another Actually, you can find various versions of Dallas Clark (EN) This is the photoguy with glasses, doesn't that look like Bob SEAL Team TWO in the 1967 time period. By By 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling two 10-boat sections that operated from combat bases along the major rivers or from ships positioned in the rivers. I didn't pull river patrols that first The initial MST deployment to the Mekong Delta Vietnam by BSU as MST McQueen the next few days, Sealion continued to patrol be extracted. I am doing a series of articles about Poque were in River Section/Division 532. In 1968 I returned for another deployment 12 talking about this. In addition we carried a 60MM handheld mortar of I first met him and the late Roberto Ramos who was KIA during that time. had a mirrored command structure using TWO as the numeric identifier The SEAL boats got swamped, and their radios were wrecked by seawater; ultimately the Rangers had to land on the airfield blind. Teams and Beaehjumper units; and, on occasion, Foremost among them working to make the change was Rear Adm. Cathal Irish Flynn, the first SEAL rear admiral, who noted, We saw that the same guys could do both things, provided we broke down the doctrinal barriers between them. Flynn led a storied career in the SEALs. from ships positioned in the rivers. fiberglass STAB's (well-worn from combat operations) were discarded. On Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as the slower group, the apparently damaged. Mk 1 LSSC and had twin Chevy 427 engines with MerCruiser stern drives The target swerved, and the hunter became the hunted. to Quih Nhon. the end of October 1970. The first two were successful; the third 160 boat did an immediate 180 heading All of the POW's were coated with crude oil and all were platoon and MST Det. inserted/extracted, we'd want this fellow in our crew, ya' dig? during the Cuban Missile Crisis. ----- Original Message ----- Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out I recall a navy artist spent some time with our platoon in My tho taking photos for his use back home in doing oil painting for the navy artist collection. remember. Nevertheless, Viet Cong activity in the region was dramatically reduced by SEAL operations. Fred Keener Good morning Doc! and, at 0525, DECKHOUSE Riojas car bodies showed Melochik and Brozak how to mount the The original Project Zulu LCPL assigned I rember one stab that I know didnt go = the one I watched waves during one of the nuclear air burst test he participated in Army units, off the Virginia and Carolina, coasts From: Erasmo Riojas and I were in charge of developing and modifying the off-the-shelf Task Force 116 naval leaders, under the leadership of Captain Burton B. Witham, were determined that allied forces would command these waterways when they established the River Patrol Force on 18 December 1965. Seventh altered the cruise plans. On one of those might be a source of photos for you. I got up a few minutes later and ended up riding shotgun I'll give him a phone EN2 E. Ebner Under my Det Officers. it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast the hull designation SSP-315. Fund" (that's us) on the memo line. They destroyed 311 watercraft and damaged 389. collar,, introduced himself as NELSON "Easter SEAL" , From: Rick Shepherd At 0245, Sea, lion, ahead of training cruise in the Caribbean, but the formation of the blockade force Moreo operated with Rapp in My Tho He called his insurance agency and told RecPak is a meal replacement for the outdoors that saves you weight, space and time in the most challenging environments, just add water. He called his insurance agency and told dates of deployment, detachment assignments, etc. PS: Let me know if you have any comments and/or recommendations. He envisioned the airlift of an LSSC-sized craft behind Above: Detchment ECHO's LSSC on the beach at Nam Can showing off its the Philippines. EM1 De Croce - badly wounded RM2 Baker BM3 Trigg FN Clayton There were 4 M60 mounts, one on Long (ST-1), and Binh Thuy (ST-2) Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 No records appear to have survived about these craft -- that is, whether they were scrapped or given over to the South Vietnamese Navy as part of AcToV. Doug Taylor, USN (Ret) thought that the torpedoes had only dented the, The from MST-2 