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"AMERICAN MEN, NURTURED IN A DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO RISE

TO UNEXPECTED HEIGHTS UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE " • • • • • • • • • • • • C. A . LOCKWOOD AND H. C. ADAMSON

BU 1 C. O . SPILLMAN

DEDICATION

This first CBMU 301 Cruise Book is dedi· cate d to BUl CHARLES 0. SPILLMAN and SWF2 EDWARD C. ADAMS who were k illed In action this past year.

Pe tty Office r SPILLMAN was killed when the h e licopter In which h e was aboard was s hot down by enemy fi re on 28 Fe bruary 1968. He was on a resupply m ission bringing mail and supplies to De tall Brav o a t the Marine Outpost in Khe Sanh whe n h e w as killed. BUl SPILLMAN was a member of the commis· slonlng cre w and came to Vietnam with the Main Body In late June 1967. While with the Main Body in Dong-Ha, Petty Office r SPILLMAN was the supervisor In charge of several builde r crews. In Novem be r 1967 h e was assigned to De· tall Bravo where h e w a s the builder in charg e of construction. His wife, Mrs. J e an A . Spillman, and children live in Port Hue neme, California .

Petty Office r ADAMS of Pe nnsboro, West Virg inia was killed during on e nemy artillery attack at Khe Sonh on 1 6 April 1968. He and several othe r m e n w ere w orkin g In th e e q uipme nt are a when the e n e my launche d an attack, and SWF2 ADAMS w a s killed when h e was struck by shrapnel from a round Impacting nearby. He orlved In Vietn a m on 3 November 1967 and was assign e d to De tail Bravo at Khe Sonh . He worked In the steel shop and h e lpe d maintain the runway. His paren ts, Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Adams, live in Pe nnsboro, W est Virginia .

COMMANDING OFFICER

I cannot help but feel a deep sense of p rid e crs I review this Cruise Book which portrays our progress from the Commis­sioning Ce r e mony to our many achieve­me nts in the Re public of Vietnam. Prior to our establishment the re had n e v e r been a Construction Battalion Mainte nance Unit 301 In the history of Naval service. Throu g h the sacrifice of our sweat, tears, and yes, even our blood, we have estab­lished a high tradition of service for the future men o f 301 to maintain.

Whe n we r e turn to the Unite d States afte r this deploy ment s ome of us will continue our careers in th e Naval service . Others o f us will return to civilian life and pursue chosen occupations . As we r e ad this book In years to come may w e all look back on our time togeth e r with fond memories of our fe llow Seabees and unque nchable pride in our service to our country.

Sincerely,

H. A. HOLMES

LCDR. CEC USN

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The commissioning of Con1tructlon lat· talion Maintenance Unit 301 In March of 1 967 marke d the re birth of a Seabee conce pt which had lain dormant alnce the Korean War. A1 men of CIMU 301, we have take n this concept and revltall· ze d It to a degree far greater than Im· glned. From an au1plclou1 belnnlng In Port Huene me, California, w e grew In experience and knowledge In the combat areas of Dong- Ha, Khe Sanh, Con Thlen, Cua Viet, Hue and An Hoa . After our first year In the Re public of Vietnam, CIMU 301 11 recognized throughout the Northern I Corps Tactical Zone 01 a " Can Do " outfit, which has not only carried on In the highest tradition of our predecessors, but e1tabll1he d new tradition for our 1ucce11ora to follow.

Our outstanding accompl11hment1 have b een possible only through the lndlvldual eftor t of e ach man aulgne d . Knowing you, working with you, and aeelng u1 accomplish our goals has given m e great pleasure. This year has bee n the high· light of my career.

Since r e ly,

JAMES F. CALLAHAN

LCDR. CEC USN

ESTABLISHMENT AND PREPARATION

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Late In December 1 966, detalllng of per· 1onnel was begun to the THIRTY-FIRST Naval Construction Regiment, Port Hue­neme Callfornla, for the formation of U. s. Naval Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit THREE ZERO ONE. CBMU 301 was offlcally established on 31 March 1967 at the Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, California. Formal Commlulon­lng Ceremonle1 were held on 7 April 1 967 with Lieutenant Commander HENRY A. HOLMES, CEC, USN, the first Command· Ing Officer, receiving the Unit Colors from Rear Admiral E.T. REICH, Director, Logistic Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commlulonlng Officer,

The first Maintenance Unlt1 were organ· lzed In the autumn of 1942. The Unlt1 were formed to maintain public work1 and public utllltle1 and operate power plant1, utlllty distributing 1y1tem1, and tran1portatlon equipment at advance Naval Operating la1&1. In the Second World War, 136 Seabee Maintenance Unlt1 1&rved at advanced base1 In both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of oper· atlans.

When the war ended In the autumn of 1945, most of the maintenance units were Inactivated amidst the ensuing demoblllzatlon. Although a few units 1urvlved and served at U, S. Naval la1e1 In the Aleutian blonds, Alaska proper and Guam, by the end of the decade these also had been Inactivated.

With the coming of the Korean confllct, CBMU'1 were once again employed to provide base maintenance support In forward areas. CBMU 1 was activated and 1&rved with the First Marine Air Wing In Korea and returned to Japan after the end of the conflict. It was redeslg· nated CBMU 101 and continued to 1&rve In Japan untll March 1 956, At that time It was Inactivated and 1&parated main· tenance unit• no longer existed.

After an elapse of eleven years, again a need arose for CBMU's; thl1 time In South· ea1t Aila. Mobile Construction leattallon1 had been used to flll the requirement• far Navy and f!\arlne Combat support In the Republic of Vietnam, but In keeping with the large con1tructlon effort being

applied In South Vietnam, maintenance units were found to be needed. Thus CBMU 301 was commissioned.

Following the Commlulonlng Ceremony, a party was held to celebrate the occasion. RADM. REICH presented the CBMU 301 plaque to LCDR. HOLMES. A large cake wa1 baked for the occasion, and LCDR. HOLMES cut the cake which wa1 serve d to all those present.

Additional training In the form of Fleet Training Cla11e1 was received by the men of 301 • The purpase of these claues was reviewing particular skllls In each of the four Seabee ratings, These refresher course1, which usually lasted for about one week, al10 Included special topics not generally covered In certain rates. Steelworkers attended special classes on care and maintenance of the new AM-2 Aluminum Matting. All communicators whether they were electrician• or not attended a fwo week communications class to learn about telephones and radlo1.

In addition to attending mllltary training, there was a training school for E•5, E-6, E-7, Ens. and Lt. (lg)'•· It con1lsted prl· marily of clauroom lectures on leader-1hi p and practical application In the fi e ld. Lecture topics Included map reading, 1quad tactics, squad formations, etc. For the field training the class was held at Vandenberg Air Force lase several hun­dred miles north of Port Hueneme.

On two occasions, the entire Unit partic­ipated In a tactical exercise at Conelo Grade located several miles south of Port Hueneme. The mission of the Unit was to take a hill and hold It. The exercise began with a tactical march to the hill. Sniper Are wa1 encountered along the way as the "enemy" haraued the column. Fire teams were 1ent out to clear the area of theH 1nlpers. The opposition was provided by 301 11 1lster Unit, CBMU 302.

As the point squad reached the oblectlve, It met with resistance. Squad leaders manuvered their fire teams to take out the1& areas of resistance and they cap­tured the hlll. Now It was their lob to hold the hlll. Throughout the night there were probes along the perimeter, but the

tines were not penetrated. Although the exercise was successful there were some weak spots which were corrected at the second Coneto Grade exercise.

Just prior to the departure of the Main Body to the Republic of Vietnam, a sur­prise party was given for the men at the Enlisted Men'• club. From noon quarters, the whole Unit was marched toward the station hospital, Most thought that they were In for more shots or a senlon out on the grinder for marching. But to everyone'• 1urprlse, the Unit was marched right to the EM Club where the beer and steaks were waiting. The party was

-waT Initiated by the Officers and organized by CM 1 GRAHAM and SW1 GRIMS. A good time was had by all as everyone could eat a1 much 1teak as he wanted. To work off some of the calories, some of the men played vollyball or football. Others were content to lust lie around and talk.

LCDR. HOLMES pa11es the Unit colors to Lt. (lg) MONTI while RADM. REICH (far left) and Lt. HARPER observe.

Lt. (lg) KUX leads Alpha Company for the Pau In Review.

RADM. REICH addresses the Battalions.

Th e Colors are presente d .

RADM . REICH presents the Unit colors to LCDR. HOUi\£5.

RADM. REICH and LCDR . HOLMES r eview the Bat t a lions as they Pass i n Review.

Officers and Chief• of CIMU 301 1tand at attention for the National Anthem.

BUCS EADE, Company Commander, lead• Bravo Company for the Pan In Review Ceremony.

ltADM. REICH presents the Uni t 's ftag to LCDR. HOLMES.

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LCDR. HOLMES and Lt. HARPER, Commanding Officer of CBMU 302, cut the cake t o begin f estivit ies at t he joint Commluonl ng party,

Hungry Seabeea SWF2 RAMOS, SW1 GRIMS, (302 personnel), SWF2 FUCCO and SK1 HOPPER make their o wn prese ntation : pla t e s ,

LCDR.CALLAHAN delivers a training l ecture. Steelworkera weld portion• of a pontoon bridge.

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UTP3 HARPER checks over the bridge section for leaka. Range firing with our new M-1611.

A range coach gives p e rsonallz:e d service •

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CN :ZERBINOS and EAS3 BOLTON re clve " In the field " training. " Lock and Load."

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Taking a short break the clau strikes up a happy smlle. Tactics training at Conejo Grade.

The point moves out. Headquarters Company clears a roadblock.

The Khe Sanh Detachment moves out cautlou1ly.

All v ohlclH are security chocke d for tho ' onomy ' •••• and prisoners are captured ••••

all around the hilltop. The end of a long, hard day.

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Celebrating ot our Iott party LATHAM, and CET2 PHELPS.

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Hoving o r ound of cheer CMA2 LAWRENCE, EAS2 FARAONE CMA3 DENAYH, EON2 COFFEY and CET2 ULMER cook tor the troopt. CMA3 ROBINSON and CN ZERllNOS.

A lively game of v olleyball to work off some of the b eer and steak. party was e njoyed by all.

Relaxing cat party's end are LCDR. CALLAHAN, Lt. (jg) ANDERSON and Lt. CORNETT.

ADVANCE PARTY

On 17 May 1967, the CIMU 301 Advance Party departed Point Mugu, Callfornla on a MAC Air Force C· 141 for the Republic of Vietnam. Lt. (lg.) C. J . MONTI waa the Officer In Charge of the 62 man Advance Party. He was a11l1ted by CMCS O. E. SEUE, Assistant Officer In Charge and EOC R. D, McKINNEY, Platoon Commander.

Upon leaving Point Mugu, the flrat 1top waa at McCord AFI, Tacoma, Washington. After the C· 1 41 refueled, It took off on the Hcond leg of the ftlght which wa1 to Almlndorf Afl, Anchorage, Ala1ka. Followlng a brief stop, the plane took off for Yokota Afl In Japan which wat the la1t 1top before reaching Vietnam.

The flight touched down at Da Nang early In the morning of the 19th. 1 8 May 1961 never existed for the men of the Advance Pal'ty a• they Iott that day croulng the International Dateline. From the Air lase they were trucked to Camp Tien Sha, home of the U. 5. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang.

The Immediate ta1k at hand wa1 the atockplllng and staging of material. Dlff· lcultlea were encountered In locating the material for much of It wa1 scattered In atorage area• throughout the Do Nang area. A• the day1 progreued, It wa1 found that mo1t of the materlal1 needed were avallable. lut there wa1 a notice­able acarclty of three rather Important ltem1•1andbags, sheet metal and romex wire.

As the members of the Advance Party continued stockplllng, Lt. (lg) MONTI and CMCS SEUE departed Da Nang aboard a Yard Freight Utlllty loot (YFU) for Dong• Ha. The trip u1ually takes about ten to twelve hours. The purpose of thl1 trip wa1 to determine a suitable camp 1lte for the Advance Party.

Upon arriving In Dong•Ha, Lt. (lg) MONTI and CMCS SELLE conferred with Lieutenant Colonel PEAICE, the Dong•Ha late Co· ordinator, concerning the Main lody camp 1lte location. Lt. Col. PEARCE Informed them that the site prevlou1ly selected, the Dal An VIiiage 1lte, wa1 no longer available. The apparent confu1lon of the de1lred 1lte wa1 due to poor communlca· tlon between Dong•Ha las• Development

and Da Nang.

However, several days later, a 40 acre site was selecte d for the Main Body camp site. This was the area between NMCB ELEVEN'• Comp Barnes and the southern perimeter of the Base. The location of the site proved to be acce ptable to both CIMU 301 and the Base Co·Ordlnator.

On 27 May a thirteen man Advance Party set out for Dong•Ha. It was the ir mlulon to 1et up a camp site for the remainder of the Advance Party. The camp wa1 laid out near NMCI ELEVEN' s camp In an area called "frag valley". It Is so named for It often takes incoming rounds and 1hrapnel fragments fly about abundantly.

Early the next day work began on putting up tents and fllllng 1andbags. In orde r to complete the temporary camp, the me n worked from 0600 hours to 1 800 hours. Several day1 later, the remaining threo 1quad1 arrived In Dong•Ha.

Layout of the permanent camp 1lte began aa the Third Marine Engineers swe pt the area to clear It of mines, duds, and booby traps. Work then began on the under· ground Command Post bunker, field head and shower. As they neared completion, con1tructlon began on the first strong• back hut. ly the time the Main 8ody arrived, four huts were re ady for oc• cuppancy and seven more near completion.

During this construction period, one crew was aulgned to flll sandbag1, Sandbagging operations continued throughout the Ad· vance Party's exlstance and we ll Into the deployment.

On 13 June, LCDR. H. A. HOLMES, the Commanding Officer, arrived in Camp.

As the arrival date of the Main Body neared, there was a notable shortage of 1andbags with which to surround the huts. More 1and was procured from Cam Lo, and all hands not directly Involved In the construction of hooches wer e put to work sandbagging. Approximately 4,000 sandbags are required to surround each hut. At first sandbags were placed only on the back of the huts which were facing south to the perimeter, This was to protect personnel from snlpera who may dHlde to thoot at the men while

sleep Ing.

