On June 16, 1970, SSgt. Deverton C. Cochran was team leader and SP4 Carl J. Laker the assistant team leader of a reconnaissance team from Company H, 75th Infantry, 1st Cavalry Divison on an area search mission in Cambodia.
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry also know as the Bullwhip Squadron was an aerial reconnaissance cavalry [...]
On this day in 1969 a slap in the face to the 3rd Battalion, 187 Infantry, 101st Airborne Divison happened. These were the men who fought onHamburger Hill. That particular battle occurred during Operation Apache Snow, and also involved the 9th Marines.
On June 17, 1969 U.S. intelligence reports that an estimated 1,000 [...]
Major John R. Schumann was an advisor from Headquarters, MACV, and his job was assisting a village chief in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam. On June 16, 1965, he was in an automobile with the village chief while the unit they were overseeing was operating about 5 miles northeast of the city
of Vinh Long along [...]
Hey everyone, sorry I’ve been MIA, sometimes work gets the best of us. On a side note, still not getting pics to show up on my blog, will have to figure something out, because when I do peices on Military Badges I would like to show a picture of them too Ok, [...]
Today was in interesting day for Vietnam War history. To add on to what happened today I was able to find a round about first hand report on this particular incident. The following is a condensed version of an article that appeared in the July issue of Proceedings, journal of the US Naval [...]
In the spring of 1964, Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against Neutralist forces on the Plain of Jars in Xiangkhoang Province, Laos, prompting Neutralist General Kong Le to warn the Royal Lao Government that without air support the situation was hopeless, mostly because the troops of the Royal Lao Army had fled. [...]
On June 06, 1964, two U.S. Navy jets flying low-altitude target reconnaissance missions over Laos are shot down by communist Pathet Lao ground fire. Washington immediately ordered armed jets to escort the reconnaissance flights, and by June 9, escort jets were attacking Pathet Lao headquarters. The downing of the two reconnaissance aircraft and the retaliatory [...]
So, I decided to Tivo that new show on CBS called Swingtown. Why? Well….hey I was only 2 in 1976 and I wanted to see what the fuss was all about! I certainly don’t remember my parents being like those couples nor do I remember my sisters being like the teenagers on [...]
(****Disclaimer**** I’m a collector of patches. My facination started when I was a kid walking around the Army Post. I liked the colors, I liked that it meant you belonged somewhere and I liked that everyone was proud to display it. I started collecting Police Department patches, because, well…lets just say [...]
The Douglas A1 Skyraider (”Spad”) is a highly maneuverable, propeller driven aircraft designed as a multipurpose attack bomber or utility aircraft. The E model generally carried two crewmen. The A1 was first used by the Air Force in its Tactical Air Command to equip the first Air Commando Group engaged in counterinsurgency operations in South [...]