*
SGT Patrick Loughney (A-331, B-3)3, C-3) * SGT Stafford "John" Landry
Jr (Medic A-104 Ha Thanh) *
Christopher E. McClure, (Cpt, 5th SFGA 8/1968-1/1970) *
Alex Humphrey (5th SFGA, BA TO 1964-65) *
Gary Brosch (XO A-104, Ha Thanh Nov 65-Aug 66) *
William O. Freyser (A-246 Mang Buc, April 62) *
Fred Thompson (CW2 174th AHC Shark 7 1970-71) *
SGT Harlow Short Medic (A-5O2/CIDG hospital at Bien Hoa 1969/70) *
Steve Sherman (Radix Press) *
Lew Merletti, A-502 Medic 69/70 *
Bob Hensler, Cpt MAT 1-27
* LCpl
Ray Rossi Radio Operator,
1st Force Recon Co,
Gia Vuc May-July 1965 *
Cpl Les Herring Team leader,
1st Force Recon Co,
Gia Vuc May-July 1965
*
Sgt
Gary Bowes A-103, Oct 66 to Jan 67 *
SSG Bill
Howe A-103, March 67 to Mai 67
And many more who send me e-mails with their encouragements
Welcome
to the Gia Vuc Website home of : A5/1, A-725, A-729, A-112, A-113, A-103 USSF A-teams.
Gia Vuc camp in November 1970, photo taken
by Seabee, Third Class Petty Officer, Dick Holmes.
Dick was part of a MCB 62, H Company (Seabees) which was carrying
maintenance work on SF camps in the Central
Highlands
<<I think you are right about the SF not being there. We
stayed at the SF Team House in the compound and I do recall one SF fellow there
and us Seabees. We went there to work on the air field but the rains came for a
few weeks so we could not work on the field due to being too wet. We all came
home the end of November, 1970. >>
Dick also worked at Ha
Thanh, Tra Bong, Kham Duc and many more.
A-103 was rotated out of
Gia Vuc when the camp was handed back to the LLDB in Jan
1969, by late 70, it was under
the Vietnamese 70th Ranger battalion
and it looks like a few Special Forces were still in the
camp,
has anybody got more information on this, could we
trace them????
I need
help from A-729 Team members to identify
over 200 photos taken
by SFC Sidney M Donnell
This
private site has been created back in 1997 with the help of the
listed team members
to insure that their stories as well as their
sacrifices will not be forgotten.
This is also my personal tribute to the the men of the
1st,
the 5th and the 7th SFG who served in Vietnam.
The
website has also grown with the additions of another 3 main area of
interest
which will hopefully help the researcher, historian, student, collector
into getting a better understanding of the Vietnam war.
1965
1965
196?
1966-67
1970
Gia
Vuc A-camp:
this section only deals with the camp, the teams and its soldiers.
Special
Forces in Vietnam
French
Indochina
this part is strictly SF with pages on Mike Force, USSF medics and their training, the often unknown Special Forces unit: the Well
Drillers. You will also find my personnel tribute to Dale Libby, one
of the first supporter of the Gia Vuc website.
I
CORPS
in this section of the website you will find pages relating to non
SF units in the I CORPS. Subjects covered so far are the 174th AHC, AATTV, Nurses, MAT
teams and 1st Force Reconnaissance.
an unknown part of the Vietnam war for many! The first Indochina war was fought approximately 15 years earlier by
the French in exactly the same place with/against the same Vietnamese
people. This section will give you an insight into the French war. You will
find page on the GCMA (a French SF unit assuming a
similar mission to SOG & CIDG program), as well as pages
on uniforms, equipment and the famous battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Just
take an instant to remember the Vietnam War K.I.A. and
M.I.A.
"WEAR
THE BERET PROUDLY, IT WILL BE A MARK OF DISTINCTION AND A BADGE OF
COURAGE
INTHE DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD"
PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Gia Vuc Website
Team
Cpt Virgil Carter (XO A-103)
SMAJ Dale Libby (SFC Sr Medic A-725) (Who
sadly past away in Mai 99
Lieutenant Colonel G Keith Garner (1st Lt , XO A-725)
SP4 Bob Carels (Lt Wpns A-729)
CSM David Klehn (SFC Sr Rad Op A-113/103)
Cpt Willie J Hunter ( SSG A-725)
W.G. Aschenbach (SGT Sr Medic A-103)
James McGlon (SFC Int/Team sgt A-103)
Col (Ret) Stephen M. Perry (A-103 CO Apr
66-Dec 66)
Mike Meade (A-103 Intell NCO)
Gary Bowes (Sgt E5 Radio Operator A-103)
Charles Richard Woodson (Chuck/Woody)A-103 Jr Radio
Operator
Dominick "Tony" Tantalo A-113 1965 (via his son Dennis)
Loyd Little, Senior Medic E-6 A-113) Sept. 8 - Nov. 2, 1965
SFC Robert Cameron A-113/103 (via a contact, but unfortunately I have now lost
touch)
A-110, A-103 CO Cpt Steve
Perry A-110, A-103 Sgt Paul Lowe (Radio operator) William R. Beal, Jr. LTC, Ret, US Army (1st LT, A5/1 XO, 1962-1963
A-103 C0, Cpt Dallas L Cox
A-103 XO, 1st Lt J Perchard
A-103 XO - 1st Lt William H Chickering
III Les Herring, Cpl, 1st. Force
Reconnaissance Co Ray
Rossi, Team
3, 1st.
Force Reconnaissance Co
If for any reason you ever wanted to part away with
anything relating to Gia Vuc and its A-teams,
please get in touch, good price will be paid!
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