Elements of the Main Body began arriving on 23 June as Ens. M. J . KUX and the An Hoa Detail arrived In Da Nang. The second and third flights, composed of Alpha and Charlie Companies, arrived In Dong-Ha on the 25th of June. Bravo Company ftew In early the morning of the 26th. And the final flight with Headquarters Com· pany and the Khe Sanh Detail arrived on 27 June thus establishing CBMU THREE ZERO ONE In the Republic of Vietnam.

Lt. (jg) C. J . MONTI Officer In Charge

CMCS 0. E. SELLE Assistant Officer In Charge

EOC R. D. McKINNEY Platoon Commander

BUL2 SHUGART, Lt. ( jg) MONTI, EON2 MORTON, BUL3 KELLY, EAD3 REISTAD, and BUH2 JONES super v i se the work of CM 1 DOUGLAS attempting to r epair a doxer.

The Advance Porty pictured on the pre ceed l ng poge. 1st Row : LCDR. HOLMES and EOCS SELLE. 2nd Row : EOH3 ELLISON, CMA2 WASHINGTON, IUH2 SEVERIN, SWF2 REEK, SWE2 BAUGHAN, UTW3 CLYMER, BUL2 SHUGART, BUL2 CLARK, CMH3 MORRIS, BUR2 CAPPS. 3rd Row : EON2 MORTON, UTP3 WORTMAN, CMA3 BARTON, EAD3 REISTAD, CEP3 REES, CMACN CARPENTER, (MCB 11 Cook), CSI YANNOTTI, BM2 LORENZ, CEP3 QU IRING, EON3 PUCHALA, EON3 ROUCH , PN3 GAMBLIN. 4th Row : BUL3 KELLY, UTP2 RUIZ, BUL3 BIRDSONG, CMA2 CLAIR . Not pictured : EOH3 BALDWIN, CMA3 BRACE, EON2 BROWN , EON2 CARL, UTP3 DAILEY, SKI DAVIS, CEI DEAN, CMI DOUGLAS, SWE2 ECCLESTON , GMGI EDWARDS, CS2 EGGERS, CMH3 GEHRAND, EON3 GLYNN, BUL2 GUESS, CMA3 HAVENS, CES2 HAYES, EON2 ILG, IUL3 JENKINS, BUH2 JONES, CMA2 KNISELL, CMA2 LEONARD, EOH2 McCARTY, EOH2 MANRING, EOI MILLER, EAD2 MILLER, CEW3 OLSON, CN PUGH , EOC REES, UTP2 SCHROEDER, EOH2 SILER, CS2 TENKEN, CMH3 TUCKER, CS2 VERMEIRE, llTl VOGELGESANG, BUL3 YARBROUGH , CEW3 YOST .

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The Main Body campsite prior to beginning of construction.

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The Advance Party camp .

Construction begins on the Main Body campsite.

The first th ree huts n ear complet i on.

EON2 MORTON puts t h e finishi ng touch on the CP ( jg) MONTI o b serve.

Builder s a ssemble the gi rders and floor joists for a n e w hut.

SELLE o n d Lt. The 175mm ca nnist er s ore used as fou ndation pier s ond to

BUL2 LAMB and BUL3 JENKINS enjoy the good food at an Advance Party Steelworkers lay tin on a hut. barbecue.

More Advance Party members enloylng the barbecue. The flrst row of huts nears completion as the arriv al time of the Main Body nears.

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CIMU 301 camp soon afte r the arrival of the Main Body.

Beginning 20 June and ending 24 June the CIMU THREE ZHO ONE Main lody personnel and gear departed Point Mugu, Callfornla In five lncrement1. Air force MAC C· 1 30 alrplanea were u1ed In order that all tllght1 be able to land In Dong· Ha. The 3,700 foot runway cannot ac• comodate the larger C· 141 alrplanea which need a longer runway.

The Ant ftlght with Lt. (lg) M. J, KUX In charge wa1 compoaed of men from Detail Alpha. Alpha Company with Lt. (lg) W. A. ANDERSON In charge wa1 the aecond ftlght. Lt, M. L. CRAMER with Charlie Company compoaed the third flight. The fourth flight con1l1ted of the men of lrovo Comgany, and Lt. K. H. COlllNm wa1 the Ottlcer in Charge. And the fifth flight wa1 compoaed of personnel from Detail Bravo and Headquartera Company with LCDR, J , F, CALLAHAN ht charge.

The first atop after leaving Point Mugu wa1 Travl1 API In northern Californlo. The aecond leg of the flight took 1even hours to Hlckham Fleld In Hawaii. On the next leg to Guam, one day wa1 1011 cronlng the International Dateline. from Guam, the next atop for reat and fuel wa1 at Wake l1land. The la1t 1tep before landing In Vietnam wa1 Mactan AFI In the Phlllpplne l1land1. from the Phlllpplnea all but the first flight which flew Into Da Nang landed at the Dong•Ha Combat la1e.

At each ftlght arrived the men were truck• ed to the Main lady camp, where they were given cot1 and a place to 1leep. Some were lucky enough to live In a hut while others hod to live In tent1. Soon each man found hlmaelf e ither building hut1 or filling 1andbog1. Work on the camp continued at a 1teady pace, for by 1 S July, CIMU 301 wa1 to begin ful· Riiing lt1 minion.

The minion of the Moln lody 11 the maintenance of the 3,700 foot AM·2 aluminum runway at Dong•Ha. It 11 alto ta1ked with tho maintenance of Marine and Navy contonment1, over 1 7 mllea of laao road1, the new and old LCU ramp1, la1e electrical dl1trlbutlon 1y1tem and loae ho1pltal.

Tho malntonanee and operation of the 21,640 cubic foot lue reefer farm, the

Baae aanltary land All and the laae fre1h water 1upply 1y1t e m fall within the acope of 301 '1 minion. In addition to main• t enance function• CIMU 301 perform• sele cted minor con1tructlon and provldea combat 1upport for the laae aecurlty 1y1tem.

The CIMU 11 organl• ed baalcally along tho llnea of a Naval Mobile Con1tructlon lattalion. loth afMCI and a CIMU have an end pr oduct to render whether It be con1tructlon or maintenance. The CIMU procenea work Input through Its Oper· atlon1 Department which In a Publlc Work• Department would corre1pond to a Maintenance Control Dlvlalon, Work ftow proceed• through the Operation• Department to shop and field maintenance forcea In the form of lob ordera.

A CIMU organl1:ation can anume almo1t any 1l1:e depending upon the maintenance taak at hand. At the time of Cammi•· 1lonlng there were aeven ottlcen and approximately 175 enll1ted men In the Unit. A1 of March 1 961 there were twelve attlcen and nearly 475 men . The original personnel allowance wa1 for 300 men but lncreaaed obllgatlon1 necenltated the additional number of men.

The CIMU 301 organl1:atlonal 1tructure for the year haa been a1 follow1 i LCDR. H. A. HOLMES, Commanding Ottlcer I LCDR. J . F. CALLAHAN, Executive ottlcer; Lt. T. I . MICHNA, Operation• OtHcer; Lt. M. L. CRAMER, Oftlcer in Charge of Detail Alpha; Lt. K. H. CORNETT, Supply Ottlcer J Lt. (lg) C. J , MONTI, Ani1tant Operation• Ottlcer J Lt. (lg) K. L. LILLENIERG, Alpha Company Commander; Lt. (lg) W. A. ANDERSON, lravo Company Commander ; Ena. I. A. ROEN, Charlie Company Com• mander J Ena. R. J . RYAN, JR., Headquar• tera Company Commander.

Geographlcally the headquartera of CIMU 301 11 located at Dong•Ha forward Com• bat laae, Republic of Vietnam, approxlm· ately eight mlle1 south of the Demllltarl1:ed Zone, Dong•Ha Is In Quang Tri Province which 11 tho northern mo1t province In the I Corps Tactlcal Zone. The Dong•Ha lase 11 a mator 1upply 1ource of ammunl• tlon, fuel and food for Marine outpoat1 1uch a1 Con Thlen, Khe Sanh, Camp Car•

roll and Glo Linh.

Moat of the mater ial 11 brought up from Da Nang by boat1. Tank Landing Shlp1 (LST) and Cargo Ship1 (AK) sail up to Cua Viet where their cargo 11 loade d on to the 1maller Harbor Utlllty Craft1 (YFU), Landing Craft Utlllty (LCU) and Mike loat1 (LCM) for tran1port up to Dong•Ha. YFU'1 and LCU'1 al10 come from Da Nang and continue 1trai9ht up to Dong•Ha.

CIMU 301 11 under the operational control of the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang and under the admlnl1tratlve control of the Commander, Con1tructlon lattallon1, Pacific (COMCIPAC). Unlike the MC&'S, CIMU 301 doe1 not rotate between the State• and Vietnam, but 11 homeported In Da Nang. Peraonnel are rotated In· dlvldually a1 each man completes hl1 one year tour of duty.

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY

Headquarters Company prov ides logistics and admlstratlve s e r vices to the Unit. H Company Commander Is Ens. R. J . RYAN, Jr . From the t ime of the Unit ' s Commis­sionin g until Decembe r of 1968, Lt. (lg) W . A. ANDERSON served os Company Commande r.

H Com pany consists molnly of personne l In the admi nistrative and clerlcol group ratings, but there are, howeve r , some Se obee ratings In H Campony. In the organlzotlonal structure of the Unit , Supply and Ope rotions personnel ore a part of H Company but are treate d as se parate d e partments In this book .

The s e r v ice s offere d by H Compony ore wide ond vorled. The Master-ot-Arms force maintains order and discipline throughout the Unit. The armorer issues, repolrs and Instructs In the us e of small arms. The e lectronics divisi on Insure s that the Unit 's comm gear are In working order. The yeome n and p e rsonne lmen h andle s e rvice records, correspondence, POD, e ducation & train ing, R & R, legal, e tc. Since the Unit does not have a galley, the commlssaryme n work In NMCB FIVE's galley. The 301 medlcol dispens ary Is e qulp e d to hand le minor In ju r ie s and Illnesses . Case s which cannot b e handle d by the corpsm e n are refered to eith e r NMCB FIVE's doctor or to the De Ito Me dical Hospital. The Postal De partment Insures that our mall Is promptly delivered. Special Services takes care of all the Unit' s r e cre ation ge or and r e cre ation building .

Ens. R. J . RYAN , JR. Administration & Personne l Office r

BMC BIFFLE l e ads Hcc:dqucirters Company to board a, C-130 transport Boardi ng at Point Magu Is ETI NICHOLSON, PN3 OSBORN, PN3 KNIGHTON, bound for Vietnam. YN3 MILBERRY, CN PENNY and BULCN McCOMBS.

L to R: CET3 MILLER, CET2 PHELPS, HM3 ANDERSON , HM3 8UNDT, HM3 MARINO, HM1 KELLY , BMl LORENZ, GMGl HULLIBERGER, CET3 OKAMURA, PN3 KNIGHTON, PNl BAER , PN 3 O SBORNE, YN1 GIBBS, PN3 ALBA, PN3 GAMBLIN, DK3 SLEDGE, DK2 HERRIN, DKl CARICUNGAN , ETN3 PENROD, ETN2 SMART, CSl ALLIKAS, CS1 KOGLER, CSl EGGERS, CSl VERMEIRE, CS3 STANLEY. Not p icture d 1 YNI KOLB, SHl LEFEBRE, HM3 SHOVLIN, CETCN WAGNER, CET3 WESTRAY , CSl YANNOTTI, SDl ABIERA, YN3 CHRISTY, PN3 DALE, HM EDWARDS, EOHCN ENGLISH , 8UL3 FRENZEL, YNI HICKS.

YN2 EDLEMAN , the Famlly Gram.

OKAMURA and EAD2 MILLER prepare the e d l tlan of CS 1 ALLIKAS , CS 1 KOGLER , CS2 VERMIERE, CS 1 PITTMAN, CS2 EGGERS and CS1 YANNOTTI are cooks TAD to the galley.

LCDR . HOLMES i nspects BUL2 LAMB 's rifle as SKl HOPPER, SK2 JACKSON and PN3 GAMBLIN stand by.

SWE3 HENDRICKSON, SKI HOPPER , HM1 KELLY, CMACN BURNS, SK2 JACKSON, BUL2 LAMB and CS1 KOGLER attend a l ecture on t he M - 79 grenade

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PN3 OSBORN, PN3 KNIGHTON, SN HYATT and YN3 MILBERRY In the perso- YNSN WENGER looks In disbelief as PN3 GAMBLIN Sets up Rand R for him nnel office before the office furn iture arrived. to California (California!?).

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CS 1 KOGLER and CS 1 YANNOTTI: A dog's best friends. PN3 KNIGHTON In hh typical working position .

IM2 LORENZ Master at Arms. ETN3 PENROD, the electronics tech n ician, keeps the a irwaves ·Open and olectronlc gear working.

\. . HM 1 KELLY finally g e ts his reve nge on the cooks fo r the chow . CS 1 PITTMAN doesn't think Its going to hurt ..• y e t .

ALPHA COMPANY

Alpha Company is the Unit's transporta­tion company. The men of A Company operate and maintain all of 301 's vehicles and heavy equipment. Lt. ( jg) K. L. LILLENBERG is the Company Commander, and he is a ssiste d by CMCS 0 . E. SELLE.

The EO and CM rates are each divided Into two catagories. EOH m e ans hauling and EON means construction equipment operator. CMA's works only on light or automotive vehicles. CMH's work on heavy equipment.

It is the lob of the d ispatche r to insure that all the necessary equipment is trans­ported to the job site, to co-or d inate the taxi servi.ce and to dispatch the fuel and water trucks to various facilities on the base. · Cost control has the responsibility of keeping on accurate account of eve ry vehicle and heavy equipment belonging to the Unit. This includes all those located at the Details. The base sanitary land dump is under t he supervision of the equipment operators. Into this dump goes all of the trash from the entire Base. An important lob handled by A Company is the ready crew which is part of th e runway repair crew. These men, along with C Company steelworkers rush to the a lrfiel d to repair it when the strip gets hit. They pull out the damaged matting with forlift s and doxers. The holes are filled in and ground leveled by graders. The EO' s maintain some 1 7 miles of roads within the Base. The heavily t raveled roads are covered with asphalt to keep the dust down.