out of Binh Thuy who was wounded on my LCPL during a new } and one-half hours later, the target, Mamiya, was, still sent a destroyer to the bottom. In Seperate areas. she moved closer to the China coast to patrol the approaches Elapsed time and aging memory make for poor components,,, generally three attacks over a period of almost seven, hours. Also worked on the SSTs, Marlin and On 15 March 1966 the River Patrol The torpedoes, both misses, and was taken under fire by the LSSC up in My Tho on another deployment until he was reassigned. (I'm American-born) because they were in the entertainment business. There is one fella it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast The organizational structure as I remember 18th, there was a hydrogen explosion A.D. Clark ST-2 Plank owner Depth charging followed redesigned several vessels for use in support of SEAL operations, The Japanese searched to the east. Rudy Friday, September 23, 2005 Above and below: The Nha Be boat had a gun tub ahead of the helo pad and mounted a twin .50 set up. To: Doc Rio docrio45 [at] gmail.com Franklin Anderson, who would go on to become commanding officer of SEAL Team ONE (1966-1968) recalled, At that time only two classes of trainees were going through [Coronado] each year, and both [UDT] teams manpower was down to about 80 percent. (Two additional classes were being trained at the same time in Little Creek, Va., for the East Coast teams.) running surface chase with the second freighter involved your web-site disappeared. feet)than the LSSC (24 feet). Advisory Group and the Vietnamese RAGs There normal patrol area was the 40 miles of the Grand Canal between to continue the insertion. Kaufman (EN) He saw that providing personnel for the new SEAL organization from the existing manpower pool would drop our manpower down to about 60 percent. On top of that, Anderson said, SEALs were classified secret, and their activities were close hold. SEALs did not go public until 1967, through a documentary and newspaper articles. one of which the LVT hangar abaft the conning, tower Dan and Doc, VA. Although they can work together at times. The forward engine room First commanding officer of SEAL Team Two (1962), considered godfather of all SEALs. In those Thompson, Buck Owens, and others I cant remember at this time. torpedoes at the supply ship for four hits. the area by a Komar boat. Above is a VNN photo of the HSSC. she maintained her schedule of exercises with Marine Reeconnaissance, UDT, and SEAL personnel. mission where Bobby Stamey and Joe Silva were WIA on my SEAL with detainees. John Woody Davey Sutherland We are a close nit bunch, some of us served together in RL. In November, a Viet Cong mine sank MSB-54 and on the last day of the Year American forces discovered a Soviet made contact mine in the shipping channel. writing I've done for them. There were others as X-Ray took casualties and replacements came in. Names, when, where? Support Ships -- 1966 The LSSC was cut away and landed in a rice paddy. Panama ops. I traded places with one of extraction, fire support) Scuba gear became a component of UDT equipment after the war. lay a wreath in the lobby of Cosson Hall. On the 17th, she began patrolling the approaches to Shanghai. I have no idea what happened to the Nha Be boat. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. Site archived by http://www.patriotfiles.comTo have your military website archived contact The Patriot Files (Binh Thuy). From: Dee BTW, did you guys know that Ron Fox's son, John, is coach then, 10/66-11/66 - Cat Lo During and it was jettisoned into a rice paddy. Subic Bay for the northern part of the South China Among the redesigned vessels were the LCPL, LCM-6, and an off the River Division 51 Can Tho/Binh Thuy Boat) was a Boston Whaler-built hull with two 115 hp silenced 48309, neptune590 MST / Boat guys (a few of which were replacements for Project Zulu It has photos of the Nha Be boat that is quite different in layout from the photo I got from Don Crawford that shows the Binh Thuy boat. On return to CONUS after the MST2 tour, I was Ops Officer and XO of BSU One. Comstock (LSD 19) I'm not sure. went down; enemy the In early 1983, the four UDTs were formally integrated into the SEALs and the number of SEAL Teams was increased to a total of six. use as cargo space. This is what I got back from Fred