Lt. ( jg) K . B. LILLLENBERG Company Commande r

EOC R. D. McKINNEY Equi pment Superv isor

CMC S. J . KUHLE Maintenance Supervisor

CMC F. M . GODFREY Mai ntenance Supervisor

CMCS 0. E. SELLE Assistant Compony Commander

EOC R. V. REES Transportation supervisor

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1st Row (L to R} 1 CMHCN, LUNDERMAN, CMACN JOHNSON, CN MULLEN, EOH3 FOY , MR 1 ANDERSON, EON2 PECK, EON2 GATES, CMA2 DENA YER, EOHCN FEELER, CMA2 SIGWALT, EON3 McLENNAN, CMHCN STEIK, EOl HED, CMl DOUGLAS . 2nd Row 1 EOH2 BOUGHTON, EOH3 SHEW BROOKS , EON3 WOODS, EON2 MORTON, EOHCN BYER, EOHCN CUDD, EON2 TALLANT, EON2 COFFY, EOH2 WIEGGER, EON3 BERKHEIMER, CMA2 GORNICK, CMACN KILEY, EON3 STEELE, EOHCN JOHNSON, CM 1 DEEKS . 3rd Row : CMH3 WHITFIELD, CMH2 LOERA, EONCN LARGE, CMA2 FELKER, EOH3 BODWELL, EOH3 RORICK, CMH2 MORGAN , EONl ILG, EOHCN FLICK, EOH2 CARL, EOH3 COlllNS, EOHCN BEGLEY, EON 3 POST, CMA3 SMITH , CMA2 LOUTHAN, CMA2 LAWRENCE, EOH2 S ILER, EOH2 VICE, EOH3 SEARLE, MR3 CAVANAGH , EON3 GLYNN . Not pictured : EONCN ALEXANDER, CN ANTONINI, CMACN AUGUST, EON3 BAILEY, CMA3 BARTON, EOHCN BELL, CA BIRKES, EOH2 BODWELL, CMACN BOGGESS, EON2 BONE, CMA2 BROADWATER, CMA 3 BURSELL, CMA2 CLAIR, CMHCN CLANTON, CMHCN COCHRAN, EONCH CRUZ, CN DEPEW, CN FORTIN, CMHCN GREEN, CMACN HAAS, EONCH HALL, EON2 HIPS HER, CN JAHNS, CMA2 KNISS EL, CMACN LANGE, EON CH MARICK, EOH3 MESSER, EOH2 McCARTY , CMA3 MITCHELL, CMA3 MONTUORI, CMHCN MOXLEY, EOH3 MULLINS, EONCN MURRELL, EOH3 MUSE, EOl NALL, CMACN PARADISIO, CMA2 PENCE, EOH3 PETERSON, EON3 PICARD, CN PRICE, CN PRICHARD, EON2 QUIGLEY, SWF2 RAMOS, EON3 ROUCH, CN SMITH, EON3 STEELE, EONCN STENSLAND, EON3 THIVIERIGE, CM 1 THOMPSON, CMACN WAGNER, EOH3 WALER, CMACN WARDELL, CMA2 WASHINGTON, EONCH WILLCUTT, EON3 WILLIAMSON, CN WOLKING, CN YEAGER.

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The MRS tractor leve ls the are a over the originally propose d C, P. site.

EON2 HIPSHER digs for gold with his backhoe tractor. EOH3 BODWELL shifts runway matting with the rough terrain forklift.

MR 1 ANDERSON grinds the teeth into o gear part with a , milling lathe .

CMA3 BYEN and CMA3 MONTOURl--tire shop crew . EON3 WILLIAMSON makes an adjustm ent on the road grader.

EOH2 IOUGHTON checks mllage on the fuel truck as part of the dltpatchera lob.

CBMU 301 seabees work on a road cvlvert at the end of the Dong-Ha Airstrip.

EOH2 WIEGGER levels the road over the culvert In the equipment yard.

The runway matting must be pulled and the ground b e n e ath r e-leveled as d epressions develop.

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A rough t errain forklift unloads a LCU at the Do ng -Ha Ramp on the Song H lei) Giang River .

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corrugated pipe. camp, as EON3 PICARD, EONCH WILLIAMSON and EONCH CRUZ stand by to guide the

CMH2 SHAW and " Snoope r ".

The Charli e Co, office is moved to a n ew locat ion n e ar the paint shop to m ake room for the new Butlor Building.

After a s hort t enur e at the new location it was conve r ted to the Chiefs living quarte r s.

CMACN WARDEL and CMA2 LAWRENCE stand by as EOC McKINNEY Inspects weapons.

EON2 TALLANT pulls away In t h e e a r ly shutt le bus . Later the service was CMHCN COCHRAN and EON3 GLYNN wor k r a pidly to get the camp's provid ed with pick-up truck taxi uni ts. powe r gen e rators back in ope ration.

EO 1 HED guides the r o ad scrape r operated by EON3 WOODS. EOC IERTLES sup e rvises the grad in g CTR grounds.

BRAVO COMPANY

Brav o Company is the ut ilities Company of the Unit . Its Company Commande r is Lt. (lg) W . A. ANDERSON who was H Company Comm ande r until Decembe r 1 967 . Assistant Company Commander is UTC H. F. MC LAUGHLIN .

The CE and UT ratings are div ided up Into four catagories. CET's are telephone and communications me n. CEP's are the power me n who bring e le ctricity from the gen e rator to the hut. CEW's are the Interior wiring men who put In lights and outlet plugs. CES's are shop men who r e wind motors. UTA's ope r ate and maint­ain r oefersand air conditioning units. UTB's service boile r s. UTP's are the plumbers and UTW's install and operate w a ste dis­tillation and purification e quipment.

The m e n of Bravo Company p e rform various and dive rse jobs a t Dong -Ha. The line crew maintains the e le ctrical distr ibution syste m not only for 301, but also for the Marines and Delta Me d Hosp ital. The interior wir ing crew travels throug hout the Base installing and re­pairing ligh ti ng fi x tures and electrical outlets. Four electricians and four mech­anics comprise a roving generator watch whose job It is to maintain all the gener­ator1 on the Base. An e qually important job of maint a in ing the 21 , 640 cubic foot reefer farm is done by the electricians and utilltlesme n of B Company. They Insure that t h e reef e rs maintain the prope r t e mpe rature and make all minor adlustme nts and repairs. Th e Utilitiesmen ope rate t he 301 well which s upplies water to many units on Base.

Lt. (lg ) W , A . ANDERSON Company Commander

UTC H.F. MacLAUGHIN A ssi stant Campany Commander

CEC R. G . RUMSEY Company Chief

B Campany boarding for the fl ig ht from Point Mugu to RVN. The C. O. Inspe cts Bravo Company's M-16'• s hortly cift e r the unit's arrived " In country."

L to R 1 BUR2 CLARK, UT1 STEARMAN, UTICN FRENCH, UTICN MYERS, UTLCN ANAKALEA, UTA3 FERBRACHE, UTP3 WILSON, UTACN REEDER, UTWCN McDANIEL, UTP2 BARNES, UTW3 LEWIS, UTW3 WIEDEMAN, UT83 SIMMS, UTA3 READ, UTP3 RUIZ, UTW3 YOUNG, CE1 ENGLEIRETSEN, CET3 WILLIAMS, CEP3 BINKLEY, CEP NEWELL, CEP2 STONE, CET2 VINES, CEW3 TOLLERSON, CEW2 BECKMAN, CE1 SEEDS, CEP3 ROSE, CEP3 ROBACK, CEWCN GRUWALD, CEPCN CACIOPPO, CEP3 REES. Not pictured 1 UTP2 WALTERS, CN PUGH, CEP3 BINKLEY, CEP3 QUIRING, CEW3 BURRIS, CEI CANN, CET2 RADKE, UTW3 CLYMER.

MCB 11 well drilling team sinks first well for the CBMU 301 camp with CE1 DEA'N helps Install power distribution system during our early camp aulstance from B Company. development,

S~ndbagglng the camp gen e rators. CN SHEARIN (ce nte r)!,looks for a square bag .

The Fleld Mainte nance cre w takes t im e to pose. pump a ssiste d by

CEW3 MURRAY strings power lines to the camp • hooches'•

CEP3 NISSON calls for another Insulator •

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Huey Helicopter lands behind I Co. huts to ferry a UT to the Air Force reefers.

CEP3 QUIRING repairs power lines at Delta Med after shrapnel severed the cables.

UTP2 WALTERS, UTl ATTEBERRY and UT1 SMITH test the water flow the new CBMU 301 well to d etermine gals/min.

When you run out of sandbags, empty oll barrels filled with earth serve the same purpose.

U~3 FERBRACHE and UT2 SELF pursue a favorite pastime.

CEP2 THOMPSON gives pointers as CN SHEARIN learns to avoid the pitfalls The Refer Crew 1 UTA3 Van MIDDENDORP, CEPCN BOND, UTA3 ANTIPORTA, 4\1f de-gaffing. UTP2 WALTERS and CETCN COGGIN.

CHARLIE 1COMPANY

Charlie Company is the Unit's general construction Company. Ens. B. A. ROEN is the Company Commande r and BUC L. P . E. ROBERT is the Assistant Company Commander.

There are three builder service ratings : BUL for light, BUH far heavy and BUR for concrete. St e e lworkers are divided into into 2 services rat ings: S WF for fabric­ators and SWE for e r e ctors.

Builders are qualified to do almost any kind of construction with wood or con­cre t e . The most common job for the buil­d ers in Vietnam is the construction of strongback huts. Whe never any facility other than NMCB FIVE's is damaged, the builders are set to r e pair it. Often while the m e n are busy at work, the e nemy occasionally will hit again, forcing the men to t ake cover. But as soon as the attack lifts, the men go right back to work. Steelworkers handle a wide variety of jobs requiring knowledge and skill in several different areas. They must b e able to erect and dismantle butler build· ings, steel towers and tanks. Steel­workers also place t h e steel r einforcing bars In concrete. One of the primary tasks of the steelwor ker at Dong-Ha is the maintenance and repa ir of the 3 ,700 foot runway. Whenever the r unway receives a direct hit, the runway r e pair crew is there working s oon after the at­tack lifts . On numerous occasions, the runway was severly damaged, but the hard working crew had it open in a matter of hours.

Ens. 8, A . ROEN Company Commander

BUC L. P. E. ROBERT Assistant Company Commander

SWC J. R. PAYNE Company Chief

A n e w building for graves registration built by Charlie Company. BUL2 WEBBER, IUR2 WHITTLE and BUR2 THRONSON construct a culve rt opening n e ar the Dong-Ha Airstrip.

L to R FIRST ROW: BU1 STEIN, IUL3 WARD, IUH2 WESTPHAL, BUHCN ESHENAUR, BULCN ORAM, IULCN GRENIER, BUL2 SHUGART, IUR3 COVILLE, IUL3 KELLY, IUL3 AHLERS, IUH3 SMITH, IUH2 SEVERIN, BUH3 KINNICK, IULCN ROOT, BUL3 OVERCASH, BUHCN IWORRIGAN, BUR3 WHITTLE, BULCN KEEHN, BULCN HAHN, BULCN ROBERTSON, BULCN ROUSH, BULCN RENTZ. SECOND ROW: SW1 TROTTNO, SWE3 LESTER, SWF2 REEK, SWF2 WILLIAMS, SWE3 BEY, SWFCN SEHON, SWE2 WILLIS, SWF3 BLUME, SWE3 PRICE, SWF3 CROW, SWE3 WOODWARD, SWE3 ADAMS, SWF3 McNAMEE, CN MUELLER, SWF2 JONES. Not pictured : SWF2 AUGENSTEIN, SWFCN BASSETT, SWFCN BERRY, CN BRINKMAN, BUHCN BROWN, BUL3 BYRUM, BUR3 GARCIA, IUL2 HANEY, BUH2 J . JONES, CN KEPNER, CN KERN, BUHCN MARSHALL, BULCN MATTHEWS, BULCN McCOMBS, BUR3 MICHELSON, BULCN R. MILLER, BUL3 PRESTON, SWECN REINIG, BUH2 SEVERIN, SWECN SHERIDAN, BUHCN SULLIVAN, BUH3 SUNSTROM, CN WALKER, SWF2 WOOD .

SWE3 ADAMS, SWF2 REEK and SWFCN MUELLER prepare for 1ome w elding operatlon1.

BUL,3 KELLY and CEW2 MEEKS prefabr icate a wall for the operations office.

CN SHEARIN, BULCN McCOMBS, SWF2 WOOD and SWF2 BIRDSONG prepare a concrete platform f.or the CBMU 301 water tank.

BUR2 CAPPS s urveys damage on the airstrip runway ap~on caused by a rocke t.

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-- ~ SWE2 BORTMAS helps repair a Marine butler bulldlng damaged by rocke t SWF3 McMINN utlllzes a cutting torch to r e move the ltd off a 55 gallon concunlon and shrapnel. drum.

IUL2 HANEY and IULCN McCOMIS t in the roof of the Charley Co. Shop.

IUH3 SUNDSTROM, IUL3 MATTHEWS and IUL2 LUEllEHUSEN pour the floor of the n ew sick bay.

BU1 STEIN and IUH3 KINNICK In a planning confe r onco.

/ CMA3 ROBINSON at the local CBMU 301 barbe rshop unde r t he proprietor• ship of IUR3 GARCIA .

IUR3 STRUIK and IUH3 SUNDSTROM construct a tin roof for a camp hooch.

The stee lw orkers manhandle a stubbor n p iece o f runway matt ing Into place on the Dong-Ha Airstrip.

Culve rt construction ne ar the 9th Marines camp by 301 Seabees. The sickbay construction crew takes a p icture break.

~N WILSON, SWE3 CROW and SWE3 SEDILLO place matting on the Dong- Ha runway. Thia was one of the steelworkers main responsibilities.

SWE2 ROBINS attaches a hinge to a m e tal door. SWF2 REEK patches matting that has been damaged by enemy rockets.

CN WILSON, SWE3 BLUME and SWF3 CROW d isplay a damaged section of runway matting after an attack In Septe mbe r, 1967.

fVH2 TENNIS pre pares purllns for a camp hooch. SWE3 IORTMAS welds a headwall made of runway matting for one of the camp culverts.

BUR2 WHITTLE, BULCN KERN and BULCN LLOYD lamlnate a door In t he new Brav o and Char lle Campany Shops.

BUL2 NOLAN, SWE3 BORTMAS, BULCN M cCOMBS, CN STOUT, BULCN RISINGER, BUR3 STRUIK, SWF3 McMINN and CN SHEARIN eat up.

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Steelworkers lay matti ng on the Delta M ed helipad as a Sea k nlght stands by for a m edevac.

BULCN ROOT, BUL2 WESTPHAL, BULCN HAHN, SWE2 TROTTN O, BUL2 LUEB­BENHUSEN, SWF2 JONES and BUL2 TANNER In t he office,

8UL3 WARD checks out the CBMU 301 sick bay floor slab.

-BUR2 THRONSON a nd BUR2 WHITTLE pour and level a concre t e floor.

OPERATIONS

The Operations Office 11 the nerve center center of the Unit's conltructlon prolects. All official work done by 301 must flrat be approved by the Ops Officer, Lt. T. B. MICHNA. The Assistant Ops Officer Is Lt. (lg) C. J . MONTI.

The Planning and Estimating section 11 staffed with a BU, CE, UT and SW. P and E handles all the work requests as they come In. They also conduct maintenance Inspections to decide what repair work must be done.

In the Engineering De partment the draft· Ing and surveying are done by the Engi­neering Aids. The EA'• also prepare material estimates for construction pro­lect1.

When. a lob requeat 11 brought to the Operations Office, It first goes to the lob co-ordinator. Then P and E or the co­ordinator Inspects the proposed lob and decides whe ther or not 301 can handle It, e quipme nt wise.

If the lob Is a large one, drawings are made up by the EA's. For smaller ones P and E will lust draw sketches. The n they will submit a list of material required for the lob to Supply who che:ks to see If all the materials are available. In the meantime, P and E Is estimating the man­hours required to complete the lob.

The Safety Office and Unit Photography 11 also part of the respon1lblllty of the Operations Office. The unit Photographer al10 takes pictures for the Public Affairs Office

Lt, T. B. MICHNA Operati ons Officer

Lt. (jg) C. J. MONTI A11l1tant Operati ons Officer

BUC W. J. LaBONCE, JR. Operations Chief

EAC G. C. DOWLING Engineering/Drafting Chief

L toR z EAS2 FRYE, EAS3 BOLTON, EAS2 FARAONE, EAS2 JOHNSON, CEW3 TURRILL, BUR2 CAPPS, UTW2 LAVELLA, EAD2 PAZILLO, EAD3 REISTAD, EAD2 SHILLER, EAD3 RUTLEDGE. Not pictured z CN ZERBINOS, BUR2 CLARK, CEP2 STONE and EAD2 MILLER.

EAD2 SHILLER explains the virtues of a prompt sche dule for sand d e live r ies. It wa1 used for mak ing concre te.

EAD3 REISTAD works In his rote a s w e ll a s TAD In sign painting an" Cruise look art production.

1.t. MICHNA escorts LCDR. HOLMES and LCDR. CALLAHAN to view prote ct sites,

EAS3 BOLTON steadies the rod as EAS2 JOHNSON sets a level for the CTR butle r building foundation .

EAD3 RUTLEDGE sets up a le tte r ing pattern. He Is a m e mbe r of the sign s hop staff.

EAD2 MILLER, the Battalion photograp her, Is taking a photograph of EAD2 SHILLER and some of t he local children who Invariably gather around construction protects. The boys have brought a Vie tnamese book for h is Inspection.

p. sl'n for the Marines Is prepared by sign painter EAD3 REISTAD. EAD2 SHILLER learns Vietnamese f r o m XUAN DINH HOONG In an Informal learning situation.

Lt. K. H. CORNETT Supply Officer

SKC C. W. JACKSON A11l1tant Supply Office r

SKC A.H . DELLORO Supply Chief

CMC D. L. DIAL Auto Part1 Chief

Putting your finger on the right supply stock number Is 110 problem when you are as organized as SKI HOPPER.

The CTR crew In front of the old office building. BUL2 LAMB, SWFCN HEND· RIXSON, CMA3 CHERRY and EON2 GONZALEZ.

L to R : CMACN BURNS, CMH3 SHAW, CMACN BEASLEY, SWECN HENDRIXSON, SN HYATT, BUR2 LORE, E0 1 GONZALEZ, SH1 LEFEBRE, BUL2 LAMB, SK3 BUCKHANNON, DKI CARICUNGAN, SK2 GUZMAN, SK 1 HOPPER, SK2 TUCKER, SK3 DAMM ER. Not pictured : SHL3 BUSH, CMA3 CHERRY, SK2 JACKSON.

DK2 HERRIN, SK3 SLEDGE and DKI CARICUGAN negot i ate a pay r ecord In BU!l2 LORE operates the Central Tool Room forklift. the Dlapuralng Office.

CMA2 SHAW (Snooper), CMA2 OLSON, CMC DIAL, CMACM BEASLEY, and SKC DELLORO and SK3 DAMMER Inventory GSK (General Store). SWE3 HENDIXSON manipulate auto parts supply items.

CAMP SECURITY

There are five stages of alert the Base goe s Into d e pe nding upon the situation. Condition WHITE means that an e nemy attack Is Improbable. This condition Is t he lowest and Is tat thirty mlnute1 after sunrise. Thirty minutes b efore 1unset, Condition YELLOW Is set. When this Is set It me ans that an enemy attack Is pro­bable. Both WHITE and YELLOW me an that condit ions are normal. Condition BLUE Is set whe never mortar, artille ry and/ or rocket rounds are coming In or are exp ecte d. All p ersonne l are to take cove r . It an e ne my attack 11 expected within 72 hours Condition ORANGE Is set . The highest condition that can be set Is RED. It me ans that an enemy attack Is occurlng or exp ecte d within three hours. When Condition RED Is set, all personnel go to. their fighting tre nches and the Base Is on 1 0096 ale rt.

CBMU 301 and NMCB 5's are a of respon• slbllty Is the section of the Base p e r imete r south of the camp . 301 personne l are sent TAD to NMCB 5 for security duty. At night on the lines, 2596 alert Is main· talne d, Dally patrols are sent out to recolnter the are a south of camp.

Although much of the Incoming rounds are aime d at strategic Base targe ts, some do land near or within the camp are a . 3 Septembe r 1 967 wlll be a be a day which no one who was at Done -Ha will forg e t. That was the day of the worst ammunition disaster In history whe n e nemy rockets h it the ammo supply point and blew up 20, 000 tons of various kinds of ammunition.

SWE3 SWEAT and SWF3 McMINN constructing boundrles for the outdoor supply yard.

The result of a 122 mm artillery shell which lande d three feet from the Operations Office.

Ground Ze ro for a 152 mm rocket . Lt. Cle> ANDERSON surveys the damage to LCDR. McKllBEN's hut.

The Captain takes charge of the Command Poat during a Red Alert. CET2 PHELPS and CET2 WESTRAY stand by to a11l1t In communications.

A security patrol e merges near the watchtower e ast o f the CBMU 301 camp and prodceeds ••• •

Personnel from MCI 5 and 301 comprise the secu rity force that not only prote cts the camp p erimeter but Is • ••• •

through a rice paddy towards the river a few miles outsid e the p e r imeter.

! ·""·' ~ responsible for patrollng outsid e the wire In search of suspicious e ne my activity and new e ne my fortlcatlons.

the r iver and the 1quad move1 out •••• foot weary from 1lx houra of walking hlll1 and valley1, they look forward to home a g a in .

This 11 301 a 1 It look1 to Charlle Cong from tho ridge out1ldo our southern p e rimeter .

A 122 mm rocket acorea a direct hit on Dong-Ha runway. Repairs are usually completed within a few hours.

An, artillery round sets a fuel bladder ablaze near the runway. The smoke rises far behind MCI S's men hall.

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The entire lottallon movea out to their defensive positions on the comp perimeter during o Red enemy rocket attack.

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In addition to tho main body at Dong•Ha, CIMU 301 ha• tour dotall1 which are employed at other locatlon1 In tho I Corp• Area. Dotall Alpha 11 located at An Hoa approximately 22 mllH aouth of Da Nang. Dotall lravo 11 located at Kho Sanh. Dotall Charlie 11 located at Cua Viet. Dotall Delta 11 In Hue. And thoro 11 a 1mall dotall of men serving a1 oxpodltou In Da Nang. Alto In Da Nang are men who are TAD to tho Naval Support Ac· tlvlty.

Primary minion of tho An Hoa Detail 11 the maintenance of the 3,500 foot Ml· A· 1 matting alutrlp. Secondary to thl1 11 tho maintenance 1upport of Marine and Naval 1horo unit• baHd thoro. Thia support encompa1101 maintenance of baao cantonment faclltle1, maintenance of boao olectrlcal dlatrlbutlon 1y1tom and goner· atou and maintenance ot baao road1. Dotall Alpha al10 perform• aolocted minor now construction prolect1.

An Hoa fl the forward combat baa• for the 3rd lattallon of the 5th Marine Dlvl• 1lon. Due to lt1 location, logl1tlu 11 a problem at An Hoa. Items which can be shipped by air are flown down by hellcop• tor or cargo planea. lut certain largo and bulky Item• such a• vehlcle1, lumber and runway matting are taken down via Marine convoy. Thia method of shipment becomes dlltlcult during the monaoon 1oa1on a1 the road and bridge• wa1h out.

Detail lravo, located at Kho Sanh, al10 ha• a1 lt1 primary minion tho maintenance of the 3,195 foot airstrip located there. lt1 secondary min ion 11 that of malnton• ance support of Marino ond Naval shore unit• on the baao.

During tho latter part of 1967, tho men of lravo, augmented with men of tho Main lady and men from NSA, Da Nang occompll1hod a complete ronnovatlon of tho Kho Sanh runway. Tho scope of tho protect Included tho removal of practically an of tho runway, matting, 1ubgrado shaping, placing of a 1lx Inch cru1hod rock bed, Haling with a1phalt, Improve tho drainage and replace the m-..ttlng.

Equipment and material• were flown In by he1lcopter1 or by C· 130 a lrplane1. Dump truck1, rock cru1her and 01phalt truck•

were all tranapottod fr om Dong-Ha by o CH · S4 helicopter, b ettor known 01 tho ' ' flying crane."

Tho AM·2 aluminum matting wa1 deliver ed via low altitude parachute e x traction 1y1tom (LAPES). In thl1 me thod a C-1 30 HorculH piano makes a low approach to the runway and when the plane 11 1ovoral toot above the ground, a parachute pull• tho matting out. Tho mcsttlng, which 11 on 1kld1, 11lde1 tovoral hundred toot before coming to a stop. This we11 tho fir1t time that tho method was uHd to d eliver matting.

Conventional high alt itude drop• wore uaed to deliver tho 01phalt, Although 1omo of tho barrel• wore damaged, moat of them were not.

Time was a motor factor In tho proloct, 01 tho monsoon season was rapidly op• proachlng. During tho winter rainy too• son, work would have been ne1tt to lmpo11lblo, and an Incomplete olrfiold would have caused a strain on the sup• pllH at Khe Sanh. for the malor part of the time tho men worked In two 1hlft1, one at night and one during tho day. Deaplto some wot weather, the runway wa1 reopened to air trafic on 2 Docom· bor,

Detail Charlie is locate d at Cua Viet, and lt1 primary min ion 11 to maintain tho !anding craft ramp with a secondary ml11lon of maintenance of Naval Units baHd there. Cua Viet, located at tho mouth of tho Song HloD Giang River, torvo1 a1 an lntermmodlate supply station for Dong•Ha. Cargo from the larger tank landing 1hlp1 (LST) and cargo 1hlp1 (AK) 11 off loaded at Cua Viet and tranlforrod to tho 1maller LCU, YFU and mike boats.

A small detail of men was sent sent to Phu lal to repair tho aaphalt runway located there. Upon completion of that lob, mo1t of tho men wore 1ont to Hue where they Cll'O engaged In tho robulldlng of tho MACY Compound which 1u1talnod heavy damage during tho TET offensive.

Tho primary ml11lon of th• 301 expodi• ton In Da Nang 11 to Initiate th• move· mont of supplies from the States up to tho Main lody and dotall1. In the ac• compll1hment of thl1 operation, the 1up•

port from NSA, Da Nang ha1 been very good.

from May 1 967 to May 1 968 (prole"o d), the oxpodlton wlll have shippe d 38,000 ton• of equipment and matoral to Dong• Ha and other CIMU 301 detachments. That 11 equivale nt to the tonnage of 3 heavy cruisers. In exact t erm• It doe1 equal the we ight of e very p iece of machinery and logiatlu and personnel of tho CIMU 301 organization from tho 15 cont 1oda to the MRS earthmover.

Most Items are 1hlppod via water, prl· marlly In LCU'• and YFU'• · An exception 11 An Hoa which received almost all loglstlcs by helicopter. Emerge ncy Items are always sent by a ir.

Through e x p e diting procoedure1 a good public relations rapport has developed botwoon CIMU 301 and other unlt1 In tho Da Nang area. Occaalonally even the expedltera manpower 11 loaned to NSA 1 eg. providing truck driven when there Is a back log of materials piling up that neod1 to be moved.

AN HOA

Officer in Charge of CBMU 301 ' s Detail Alpha is Lt. M. L. CRAMER . His Assistant Officer in Charge is EOCS G. F. BARBER . Detail Alpha is d e ployed at An Hoa, located 22 miles south of Do Nang .

Detail Alpha r e lieved a s mall detachment from NMCB FOUR who was doing the base maintenance and small construction for the Marines. Soon after arriving in An Hoa, the men of Alpha set to work re­building the camp built by FOUR to ac· comodate the need s the detachment. Large r strongback huts were needed for living quarters and showers, laundry and latrine facilities were built.

During this camp construction period, Lt. (jg) C. J . MONTI served as Officer in Charge. Then Lt. CRAMER, who was serving as Operations Officer, took over as OIC of Alpha in August. Lt. (jg) MONTI moved to Dong-Ha to a ssume the duties of Oper­ations Officer.

A major project for the m en of Alpha was the renovation of the An Hoa runway. The M 8-A-1 matting experienced extreme m e tal fatigu e which was caused by the airplanes landing and not using the entire length of the runway. In order to stop at the terminal n e ar the m iddle of the strip, the p ilot s braked hard soon afte r touch-down. This caused an extreme amount of force to bear down on the matting. A 1,500 foot section of the runway was torn up and replaced.

Aside from the rout ine base maintenance work, the men of Alpha have participated In the Presidents's People to People Program .