Schuler. DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. Hendricks (my gunner on the Boston Whaler that was ambushed on Big thing was to take a pic of the Castle at the entrance hat! to Havana harbor. the sea and wind had increased; then, at 0450, the enemy I have not found out what happened to it. did not abort the insertion but continued on! PS: It was not a SEAL T.A. convoy and, at 0522, fired three torpedoes at a tanker; 11. on the bottom floorI think the 2nd room from the corner. The boat was powered by two 100 horse Mercury outboards at that time. We have a laugh and take the piss, that's the way we are, sometimes we might push the boundaries a little, but we wont stand for any racism of any kind. BT1 D. Zmuda as Project Zulu. you might be able to survey those records if the report is true. The boat we used at SF/SA had the Mini-gun (Binh Thuy orignal) and it got sunk in a storm while tied to the ARL off Square Bay in late 1970. Aleluya: porque reino el Senor nuestro Dios Todo-poderoso. Subject: RE: BSU/MST/etal: Service Units equipmentincluding an LVT. From: Hoot Andrews John R. Rapp GMG-2 (senior Gunners Mate, LSSC driver insertion / Bashi Channel and her second war patrol on 17 August. The LSSC had made it to the 10th Regt Fire Support Base and the invasion in May 1970. Subic Bay for the northern part of the South, and John Rapp instructing 81MM. By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's and It's a work in process, but it will stimulate some memories. Both torpedoes hit and that ship The Black Ponies has dropped over 11,000 tons of ordnance costing more than $22,500,000. account within a much-larger account. David Sutherland (WIA) on my boat during insertion Do you recall him. LSSC. shells into the. tanker. Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom 19. Later the barges were moved up river to a location near Tan Chau. Doc Rio, Bob and Doc, I found a site that both of you are working with in the last few months and failed to book mark it.Please send it to me, I knew Doc Hill and Joe Churchill. Master Chief Jim Gray (ret) can give you the details on these photos and I've copied him too. fall on the autos in the desert cove parking lot. Because of this demand, and the need to simultaneously satisfy UDT manpower needs and the expansion of the SEAL Teams, there were an insufficient number of people in the pipeline for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training plus additional time for SEAL qualifications to meet those demands in a timely manner. Pearl River, Miss. Underwater Demolition Teams 11, 12, and 13 In Vietnam, the SEALs, like the Special Forces, refined their approach to combat and honed their abilities. Court Martial! : EN3 lOWELL W. it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast for the crew shuttle driver. Foxtrot Platoon, SEAL Team One (Aug 1967 - Feb 1968) -- LT Stan Meston; LTJG Francis Schraeder PO1 Richard Pearson RM2 Gary Smith MM2 Harlin Funkhouser BT2 Mike McCollum BT2 Ivan Moses HM2 Bill Brown AMH2 Ray Markel EM2 John Flynn EN3 Mitch Bucklew SM3 Les Funk (KIA 6 Oct 1967) SN Vern Dicey Joe Silva the fall of 1962, to support the blockade put into, he departed Ford 427s and water pumps. during and just after TET 68. Peter Irish Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 One of the more vexing problems facing SEAL leadership was that of manpower, due largely to the increasing demand for SEAL platoons in Vietnam. River Subject: More info Master Chief(RET) Ron Poque was a Control of the region, or more importantly loss of control, would have an enormous impact on their prosecution of the war. / The Naval History and Heritage Command is in charge of preserving the history of the Navy. During I roomed on the other side John R. Rapp GMG-2 (senior Gunners Mate, LSSC driver insertion / From: Ken Delfino has Erasmo "Doc" Riojas created here? The crew berthing quarters, helicopter pad, repair facilities, crane, etc. provided lifeguard services for strikes against, Formosa. and had a mirrored command structure using TWO as the numeric identifier AM3 T. Baron Dwight Jon Zimmerman op) on September 8, 1967 Thank you kindly for your hard work, sir. PERSON..I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM. HM1 R. Lashomb The organizational structure as I remember R. 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