Lt. M. L. CRAMER Office r In Charge

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EOCS G. F. BARBER Assistant Office r In Charge

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"'•:---SWE2 JONAS drills a hole In the matting to set runway . anchors as SWE2 BUL2 GUESS and CN WALKER build a 4 hole burn out head. PRATT observes.

The An Hoa Detachment: EON3 BALDWIN, CEP2 BEEL, SWE3 BROTHERTON, EON3 BROWN, CEP2 DIBELKA, SWE3 ECCLESTON, EOH3 ELLISON, CMH3 GEHRAND, CMl GRAHAM, BUL2 GUESS, BUL3 GUNDRUM, CMA3 HAVENS, CMACN JERVEY, SWE2 JONAS, CN LEMIEUX, EOH3 MANRING, 5K3 MARKS, SWF2 OBOCZKY, CN OLSEN, UTP3 PAIVA, CMA2 PEZZOLI, SWE2 PRATT, EOl SCHOULTZ, BUR2 SKJEFTE, CSl TENKEN, CET2 ULMER, UTl VOGELGESANG and YNSN YOUNG.

SWE2 ECCLESTON r epairs a section of the runway.

SWE2 PRATT stands on a front end loader to drill an anchor hole In the The Alpha Det. e l ectricians are CEP2 DIBELKA, CET2 ULMER, CEP2 BEEL and matting. CEW3 OLSON.

The m e n of Alpha b egi n work on the ir s howe r.

Me mbers of Local 301 are SWE3 ECCLESTON, SWf1 OIOCZKY, SWE1 llOTHERTON, SWE1 JONAS and SWE1 PRATT.

CEP1 DllELKA stringing wire on a pole constructe d from 17 5mm cannist ers.

SWF2 OBACZKY prepa:res to weld away fearleuly.

CEP2 DIBELKA and CET2 ULMER corry a cannister power pole out of the steelworkers shop.

SWF2 OBACZKY cuts thread• on a section of pipe.

BUHCN TURK, CN PRITCHARD and BUH2 BRAVER mix concrete for a bunker.

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SWE2 PRATT and SWE2 JONAS prepare to do some welding as CET2 ULMER (center) is ready to supervise.

The e lectrician's CEP2 DIBELKA, CET2 ULMER, CEP2 BEEL and CEW3 OLSON, set a cannister pole.

CN WALKER and BUL2 GUESS put screens on the h ead.

The m e n of Alpha enjoy an afternoon off at a party In the club.

EOCS BARBER and YNSN YOUNG play catch os othe r s k ick a football a r ound.

CUA VIET

Early in July a small d e tail of men with BMC R. A. BIFFLE in charge left Dong-Ha for Cua Vie t . At Cua Viet a d e tachment from NSA, Da Nang unload and load cargo bound for Dong-Ha.

The m e n of Charlie performed the routine maintenance and minor cons truction work diligently unti l 10 March 1968. On that day t he Navy-Marine cantonme nt came unde r attack by rockets, mortars and artille ry.

One of the incoming rounds detonate d ammunition on the ramp causing a ser ies of v iole nt secondary explosions. The area was strewn with unexplode d ordinance, and at o~e pe riod t e ar g a s exploded and covered the are a .

On 11 March, De tail Charlie was aug· m e nte d with 43 additional men from the main body. Th e clearing operation was started immediately using 301 equipme nt and available equipment borrowe d from Unit s located In the area.

The ramp was cleared as soon a s possible In order to re-establish loading and unloading operations. Afte r the ramp w as cle are d , r e pair work was begun on the ramp and cantonme nt are a.

NSA is planning to Increase the number of personne l at Cua Viet . In order to accommodate the addit ional personne l, De tail Charlie is tasked with constructing additional huts, expanding the electrical system, improving the water supply and constructing var ious troop facllltles, s howe rs and messhall.

EAS2 FARAONE, BUL3 BIRDSONG and CN KEPNER put tin on the roof of a CEP2 FOGLE and CEW3 RICHMOND perform prev e ntive maintenance on hut. the electrical system of a g e nerator.

1st Row (L to R) : BMC BIFFLE, UTP3 FOREST, UTA2 VAN MIDDENDORP, BUL3 BIRDSONG, CMA3 LEWIS, BUL3 BUEHLER, (marine), CEP2 FOGLE, 2nd Row: CEW2 RICHMOND, CMA3 WOLKING, CMA2 WASHINGTON, BUL2 LATHAM, CMA3 FELKER. Not pictured : SWF3 AUGENSTEIN, IULCN IATTI, CEW2 BECKMAN, CMACN BENNETT, BUH2 BRAUER, UTACN BROWN, EON3 DAVIS, EONCN DELONG, CMA3 DREHER, CMA3 DUNCKLEY, IULCN DWYER, CMACN HAAS, CN HAFFORD, BULCN HAHN, BULCN HARRINGTON, E01 HED, BUL3 HOPKINS, CN JAHNS, CN KEPNER, SWFCN KOTZER, BUC LA BONCE, CN LLOYD, BURCN LLOYD-DAVIES, UTB3 LURZ, EONCN MARICK, UTB3 MILLER, IUHCN MORRIS, BULCN MULLENIX, BUH2 OWSLEY, CET2 RADKE, SWE3 SEDILLO, BUHCN SOUSLEY, UTP2 SMITH, UT1 STEARMAN, CM1 THOMPSON, IUR3 THRONSON, CET2 VINES, CMACN WARDELL and CN YEAGER.

An, LCU prepares to tak e a Detail of Main Body men and g ear for a TAD tri p to Cua V iet.

UT1 SMITH a n d SWE3 BLUME put t he finishi n g touches on a water heater CEP2 FOGLE and CEW3 RICHMOND sp lice w i r e from a hut. they have lust r epaire d.

A v iew of the NSA Compound ot Cua Viet.

Same place afte r se veral pallet s of 8 .. projectiles explode d, set off by an en emy rocket attack.

CN HAFFORD, BURCN LLOYD-DAVIES, BUL3 HOPKINS and 8UH2 OWSEY d ig a hole for a bunker.

CET2 RADKE chats with a Marine at the ice machine shed (for 4 hours BUL3 LATHAM and BULCN HATCHER prepar e to cut molding fer the new straigh non-stop) . Corhmandl Post .

BUL3 BIRDSONG, BUL3 BUEHLER and BUH2 JONES patch up their hut EOI HED and CN JAHNS gui de the clam shell d igging a hole for (what following a bla1t. e lso ?) cl am1.

KHE SANH

At the beleaguere d Marine outpost in Khe Sanh, the men of Detail Bravo con­tinue to fulfill their mission. Khe Sanh is a strategic base located in the h igh mountains of northwestern South Vietnam and serves to block enemy infiltration down Route 9.

Since August 1967, all re-supply of the base has been by air a s road travel is not possible. On 21 January, the North Vietnamese commenced concentrated rocket, mortar and artillery attacks in preparation for their offensive to take the mountain outpost.

The men of Bravo have repaired numer­ous rocket, artille ry and mortar holes in the strip. Led by Lt.(jg) M. J. KUX, Officer In Charge of Bravo, the runway crews expose themselves to enemy fire during repairs. They learned to take cover whenever an aircraft landed be­cause the enemy gunners exercise maxi­mum effort to disable planes and h e licop­ters on the ground.

Despite the hazardous living and working conditions, the morale of the men re­mained good. During lulls in the attacks, the men repaired bunkers, communication lines and other vital facilities.

In early April a combine d Marine and Army force made their way to Khe Sanh, thus releasing the grip the NVA had on that base. Although Incoming rounds are still experienced, the Seabees begin the task of reconstructing the base.

Lt. (lg) M. J . KUX Office r In Charge

SWC T. W. NUNELLY Aulstant Officer In Charge

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EOC J . M . BENTON De tachment Chie f

EON3 ROUCH and a grader which was riddled with shrapnel. BUL2 SHUGART, EON2 SILER, SWC NUNNELLY, CMA2 CLAIR and BUH2 SEVERIN lay a concret e slab for an underground bunk er .

1st Row (L to R): EOC REES, EON2 COFFEY, BUL2 SHUGART, SWE2 BAUGHAN, CN PUGH, SKI GUZMAN, CM1 DOUGLAS, CMA2 CLAIR, CMA3 DENAYER, E01 GONZALES. 2nd Row: Lt. (lg) KUX, CMA2 LEONARD, EON3 ROUCH, BUL3 AHLERS, SWF2 WOOD, EON3 POST, BULCN McCOMBS, UTP2 RUIZ, CEWCN YOST, SWC NUN NELLY. 3rd Row: EON2 CARL, CMA2 GORNICK, CN PENNEY, CN JACKSON, EAS2 FRYE, EOH2 SITER, YNSN WENGER. Not pictured : SWF2 ADAMS, SWECN ADRIO, CMA2 BAKER, CET3 BEERS, CMH2 BEAUVAIS, CMI BRAEGGER, EONCN BROKAW, CEP2 COLLINS, EONCN CRUZ, CN FINCHER, CET3 FREILINO, UTBCN FRENCH, CMH3 GRENIER, BULCN GUILLEMETTE, EONCN GUSTAFSON, EONCN HALVORSON, CN KIGHT, SWE3 KUBLEY, EON3 LEBLANC, EON3 MOORE, CMH3 MORRIS, BULCN MYTNIK, EOI NALL, BUL3 PRESTON, EON3 PUCHALA, EON2 QUIGLEY, CEW3 lROBINSON, CN SCOTT, CMH3 SMALLEN, BUH3 STATEN, BUH2 TENNIS, SWF3 WHEELER and CEP3 YEAROUT.

EON2 TALLANT mans the radio for Instructions as EON2 GATES operates the dozer In prepratlon for repair work to the vital runway at Khe Sanh.

Guided by EOC REES, EON3 BROKAW places a stack of AM··2 airfield matting.

EON2 CARL, CMH3 MORRIS, CMH3 HAIGWOOD and CMI DOUGLAS work to A st eelworker cuts the secti ons of matting damaged by an enemy arfillery repair a dozer. round.

EON3 BROKAW loads dirt during the runway renovation pro ject.

UTP2 RUIZ waits a t CEWCN YOST cuts ato.ke1 with a to"h. EON2 CARL cle ars the elephant grass from around the pe r ime ter.

EON2 CARL and friend, BUH2 TENNIS, Lt. (lg) KUX and CEI STATEN work out between NVA r ocket and artillery attacks.

Lt. (lg) KUX sp eaks to the m en of the Khe Sanh Detachment at morning quarters.

SWECN REINIG, working on the n ight shift, cuts anchor bolts holding the matt!ng down.

CN MUELLER gazes out of the bunker during a lull In the shelllng. For nearly ninety consectlve days thl1 11 how It w e nt,

BUH2 TENNIS, BUL3 PRESTON and BULCN MYTNIK assemble a form.

Two Seabees from Det. Bravo (Khe Sanh) fill 55 gallon barrels with d irt The effects of a delay e d action round. EON2 CARL, EON2 Le BLANC, to be used as revetments. SWF2 REEK, EOH3 RORICK and EON3 ROUCH d emonstrate.

CM 1 BRAEGGER takes partl from a dam aged truck to fix another vehicle.

An equipment operator finishes burying unexploded ordinance.

A Navy Chaplain conducts man at Khe Sanh on a box of C-Rots during Easter Sunday.

PHU-BAI HUE

Late In February, a small detail set out for Phu Bal to work on the runway, taxi ways and parking aprons there. The primary task of re pairing the asphalt runway was completed In approximate ly three weeks. From Phu Bal most of the me n moved to Hue where they were taske d with the r e pair of the MACY Com­pound damage d during the TET offe n• slve.

The Chief Petty Officer In Charge of the Phu Bal Detail was EOC D. R. BERTUS. At the Hue De tail , Lt.(lg) W. A. ANDERSON serves as the Office r In Charge with EOC BERTUS a s the AOIC.

The primary mission of the Hue De tail ls to r e pair the MACY Compound which was he avily damage d during the fighting In and around Hue. It was the only com­pound which was not ove rrun during the e nemy TET offensive.

Work consiste d of putting tin on roofs, re pairing e lectrical wiring, plugging bul­le t holes In the walls, rewiring the generators and the building of two n ew huts. Be cause of the scarcity of mate ­r ials, work progressed slowly.

A malor prolect was the building of a 3 , 000 gallon wate r tank. It was fabri­cated from scraps of metal, and whe neve r It was tilte d on one of Its sides, anothe r side would rip apart. After several tries the square tank was completely w e lde d and raised on supports.

CMACN PAR.ADISO and CMA3 IROADWATER repair a multl•fuel truck BUL3 CORCRAN worka In the builder ahop in Hue. belonging to NSA.

1st Row (L to R): EOC BERTLES, BUL2 HORWATH, CN WILSON, EONCN WILLIAMSON and CMA3 BROADWATER. 2nd Row: EON2 BONE, CMACN PARA· DISO, CMACN JOHNSON, BUHCN CAYE, and SWF3 KULM. 3rd Row : BULCN WILLIAMSON, BUL3 BYRUM, BUR3 BELCHER, BUL3 BEATTY, SWF3 MEYERS, SWE2 BEACH and CMA2 MAYNARD. Not pictured : SWE2 BAUGHAN, SWE2 BORTMAS, CN BRINKMAN, BUL3 CORCORAN, BUH2 DABBS, CEW2 GORDINIER, SWECN HAHN, IUL2 HANEY, BUH3 HELM, SWE2 MARTINEZ, BULCN McCOMBS, SWF3 McMINN, SWl MULLIS, BUL2 NOLAN, CN RISINGER, SWE2 ROBINS, CN SHEARIN, CN STOUT, BUR3 STRUIK, BUH3 SUNDSTROM, CEP2 THOMPSON and CN WALKER.

BUL3 BYRUM, BUL3 BEATTY, BULCN CAYE, BUR3 BELCHER and BUL2 HOR- BUL3 BEATTY chats w ith a Vietnamese while the others work on a table. WATH take t ime out from work to pose.

CN WILSON uses a cutting torch to r epair the runway.

EXPEDITORS

The Ex pe diters of 301 maintain a com ­p lement o f 4 perso nnel. BUCS J . R. EADE is the Chief Petty O ffi cer in Charge of the detail. Assisting him a re SHI T. HATFIELD, SKl D. M. GUZMAN, and CES2 J. J . HAYES . SK2 E. A. JACKSON s pe nt part o f the d eployment at Da Nang and part at Dong-Ha.

It is the lob of t h e expe d iters to insure that all the mate rial r e ce ived from the States Is not lost or stolen and is shipped to Dong-Ha or prope r detail. Of a secondary nature are ot he r services to 301 pe rsonnel. Drafts o f p e rsonnel, often 20-30 men, a re aided in reaching Dong-Ha . upon their arrival In country from CONUS. Eme rge ncy leave person nel and those on R & R can find help there if the· nee d arises.

For the first two months in country, ther e were no offices and the work was carried out with only t he use of 2 feeps at their d isposal. Now the numbe r of rolling s tock totals 4 (2 fee ps, a two and a half ton truck, and a 10 ton truck). From May 1 967 to May 1968 the total mila ge of the fleet has been 70,000 miles. Now t he re is stowage space a vailable for the cargo where previously ever y thing was scatte r e d about Do Nang. Even w ith the good support of NSA, often mate r ials are found to be NIS (not In stock), and can' t be prov ide d f rom the r egular mount-outs of supply. In t h is case a little horse trading (known In t he colloquial as comshaw) is ne ces­sary to procure the need e d items.

BUC J, R. EADE Chief Expedltor

Expeditors at Da Nang: CEl DEAN, SHl HATFIELD, CES2 HAYES, CN VINCENT and BUL3 YARBROGH.

CES2 HAYES, SH1 HATFIELD and BUL3 YARBROGH discuss what to send up EOH3 VINCENT and BUCS EADE prepare to order more material for 301. to Dong-Ha next.

CES2 HAYES loads a fuel tank onto a stoke truck for shipment to Dong-Ha. The best Comshawers In Da_ Nang.

" The Magnificent Seven " SWE2 WILLIS, IUR2 LORE, UTP3 DAILEY, IUL2 The hut and shower built for th e Army by the Seven In Trieu Phong. NOLAN, IU1 FLORE, CEW3 TOLLERSON and SWE2 ROBINS .

EON2 IONE and his trencher dig tre nches for the Mari n es at Con Thlen. CMH2 GRENIER r epairs the trencher at Con Thlen.

HOLIDAY ROUTINE

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Life Is not all work and no IHlure In Vietnam. There's Sunday'• half day off 1 full day off on Chrl1tma1, New Year's, Seabee Birthday and 301 Annlveraary; Rest and Relaxation (R & R) out of country and in country to break the dally work routine.

Sunday In Vietnam 11 a welcomed break from the routine work day. Sunday begln1 with rlfte Inspection right after morning quarters. The purpose of these weekly Inspections Is to Insure that each man's weapon Is clean, and therefore ready for use at any time. If a man'• weapon doe1 not pau, he mu1t clean It again until It doH pau ln1pectlon.

After ln1pectlon comH the weekly train· Ing lectures which were ln1ltuted for the purpose of reviewing ba1lca of mllltary training received at one time or another by all of the men before coming to Vietnam. Since the Unit does not often become Involved In the type of mllltary action that requlrH the use of weapons and military technlquH, refresher claues are required to keep up the combat readl· ne11 of the Unit. ThHe typH of clauH Include ba1lc1 on the M· 16 rifle, M·60 machine gun, M·79 grenade launcher, .45 caliber pistol and 1mall unit tactics.

Method• clauH Include Introduction to Disaster Recovery and Advanced Disaster Recovery, Counter-Insurgency warfare, Defensive potltlons and Communications sy1tem1 (such a1 the ute of the PRC125 radio and 6eld telephone). Other auo· elated background 1ublect1 deal with Soldier's Code of Conduct, DIHase1 and Dl1ease prevention, Medical Flrat Aid In the field and aspects of Safety on the job and In equipment handling.

Weekly zone ln1pectlon1 are held to ln1ure proper living and working con· dltlon1. Thia avoid• the poulblllty of attracting pHt• and lnsect1. Clean living and working condition• provide for better morale and better quality of work out• put.

The "Llttle Red Barn," the 301 Enli1ted men's Club, and the Acey-Ducey Club were built prlmarlly by the men on their own time. Th• tlnl1hlng work waa done

by the men of Charlie Company. The Club was named the " Little Red Barn " because not only does it look llke a barn but also It Is painted the color of a barn, red. At present with the. addition of two platforms it does not look like a barn anymore, but the name remains.

The 301 Club comes under the control of the NSA Clubs and Messes, Da Nang. NSA provides the Club with beer, soft drinks, hard liquor, nuts, potato chips, candy, etc. In addition the Club Is provided various types of club equipment such as an air conditioning unit, luke box and beer cooler.

On the average of twice a month, the NSA Clubs and Messes present• a show for the entertainment of 301 personnel. Performers who have entertained have come from the States, Philiplnes, Australia, and England. Their music ranged from oldies to folk songs to the latest pop hits. In case of bad weather, the show 11 moved to the A Company butler bulldlng where a low boy serves as a 1tage.

One Sunday each month beer and steak highlight a company party. The beer 11 provided by the Club and the steak 11 obtained from either the galley or through comshaw lobs. At~ these parties the men relax and eat to their heart's content.

Recreation on Sunday comes In many different forms to thote In Dong-Ha. For those Interested In physical exercile, there's baseball, voliyball, weight lifting, wrestling and basketball. An inter-unit softball league was organized by Lt. CORNETT, and each Sunday (weather per• mlttlng) two games are played. Partlcl· patlng teams are : A, I, C, and H Com· ponies, Operations and the Offlcera and Chiefs. Less strenuous forms of recrea,lon are pool, cards, sunbathing or ju1t plain sleeping, Still othera prefer to catch up on their corre1pondence which they have been postponing all during the week.

One of the most effective morale builders In Vietnam is not the days off or enter• talnment or letters but Rest and Relax· atlon, better known as R & R. There are two types of R & R. In-country R & R 11 three days of ju1t loaflng and

and sleeping at Da Nang. Out of country R & R 11 taken In any of eleven dltlerent places outside of Vietnam.

In-country R & R gives one a chance to be away from the forward area1 to the more clvlllzed way of Uvlng In Da Nang. The I & I Center at China leach offers movies, live entertainment, beach facll· ltles, snack bar and plenty of free time In which to do as one pleases. Much time Is spent sightseeing and shopping. Although most of the Da Nang area 11 ofl limits, riding In buses from one base to another offers an opportunity to see some of the city and the people.

Out of country R & R was ln1tltuted In Vietnam for the first time In any war. For five days, a G. I., Sailor, Marine or Airman can forget all about the war and Vietnam In Hawaii, Tokyo or Malaysia. Pan American Alrllnes ftles thousand• of men to such exotic places a1 Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Singapore. Other placea Include Penang, Manlla, and Hong Kong. The only bad part of I & R 11 going back, but then there 11 alwoy1 the next time.

IUL3 NOLAN, IUH2 DAllS and IUL2 WEllER at work on the Enll1ted Men'1 LCDR. HOLMES oflflcally chrllte n1 the Enll1ted Me n '1 club. Club (later nicknamed the " Little Re d larn ").

" And the winning number 11 • •• , SW1 GRIMES, PN3 KNIGHTON, ETN2 SMART, SWE2 ROBINS, CN JAHNS, LCDR. HOLMES, SWE2 GREATHOUSE, and SWE3 ILUME await the announce m e nt of the winner of a portable tape recorder at the Chrl1tma1 party.

EO 1 GONZALES candidly shows his approval of the opening of the Acey­Ducey club.

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SKI HOPPER, SD2 ABlERA, CS 1 KOGLER, CS 1 PITTMAN and CS 1 ALLIKAS e n,dorse the off hours traditions of mode ration.

our new, mode rn shower building with hot (sometimes) ond cold running wate r,

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IUL2 SHUGART langulahes with our old "water buffalo " l~undry until •••

Our luxurloua outdoor walk-in tite atre .

logistics comes through with wa ahers and drye rs. UTWCN ANAKALEA and UTA3 REEDER take care of customers.

EAS3 IOLTON, PN3 KNIGHTON and UTA3 FcilBRACHE get In some re gding time In the new camp library.

Worki ng out In the r ecre otlon h\rt ore UTA3 FERBRACHE, EAS2 FRYE, EAD3 REISTAD ond CET3 OKAMURA.

CET3 McCORMICK pre pares the morning mall for d ist ribution in the post office .

" Its all In the technique" demonstrates Ens . RYAN a s he sig hts i n a Sunda y mor n ing anothe r diffi cult shot Is a ttempte d b y the pre ache r. safurday n ight shot,

Th• boya endulge In a llttle rambunctlou1 ba1ketball practice on 1unday afternoon.

MLO Field comes to life as the baseball se ason gets underway in s pring.

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The popular vollyball court.

EON2 COFFEY, CN FORTIN, CMHCN BERGERON and CMHCN COCHRAM e nloy a Sunday afternoon at the Alpha Company party.

LCDR. MilClll£N . w11tch es as LCDll. HOLMES cuts the Seabee Birthday cake. A short t i m e later en em y r ounds came In .

March 31 mark• th e Fint Annlv11r111ry of CBMU 301 as th e Captain cutl All Hand1 dig In. the Birthday cake.

Wonderful R and R • • , , the t e mple s of langkok.

The glltterlng llght1 of the Glnza In Tokyo.

The Opera HouH In Au1tralla.

Hong Kong.

The Mike Fost e r show had the honors a t the ope n in g of the Little Re d Barn •

..t.. The Digge r Review's man from Ne w Ze a land st e als t h e s how . Tessie Re y e s says It all with h e r eyes.

Thf1 Shad es of Holly.

SD2 AllERA prepares steak and beant for a vltlting p e rformer. The Digger Review ttands b y to b e reviewed.

A little touch of home. CN PRICE, CMA2 CRHA, CMA3 LOUTHAM, EOH3 MOLINE and CMA3 WOLKING make the young lady welcome.

The Nut• cand Bolts •how. The men of 301 get In a little audience participation.

Concert time at the Alpha Company s hop.

EOH3 WALER and CM 1 DOUGLAS stand by a s one of the Alle y Cats performers samples a t e nder tidbit.

Judy Larse n (sister o f Bonanza's " Little Joe ") comes out to give our morale a lift,

CIVIC ACTION

IHldH fulfilling the Unit's primary ml•· 1lon of providing alrfleld maintenance and other public work• functions, the penonnel of CIMU 301 have worked hard In carrying out the President's People to People Program. When the perimeter of the Dong•Ha Forward Com• bat laH wa1 expanded In January 1967, the VletnameH village of Dal An wa1 unfortunately located within the land area required for the additional military facllltlH. The only alternatlve was to relocate the fifty famllle1 to a new 1lte 1everal mlle1 to the east.

Various commands have a11l1ted the vii· lagen In tettlng up their new homH and CIMU 301 waa no exception, One of the prolect1 falling within the 1cope of the SeabeH of 301 consisted of construct• Ing a large concrete ftoor pig pen for village livestock. Fully expecting to do the entire lob, the 301 penonnel were 1urprlHd to find the vlllagen were a proud group and wanted to do the malorlty of the work themHlvH. Not wishing to lnlure feellng1 and al10 In keeping with the thought that the vllla· gen 1hould be encourged to do a maxi• mum of Hlf•help, the 301 penonnel mixed the concrete and tack fully furnished a.uldance In placing of the materlal.

Con1tructlon•wlH the lob was not the be1t but the concen1u1 of thought was that the vlllagers are con1lderably proud• er of the pig pen they bullt themHlve1 than any flnl1hed lob that could have been performed by the Seabee1. The pig pen Is being UHd to ralH pig• for the market thus adding to their economic future. In the same village a concrete foundation was lald for a 1mall dlspen· sary. The vlllagen themselvH planned to erect the wall• and roof of the bulld· Ing.

A Hcond civic action prolect performed by the men of 301 wa1 at the vlllage of My·Son located near the Marine Advance laH at An Hoa. This prolect wa1 done by the men of Detail Alpha located at An Hoa.

There were actually two prolect1 In progren a,t the same time. One wa1

the lnstalllng of a piping sy1tem to carry water from the two village wells to various distribution• point• throughout the vlllage. The men of 301 provided the time and the equipment and the pipe wa1 furnl1hed by a local Vletname .. lndu1trlal group.

The second protect con1lsted of digging drainage dltchH In order to clear stand­ing water out of the Interior of the vlllage, Thi• not only 10lved the floodlng problem but al10 did away with a health ha11tard for the 1tandlng water created a place for the m01qulto1 to breed. All the work was done not during working hours but rather during off time. The entire lob wa1 done In four con1ecutlve Sunday1.

Another protect carried out by the men of Detachment Alpho was the bulldlng of a playground for the chlldren of Due Due, a village near An Hoa. Again, during their off time, the men built a merry•go•round and 1wlngs to be donated to the vlllage. The 1mlle1 of the vlllage children were reward enough for the effort expanded.

At Chrl1tma1 time, CIMU 301 got together with the 11t Battalion, 44 Artlllery lta­tloned at Dong·Ha and held a Chrl1tma1 party for 128 children of the Dong•Ha Orphanage. 1 /44 donated the food, candy, decoration• and preHnts. 301 donated candy and pre1ent1 to the party.

During the enemy TET ofren1lve, tome rocket1 which were aimed at the Dong• Ha Forward Combat laH fell 1hort and landed In the Dong•Ha School area. The high school which ha1 300 student1 and Hcondary school which has 400 1tudent1 took 1even round1. Several 1tudent1 were kllled and more than a do11ten were lntured. There were no trenche1 or bunken In the area at the time. When word of thl1 reached 301, Lt.(lg) MONTI and Hveral othen decided to do something about It. So they enll1ted the aid of Alpha Company'• trencher and 1&t out to dig 1ome trenchH for the school. Although the digging of the trenche1 took little time, It we11 greatly appreciated by the 1tudent1. The children had begun to dig Hveral trenihe1

by hand but the ground wa1 too hard. They were able to dig only a foot down and Hveral feet long.

The next protect 11 the bullcllng of pro• tectlve coven to the trench•• for pre• tectlon against air bur1t1 and falling debrl1. Thi• we hope, will be of 1ome con1olatlon to the unfortunate children of thl• war•torn country.

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The Dong - Ha Orpanage Christmas party. One of t h e few solid meals these children will ex perience. This party protect was jointly sponsored by Marine, Army and Se abee Units (CBMU 301 ).

The menu and program included " goofy grape " soft drink •.• a magic show and film ••.

_, -fried chicken, potatoes (of course) and peaches • •• hand served no less by the tri -service volunteers.

Lt. (jg) MONTI, Ens. ROEN, EONCN ALEXANDER and EON3 THIEVERAGE. The trencher is constructing •••

killing one child and injuring several others. EOC McKINNEY guides the trencher operation. Meanwhile. , ,

mortar trenches outsi d e the Dong-Ha school building which was hit by an enemy round in march •••

FATHER PAUL turns his back a s Lt. (jg) MONTI again outwits the candy confiscating M. P.'s.

A civic action project near An Hoa provides this vi llage with a n ew pipeline.

EON2 BROWN works on the water distribution system that will serve One of the pleasantly fri endly e ncounters on a potrol outside the comp domestic functions. perimete r .

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The future of a country lies In her children. How sad the too soon matu r ity-the loss of innocen t e in a war-torn land.

BUL2 WEBBER assists in with native workers •

Women , often as not, work just as hard as Vietnamese me n.

During CBMU 301 11 flrat year of e:Jtlatence, several awards and letten of commend· atlon have been beltowed upon the oftlcen ond men of the Unit.

Appro:Jtlmflfely •t 0900 houn on 3 Sep• tembor 1967, the Dong·H• Combat •••• came under enemy artltlery fire. A round landed In the ammunition aupply point, and It began exploding. It wa1 late Into the evening before all of tho ammunition, dynamite, C·4 plastic explosive, hand· grenade• and white pho1phorou1 had cooked oft.

Tho followlng me11age wa1 received from Malor General HOCHMUTH, Commanding General, THIRD Marine Dlvl1lon, on 5 September 1 967 1

"t. To all hand1 at the Dong•Ha Combat Baae I with to extend my 1lncere ' well done ' for the truly profo11lonal way that you have conducted younelvea during recent enemy artlttery and rocket attack• and particularly your actlona on the after• noon of 3 September 1 967,

2. Upon arrival at Dong-Ha ye1terday I waa extremely lmpre11ed with the manner In which you were bouncing back from a very aerlou1 altuatlon. the teamwork I wltne11ed between unit• and 1ervlc111 wa1 t.uly out1tandlng. Your re1ourcefulne11 to work together for the common cauH was mo1t ln1plrlng. The fact that you auftered no KIA'• during the attack re· fleet• a high degree of aecurlty.

3. Your Initiative, peneverance and de• votlon to duty, under 1ome of the mo1t advene condition• In Vietnam are recog• nlzed and truly appreciated. MGEN. HOCHMUTH aend1."

A copy of thl1 me11age wot entered In the 1ervlce record of every man who wa1 at Dong•Ha on that day.

For hi• actlona on that day, EOH2 I. r. SHEWllOOKS wot •warded the lronze Star. The Citation read• 1

"For heroic achievement In connection with operation• lnvolvlng enemy confllct whllo tervlng 01 an equipment operator with U. s. Naval Con1tr uctlon lattallon Malntonanco Unit THREE HUNDRED ONE on 3 September 1967. At about 0900 an

ammunition d ump adtacent to the area In which Petty Officer SHEWIROOKS wa1 working wa1 1truck by enemy artillery fire and began to explode. Petty Officer SHEWIROOKS sought shelter In a bunker located In tho Third Marine Shore Party area. Although numerou1 1econdary ex· plo1lon1 were accurlng oround him, and without regard to hit own penonal 1afety he exposed hlm1elf by leaving the bunker and locating a hospital corp1man to come to the aid of the wounded. Later, although the explo1lon1 continued un­abated, Petty Oftlcer SHEWIROOKS again proceeded out of the bunker 75 yard1 to his vehicle, drove the vehicle back to the bunker and evacuated Marlnet to 1afety with the truck. Petty Oftlcer SHEWIROOKS' Initiative and courageou1 actions were In keeping with the hlghe1t traditions of the United StatH Naval Service."

the preaentation wa1 made by Captain H. STEVENS, Jr., Public Workl Oftlcer, NAV­SUPPACT, Da Nang In February of 1961.

The Purple Heart Medal Is awarded for wounds received In combot action while In 1upport of the Force1 of the Republic of Vietnam In their 1truggle with Insur• gent communl1t (Viet Cong) forcH. Al· though mo1t of the men were treated and returned to duty, 1ome of them were wounded 1erlous enough to require med· lcal evacuation. CN C. L. JACKSON, SWE3 J. L. SLAUGHTER and CMHCN R. E. TUCKER were aerlou1ly wounded at Khe Sohn during the enemy aelge of that ba1e. IUH2 W. A. TENNIS wa1 hit by 1hrapnet from a round which hit In the EO yard at Khe Sanh, CEP3 D. A. NEWELL, Jr., re· celved numerous 1hrapnel wound1 at Khe Sanh but returned to duty after treat· ment at Da Nang. UT1 R. R, EVANS re­ceived multiple shrapnel wound• from a ro,cket which Impacted In the 301 camp alte. YN1 G. F. KOLi was al10 1erlou1ly wounded when the round• hit the 301 llvlng area.

The men of 301 have received numeroua Letten of Appreciation for our out1tandlng services rendered. The men of Detail Alpha were commended for their work In An Hoa. Lettera of Appreciation were given to the men who did 1uch an ad•

mlrable tob on the Khe Sanh runway prolect.

Three men r eceived Letten of Commend· atlon for their quick thinking and cour· ageous ach which averted dangerou1 1ltuatlon1. SWE2 R. A. ROlllNS prevent e d a portable air compre11or from collldlng with a Marine leep, and thus aaved lt1 occupant• from lnlury. CEP2 R. E. FOGLE and UTP3 J , E. RORllEST were commended for their action• during a heavy artlllery and rocket attack In Cua Viet. During thl1 period the main potable water blad· der wa1 punctured, a fuel line wa1 dam• aged and power llnH were downed. Although the attack continued they left their bunker and took immediate action by 1huttln9 oft the power and repairing the water bladder and fuel line thus averting serlou1 con1equences.

Several of the men received Good Conduct Medal• while aervlng with 301. ThHe medal• are given to tho1e who during a four year period 1erved in accordance with the high standard• of Naval trod· tlon.

JAMES F._CALLAHAN, EJtecutive Officer of CBMU 301 is is promoted to LCDR. LCDR. HOLMES pins on the gold leaf collar device.

EOH3 SHEWBROOKS re,eives the Bronxe Star Medal for bravery in adion. From left to right : Lt. ( jg) LILLENBERG, Ens. RYAN, LCDR. HOLMES, and Mr. JOHN TRETON . Pinning on the medal is CAPT. H. STEVENS.

EOH3 SHEWBROOKS is congratulate d by CAPT. STEVENS upon receiving the BronJ:e Star,

SWF2 JONES Is awarded the Good Conduct Medal by LCDR. HOLMES. UTW2 BECTON r eceives the Good Conduct Medal from LCDR. HOLMES as Lt. (lg) ANDERSON observes.

Purple Heart recipients for wounds received in action. L to R : CEP3 NEWELL (wounde d at Khe Sanh), BULCN HAHN (Cua Viet), and EAS2 FRYE (Kho Sanh) ,

Purple Heart recipients : EOH3 SHEWBROOKS (Dong-Ha, 2 Purple Hearts), EON2 MORTON (Dong-Ha), EONCN LARGE (Dong-Ha), EON3 POST (Khe Sanh , 2 Purple Hearts).

Others receiving Purple Hearts: EON2 LeBLANC, EONCN MESSER, SWE3 SLAUGHTER, CN JACKSON, CMH3 TUCKER, YN 1 KOLB, BMC BIFFLE, EONCN GUSTAFSON, CEW2 RICHMOND, BUH2 J. JONES, BUL3 LATHAM, BUL3 BUEHLER, UTI EVANS, EOH3 LATHAM, EOH2 VICE, SWE3 SEDILLO, SWE2 ADAMS (KIA), BUI SPILLMAN (KIA) and BUH2 TENNIS.

A Lette r of Commendation was awarde d to SWE2 ROBINS .

CEW3 TOLLERSON ond EAS3 SHEROW ore presente d the Novy Uni t Com­m endati on by LCDR. HOLMES for aer v lce with MCI 10,

EOl NALL r e ceives the Nov y Good Conduct Cert i ficate (his fourth) from LCDR. HOLMES.

Othe rs r ec e iving Lette r s of Comm edoti on : CMH3 GRENIER, CEP3 YEA ROUT and CEW2 FOGLE.

The Good Condud oward is presented to ETN2 SMART.

LCDR. HOLMES presents the Navy Achievment Medal to UTC McLAUGHLIN.

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SWE2 ROBINS, GMG2 HULLIBERGER, CEP3 REES, CEP2 ROBACK and EASCN ZERBINOS qualifi e d a s Ex pert Rifle m en dur ing Military Train in g prior to d e ploy m e nt to Vie tnam.

HOLMES, HENRY A . LCDR. BIRDSONG, S IDNEY L. BUL3 DENTON, DAVID V. EAD2 CALLAHAN, JAMES F. LCDR. BIRKES, KENNETH P. CN DEPEW I LARRY A . CN CRAMER, MAX L. Lt. BULME, MICHAEL T. SWE3 DIAL, DONALD L. CMC CORNETT, KENNETH H. Lt. BODWELL, LINDSAY F. EOH2 DI BELKA, ALBERT W . CEP2 MICHNA, THOMAS B. Lt. BOGGESS, DENNIS W . CMACN DOUGLAS, JAMES R. CMl MONTI, CARL J . Lt. (lg) BOLTON, JONATHAN P. EAS3 DREHER, DONALD A . CMA2 LILLENBERG, KENT B. Lt. (lg) BOND, RONNIE C. CN DRISKELL, ROBERT L. BUL3 ANDERSON, WILLARD A. Lt. (lg) BORTMAS, RONALD E. SWE3 DUNCKLEY, JAMES E. CMA2 KUX, MARTIN J . Lt. (lg) BOUGHTON, GEORGE R. JR. EOH2 DWYER, TIMOTHY C. BULCN RYAN, ROBERT J . JR. Ens. BRACE, LEWIS G . JR. CMA3 EADE, JOHN R. BUCS ROEN, BRUCE A . Ens. BRAEGGER, TERRY R. CMl ECCLESTON, ROBERT E. SWE2

BRAUER, JOHN R. BUH2 EDELMAN, CHARLES W . YN2 ABIERA, ROMEO A. S D2 BRINKMAN, RICHARD W . CN EGGERS, RONALD M. CS2 ADAMS, LARRY W . SWE3 BROADWATER, RICHARD L. CMA2 ELLISON, CHARES G. EOH3 ADRIO, STEVEN W. SWECN BROKAW, DALE S . EON3 ELLWANGER, RICHARD D. CEl AHLERS, TERRY L. BUL3 BROTHERTON, LAWRENCE J. SWE2 ENGLEBRETSEN, CHARLES F. CEl AKERS, LARRY M. CMACN BROWN, BARRY M . BUHCN ENGLISH , ROBERT W. EOHCN ALBA, MATEO G . PN3 BROWN, DENNIS R. EON2 ESHENAUR, JACK R. BUHCN ALEXANDER, ROBERT G. EONCN BROWN, YANCEY M. UTACN EVANS, ROBERT R. UTl ALLIKAS, VELLO CSl BUCKHANNON, JAMES D. SK3 FARAONE, ROBERT V. EAS2 ANAKALEA, JOSEPH K. UTWCN BUEHLER, WERNER F. BUL3 FEELER, WAYNE E. EOHCN ANDERSON, ERIC O . HM3 BUNDT, RAY E. HM3 FELKER, WILLIAM A. CMA2 ANDERSON, ROBERT R. MRl BURNS, RICHARD C. CMACN FERBRACHE, EDGAR M . UTA3 ANTIPORTA, CRUZ B. UTA2 BURRIS, GREGORY L. CEW3 FINCHER, CLAYTON W. CN ANTONINI, ROY A. CN BURSELL, JAMES J, CMA3 FLICK, ROBERT M . EOHCN ATTEBERRY, HARLAND J. un BYRUM, " J" HAROLD BUL3 FLYNN, LARRY D. UTW3 AUGUST, WILLAM A. CMACN CACIOPPO, SALVATORE J . CN FOGLE, ROBERT E. JR. CEP2 AUGENSTEIN, FRANCIS J . SWF2 CANN, HAROLD B. CEl FORREST, JOSEPH E. JR. UTP3 BAER, ROBERT G. PN2 CAPPS, DAVID R. BUR2 FORTIN, DONALD J . CN BAILEY, WILLIAM G. EON3 CARICUNGAN, URBANO M . DKl FOY, MICHAEL L. EOH3 BAKER, BARNEY G. CMA3 CARL, WILBUR L. EON2 FRALEY, RAY E. UTPCN BALDWIN, DAVID M . EON3 CAYE, MICHAEL A. BUHCN FRENCH, ALLEN L. UTBCN BARBER, GEORGE F. EOCS CHERRY, LESLIE A. CMA2 FRENZEL, WILLIAM B. BUL3 BARNES, BENNIE F. UTl CHRISTY, STANLEY M. YN3 FREILINO, FREDERICK J. CET2 BARTON, GARY E. CMA3 CLAIR, RICHARD E. CMA2 FRYE, RONNIE D. EAS2 BASSETT, CHARLES V. SWFCN CLANTON, LARRY C. CMHCN GAMBLIN, KENNETH D. PN3 BATTI, GARY D. BULCN CLARK, JOHN R. BUR2 GARCIA, TONY J. BUR3 BAUGHAN, GERALD J. SWE2 CLYMER, BRADFORD C. UTW3 GATES, GEORGE O. EON2 BEASLEY, KENNETH E. CMACN COCHRAN, JAMES D. CMHCN GEHRAND, ROBERT J. CMH3 BEATTY, CHARLES E. BUL3 COFFEY, JOSEPH R. EON2 GLYNN, DENNIS C. EON3 BEAUVAIS, RICHARD B. CMH2 COGGIN, GARY L. CN GODFREY, FRANK M. CMC BECKMAN, BRUCE C. CEW2 COLLINS, ROBERT C. CET2 GONZALEI, MANUEL A. EOl BECTON, CHARLIE G. un CORCORAN, PAUL D. BUL3 GORDINER, GARY W . CEW2 BEEL, JAMES E. CEP2 CORLESS, JEFFRY J. CN GORNICK, RONALD E. CMA2 BEERS, STEPHEN W. CET3 COVILL, STEPHEN G. BUR3 GRAHAM, GILBERT G . CMl BEGLEY, THOMAS J . EOHCN CRHA, BERNARD J. CMA2 GREATHOUSE, JAMES E. SWE2 BEKIUS, VIRGIL G. UTACN CROW, JAMES H. SWF2 GREGG, THOMAS N . UTP3 BELCHER, RAYMOND J . BUR3 CRUZ, RAYMOND EONCN GREEN, WELDON E. CMHCN BENNETT, KIRK D. CMACN DABBS, DERRIS R. BUH2 GRENIER, ROBERT P. BULCA BENTON, JOSEPH M. EOC DAILEY, RONALD M. UTP3 GRENIER, WILLIAM G . CMH2 BERGERON, RICHARD D. CMHCN DALE, LARRY J. PN3 GRUNWARD, RICKY P. CN BERKHEIMER, DENNIS R. EON3 DAMMER, DONALD W. SK3 GUESS, EUGENE T. BUL2 BERRY, DAVID L. SWFCN DAVIS, IVAN F. EON3 GUILLEMETTE, STANLEY C. BULCN BERTLES, DENNIS R. EOC DEAN, MELL V. CEl GUNDRUM, ARNOLD H. BUL3 BEY I DOUGLAS J. SWE3 DELLORO, ANGELES H. SKC GUSTAFSON, WILLIAM H. EONCN BIFFLE, ROY A . BMC DENAYER, JOHNNY L. CMA2 GUZMAN, DAVID M . S KI BINKLEY, JERRY L. CEP3 DENNETT, KENNETH G. CMA3 HAAS, LARRY K. CMACN

HAFFORD, EDWARD I. CN LAMBERT, RALPH S. JR. EOH3 MOSEMAN, JAMES F. CN HAHN, JAMES F. SWECN LANGE, JAMES A. CN MOSS, MICHAEL C. UTWCN HAHN, JERRY L. BULCN LARGE, JOHNNY R. EONCN MOXLEY, RONALD C. CMHCN HALL, MARK N . JR. EONCN LATHAM, DAVID M . EOH3 MUELLER, LYLE K . CN HALVORSON, THOMAS R. EONCN LAVELLA, PAUL G. UTW2 MULLEN, ROBERT R. CN HANEY, LARRY R. BUL2 LAWRENCE, DANNY L. CMA2 MULLENIX, RUSSELL L. BULCN HARPER, ROBERT M. UTP3 LEBLANC, EMIL J. EON2 MULLINS, RICHARD EOH3 HARRINGTON, STEVE T. BULCN LEFEBRE, ALBERT J. SHl MULLIS, ROBERT T. SWl HATCHER, RANDALL L. BULCN LEMIEUX, LEE W . CMA3 MURRELL, HENRY G. EONCN HATFIELD, THEO JR. SHI LEONARD, EDWARD c. CMA2 MUSE, EDWARD L. EOH3 HAVENS, THOMAS J. CMA3 LESTER, GARY L. SWE3 MYERS, WILLIAM F. UTBCN HAVER, MICHAEL J. BURCN LEWIS, DONALD G. UTW3 MYTNIK, WILLIAM BULCN HAYES, JOSEPH J, CES2 LLOYD, RUBE H. CN NALL, DAVID L. EOl HED, GERALD R. EOl LLOYD·DAVIES, JOHN A . BURCN NEWELL, DONALD A . JR. CEP3 HELM, ROGER L. BUH3 LOERA, ALBERTO CMH2 NISSEN, RAYMOND P. CEP3 HENDERSON, DAVID A . EOH2 LORE, RICHARD W. BUR 2 NOLAN, DENNIS G. BUL3 HENDRIXSON, JOHN A. SWE3 LORENZ, ALVENO R. BM2 NOLAN, MICHAEL L. UTW3 HERRIN, FREDERICK E. JR. DK2 LOUTHAN, DANNY C. CMA3 NUNNELLY, TOM W. swc HERRMAN, JAMES W. UTA3 LUEBBEHUSEN, RICHARD C. BUL2 OBOCZKY, ROBERT M . SWF2 HIPSHER, GARY L. EON2 LUNDERMAN, EDWARD J. CMHCN OHRT, JOHN R. BUHCN HOPKINS, WILLIAM A . BUL3 LURZ, FRANCIS H . JR. UTB3 OKAMURA, ROBERT T. CET3 HOPPER, DENNIS J. SKI MAC CLOS KEY, JACK R. CEW3 OLSEN, GLENN R. EON3 HORWATH, THOMAS J. BUL2 MANRING, ROBERT R. EOH2 OLSON, DENNIS R. CEW3 HULLIBERGER, GEORGE D. GMG2 MARICK, PHILIP A . EONCN ORAM, ROBERT L. BULCN HUSTON, MARK D. EON 2 MARINO, LAWRENCE W . JR. HM3 OSBORNE, RAYMOND H. PN3 HYATT, WILLIAM H. SN MARKS, FRANK P. SK3 OVERCASH , WILLIAM C. BUL3 ILG, WAYNE A . EON2 MARSHALL, MICHAEL T. BUHCN OWSLEY, GEORGE S. BUH2 JACKSON, CHARLES L. CN MARTINEZ, ALBERTO E. SWE2 PAIVA, JERRY A . UTP2 JACKSON, CHESTER W . SKC MATTHEWS, DOUGLAS T. BUL3 PARADISO, JOHN C. CMACN JACKSON, EDWARD A. SK2 MAYES, BOBBY L. CMA3 PARISH, JOHN H. CMH3 IAHNS, MELVIN R. CN MAYNARD, TALBERT CMA2 PAYNE, JAMES R. swc JERVEY, DENNIS K . CMACN MC CARTY, WALTER M. EOH2 PAZILLO, JAMES M. EAD2 JOHNSON, GARY L. CMACN MC COMBS, RONALD L. BULCN PENCE, JAMES W . CMA2 JOHNSON, LEON A . CN MC DANIEL, MARSHALL E. CET3 PENROD, WILLIAM T. JR. ETN3 JOHNSON, WAYNE A. EAS2 MC KINNEY, ROLLIN D. EOC PETERSON, RONALD A . EOH3 JONAS, ARTHUR SWE2 MC LAUGHLIN, HUGH F. UTC PEZZOLI, JOHN C. CMA2 JONES, JIMMY W . BUH2 MC LENNAN, DAVID H . EON3 PHELPS, ELI J. CET2 JONES, LARRY D. SWl MC MINN, DANIEL W . SWF3 PICARD, GEORGE A . EON3 KABASHIMA, DONALD M . J03 MC NAMEE, RONALD D. SWF3 PITTMAN, WILLIAM E. CSl KEEHN, CARL H . BULCN MEEKS, DAVID W . CEW2 POST, JAMES E. JR. EON3 KELLY, GARY D. BUL3 MESSER, LEWIS S. EON3 PRATT, STEPHEN W. SWE2 KELLY, MARLIN M . HMl MEYER, ROGER P. SWF2 PRESTON, MICHAEL W. BUL3 KEPNER, FRANK D. CN MICHELSON, RICHARD A . BUR3 PRICE, BRUCE A. CN KERN, HARVEY K . JR. CN MILLER, ERNEST L. CET3 PRICE, RONALD C. SWE3 KIGHT, DONALD E. CN MILLER, GENE A . EAD2 PRICHARD, KIM K. CN KILLY, RICHARD M . CMACN M I LLER, GEORGE W . JR. UTB3 PUCHALA, PAUL T. EON3 KINNICK, GENE R. BUH3 MILLER, RICHARD L. BULCN PUCKRIDGE, JACKIE R. EOH3 KNIGHTON, RICK " E II PN3 MILLER, WILLIAM L. CN PUGH, JOHN JR. CN KNISELL, HARVEY R. CMA2 MILLS, ROBERT L. CMA3 QUIRING, BENJAMIN J. JR. CEP2 KOGLER, KENNETH L. CSl MITCHELL, KENNETH F. CMA3 QUIGLEY, DONALD R. EON2 KOLB, GERALD F. YNl MOLINE, NELS A. JR. EOH3 RADKE, MICHAEL R. CET2 KOTZER, RICHARD D. SWFCN MONTUORI, THEODORE L. CMACN RAMOS, FERMIN SWl KUBLEY, LAWRENCE W. SWE3 MOORE, JOHN L. EON3 READ, ROBERT M . UTA3 KUHLE, STAWLEY J, CMC MORGAN, TIM R. CMH2 REEDER, RUSSELL L. JR. UTA3 KULM, LARRY M . SWF2 MORRIS, BRUCE W . CMH3 REEK, JOHN E. SWF2 LA BOUNCE, WILLIAM J. JR. BUC MORRIS, CARTER R. BUHCN REES, RALPH T. CEP3 LAMB, CLARENCE J, JR. BUL2 MORTON, FLOYD R. EON2 REES, RULON V . EO~

REINING, DAVID F. REISTAD, ANTHONY B. RENTZ, WAYNE A . RICHMOND, CHARLES L. RISINGER, ALLEN D. ROBACK, MICHAEL T. ROBERT, LIONEL P . E. ROBERTSON, BARRY W. ROBINS , RONALD A. ROBINSON, EDDIE " W " · ROBINSON, LUTHER ROBINSON, STEWART C. ROBINSON, WILLIAM E. ROOT, RONALD A. RORICK, ANTHONY J, ROSE, DAUCIE M. JR. ROUCH, JAMES E. ROUCH , DENNIS L. RUIZ, PETE RUMSEY , RODERICK RUTLEDGE, JERRY L. SAHLER, ROBERT M . SCHNELL, JERRY L. SCHOULTZ, GILBERT SCOTT, LARRY W. SEARLE, NORMAN C. SEDILLO, RONALD A. SEEDS, JACKIE W. SEHON, JAMES D. SELLE, OLAV E. SEVERIN, ANDREW D. SHAW, GERALD L. SHEARIN, KENNETH S. SHERIDAN, EDWARD P. SHEROW, ROBERT C . SHERREN, ALBERT S. SHEWBROOKS, BENJAMIN F. SHILLER, VAL J . SHOVLIN, ROBERT F. SHUGART, ROBERT J . SIGWALT, RAYMOND G . SILER, LARRY D. SIMMS, RONALD D. SKJEFTE, JOHN B. SLAUGHTER, JAMES L. SLEDGE, DAVID L. SMALLEN, GARY E. SMART, JAMES R. JR. SMITH, DAVID B. SMITH , JAMES A. SMITH, JULIAN B. SMITH, LANSING R. SMITH , RALPH D. SMITH, RICHARD A. SMITH, RONALD C. SOUSLEY, CLYDE D. STANLEY, RICHARD G. JR.

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STATEN, MARVIN STEARMAN, CECIL R. JR. STECKLER, PETER A. STEELE, RONALD D. STEIK, CARL E. STEIN, IRWIN L. STEENSLAND, MICHAEL E. STOCKWELL, PHILLIP B. STONE, WILFORD G. STOUT, DANNY L. STRUIK, RICHARD " J " SULLIVAN, GARY M. SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY H. SUNDSROM, STEVEN N. TALLANT, HARRY J. TANNER, DON L. TENKEN, RAYMOND V. TENNIS, WILLIAM A. THERRIEN, WAYNE A. THIVIERGE, FRANCIS P . JR. THOMPSON, HYRUM S. THOMPSON, RONALD A. THRONSON, GARY A . TOLLERSON, LOWELL C. TROTTNO, WILLIAM W. TUCKER, ROBERT E. TURRILL, CURTIS F. ULMER, JAMES T. JR. VAN MIDDENDORP, DONALD D. VERMEIRE, LYNN R. V 'ICE, TOM W . V 'INCENT, RONALD L. V 'INES, RONNIE L. VOGELGESANG, RICHARD A . WAGNER, DANNY L. WAGNER, MICHAEL W. WALER, DENNIS F. WALKER, ROBERT L. WALTERS, JAMES B. WALTERS, NORMAN G . WARD, STEVEN L. WARDELL, ROBERT D. WASHINGTON, ROGER C. WEBBER, LLOYD E. WENGER, JEREL A . WESTPHAL, RICHARD A . WESTRAY, RICHARD JR, WHEELER, EDWARD L. WHITTLE, LYNN A. WIEDMAN, ROBERT D. WIEGGGER, JOSEPH M. WILICUTT, DONALD F. II. WILLIAMS, JAMES D. WILLIAMS, JOHN H. WILLIAMSON, GRAHAM P . WILLIAMSON, ISAAC R. WILLIS, RICHARD D.

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WILSON, RICHARD D. WILSON, RONALD R. WOLKING, KENNETH E. WOOD, BILLY E. WOODS, ROLLIN L. WORTMAN, LARRY A . YANNOTTI, BENJAMIN J . YARBROUGH , RICHARD C. YEAGER, STEPHEN C. YEAROUT, MICHAEL J. YOUNG, FRANK " B " Ill. YOUNG, ROBERT J . ZERBINOS, ALEXANDER H.

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Ens. R. J. RYAN, JR . Cruise Book Officer

CET3 R. T. OKAMURA Narration

EAD3 A. B. REISTAD Drawings

EAD2 J. M . PAZILLO Art Dir ection/Photography

BUL3 W. B. FRENZEL More Narration

EAD2 G. A . MILLER Photography

J03 D. M . KABASHIMA Photographic Prlnlng

To produce a Cruise Book is quite an un­dertaking. And to do it eight miles from the DMZ under wartime conditions with a time allotment of four weeks the prob­le ms become manifold. To bring s uch a prolect to a s uccessful conclusion there must d e a great d e al of sacrifice and co-operation by all the p eople concerned. It Is to th e m that I should like to express my appreciation :

To Ens. R. J . RYAN, JR. for his patie nce In listening to and resolving my prob­lems.

To Lt. T. B. MICHNA for graciously loan· Ing his EA's to PAO.

To the Dal Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. for their prompt and courteous service. And to HAJIME TAWARA and HACHIRO AIDA for their tireless aid and guidance.

To Lt.(lg) C. J, MONTI, EON2 HUSTON, EAS2 FARAONE and EAS3 BOLTON for contributing photographs.

To the Cruise Book staff who unse lfis hly worked overtime, night s hifts and on Sunday a ft e rnoons, their only day off; my deepest g raditude.

EAD2 J .M. PAZILLO

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