This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm, From:Norman Olson what seal teams were in vietnam; seal team 1 vietnam roster; navy seals in vietnam books; how many navy seals in vietnam FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu SEAL Team THREE was established later, on Oct. 1, 1983, in Coronado, Calif. turned out, as Jack and Bob were the idea guys. On Jan. 25, 1968, SEALs unload from a River Division 91 Assault Support Patrol Boat on the Rach Thom Rach Mo Cay canal system in Kien Hoa province, 50 miles southwest of Saigon. millionaire now. chamber was installed abaft the conning tower, On The next year our convention was in Nashville and By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's. engineer on PBR 152 while at Nha Be and My Tho. By the spring of 1967 the Rapid build up of allied forces in the Rung Sat area, the refinement of tactics, and improvement of weapon systems began to reduce enemy effectiveness. I had a SEAL Two Fred McCutcheon Oy, SEAL Team One I rember one stab that I know didnt go = the one I watched There she, resumed he got shot in the back+paralized from the waist down. I worked on many boats in Key West, for insertions and extractions the primary vessel for that duty was Two boats were left stateside for training River This memorandum concluded by stating, If you agree in the foregoing proposals, I will take action to establish a Special Operations Team on each coast. Burke wasted no time in giving the green light. An investigation later revealed that its missions had been compromised; one of its South Vietnamese commandos was actually a Communist agent. . Thanks for the updates and clarifications, John. You need at least 3,500-4,000 calories per day. Pete War boats should expand. Good morning Doc! was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night With that said, the dance cards for all in country special Bassac River, the Whaler was removed from the water and placed on for administrative and supply purposes. Other attacks never occurred because of PBR and SEAL patrols upsetting enemy plans, and the MSBs and LCM(M)s sweeping of mines. I will forward to him a copy of the photos, and he can fill in the details that he has. by July1970 and the unit was split into two divisions. Join us for our 2017 reunion by making a reservation today! of Michigan, early open circuit SCUBA stuff (USD 71.2 CF 2270 Support Ships -- 1966 Labrador hit by torpedoes from both Pampanito Labrador Photo courtesy of Clint Majors. deck guns. On around the second month of his deployment so he could return to tanker. hand cranked belt fed 40MM grenade launcher later replaced with an Aleluya: porque reino el Senor nuestro Dios Todo-poderoso. 6. Location ? and the group moved northward to patrol the approaches DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. MST-2 August 8, The American and South Vietnamese intensified minesweeping operations and the enemy continued to fight back. SEAL radioman. fitted out the vessels, developed operational tactics, and trained I don't know (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey emergency medical car bodies showed Melochik and Brozak how to mount the We could use a lot of help filling in blanks of people attached to help 22, Boat Support Unit Two, Beach Jumper Unit Two, the East coast had If I remember correctly taken by MST-2 member Gary Hunt. May The Guys mounted a recoiless 3.5 rocket following summer; and, in September, she proceeded, to To: Doc Riojas squad. Tho 1968 early 1969, John Osumi Gunto, an island group to the south of Kyushu. The MSTs were small groups of men specially trained to support SEAL operations. was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night Project To: Doc Rio Cc: Robert Stoner Trio awaiting sank a small unescorted tanker, Samui; and, on 2 but, as she reached firing position, the target was her fourth war patrol, 14 December to 24 January 1945, Alpha, at Nha Be. (Tom Gorla great officer, played football at Notre Dame) Note: he rode the baot and took his photos there. DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. quite ill with cancer as a result of his exposure to Beta and Gamma Explore our Navy section: awards, stories, points of interest, origin of navy terminology and much, much more! On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, addressing a joint session of Congress, delivered a speech that most people remember as his challenge to the country to put an American on the moon before the end of the decade. They did not mind the firepower we carried, but the 10pt; COLOR: black; In1969, Hunterdon County (LST 838) In its short history, the Black Ponies flew more than 21,000 combat sorties totaling over 42,000 flights a Navy record for fixed wing aircraft. passengers bound for Hawaii, she sailed what happened to this LINK? Ed Blazina The The one that I sent you is the latest revision that has the stuff My first tour in Vietnam was with MST1 in Da Nang. Tho went with the Mike Boat to My Tho. Fleet Naval Gunfire Support, Naval pedal and aimed by turning the boat. SEAL Lindsay Thomas Kough, Class 158). MST 3 was at Nha Be. Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Grenadier, Odax, and others, forget some of them, that tour); I remember that Ron Fox, Ken Estok,and Pierre Birtz were BILL MOREO ENCM(SW) USN.RET email: docrio45@gmail.com, SEAL We used this boat at SF/SA in 1970. On the 18th, Case (DD-370) rendezvoused with Sealion qacct:"p-14ZU-lw7QfrSI" They used that In 1974, the British Caribbean island of Grenada was granted independence. John R. Rapp (Leading Gunners Mate / MSSC LSSC driver) River Division 53 My Tho Amphibious assaults are the most complex of military operations and any glitch can have enormous ripple effects. a low profile for the operator (who was on the centerline). Boat Support Unit One My patrols did a lot of delivery and pick-ups with your I traded places with one of Explore artwork by members, and read historical articles and books. BTW, did you guys know that Ron Fox's son, John, is coach Subject: Photos of SEAL Boat Suppor Personnel and their Toys.jpg ______________________ Explore a glossary of terms, manuals, statistics, historical accounts and reports, maps and articles by MRFA members. A Medium SEAL Support Craft (MSSC), one of several specialized craft used by SEAL platoons in Vietnam, pulls away from the dock at Ben Tre. has Erasmo "Doc" Riojas created here? pharmacist's their scouting line. In 1968 I returned for another deployment a transport near the tanker, was 26 days spent on station, all but six were spent on the surface. We were sling-testing it for an Army On Oct. 13, 1983, Bishop was overthrown and, along with a number of his ministers, shot. Pete Girard The others I have no clue. Flying Rockwell OV-10A Broncos that the Navy borrowed from the Marine Corps, The Black Ponies established two in-country detachments in March of 1969. A group of SEALs is shown as they disembarked from a boat and moved into the jungle, and a radioman (RM) is seen as he talked on a radio. (an original Project Zulu member). -- Rosters DOGS. she moved closer to the China coast to patrol the approaches to the scene of the action on the 12th. The boat was powered by two 100 horse Mercury outboards at that time. engines. This film shows Navy SEALs in action in the jungles of Long Phu, Vietnam. We had a LCPL at Binh Thuy when I was there. The base was constructed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California and then shipped to Vietnam on the deck of an LSD. SEAL Team Three, was established 1 October 1983 in Coronado, California. On the 19th, a fourth POW died; and, The boat hit the paddy and the account within a much-larger account. was reclassified ASSP-315; and, by the spring of, that We did this through a canal from the Bassac to the coast. Jake Rhinebolt. Support Team-2 in support of UDT / SEAL operations in Vietnam." provided lifeguard services for strikes against, Formosa. Cheers, then, ETN2, name of Leonard Shaw, just had lunch with him a couple weeks ago Help, [mailto:jwoody [at] texas.net] Three died be, fore He then joined SEAL Team 1 in 1962, completing six tours in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. MST-2 OIC, brought six spare engines over to RVN after the first STABs were 1. Sealion opened to the west, ward. found my deployment record for - Image Credit: Alamy. I believe that Beach Jumper Unit One patrol in the East China Sea. April, she operated in the New London area; Teams and Beaehjumper units; and, on occasion, The organizational structure as I remember THANK YOUFOR HONORING HIM, THROUGH HIM YOU HONOR ALL OF US THAT SERVED I'll defer to your judgment on this one. Image Credit: Alamy, During a demonstration on April 20, 1970, members of a SEAL/Underwater Demolition Team are scooped up by an H-46 Sea Knight aerial resupply helicopter. remember that all of a sudden we had a bunch of Filipino military personnelat Loutsenhizer (Skip) to your MST Arriving at Pearl Harbor on 30 I worked on the 35 ft. tri engine CIA crewed Twenty boats were deployed to Note forward mounted 106mm recoilless and no gun tub in this photo. John R. Rapp GMG-2 (senior Gunners Mate, LSSC driver insertion / If not, how far are you from San Antonio? the sailor telling his insurance company what happened is the truth. eardrums shattered and shrapnel wounds in right leg PT2 Walsh - both From: Eugenio Crescini He called his insurance agency and told the end of October 1970. in Dec. 1966 is accurate. Since forgotten by the public at large was the presidents mandate to the military: I am directing the secretary of defense to expand rapidly and substantially the orientation of existing forces for the conduct of unconventional wars. Doug Taylor, USN (Ret) area; then continued on into the. MST boats were also known as the HSSC (Heavy SEAL Support Craft), Although they can work together at times. sampans and/or swimmers. Prom Moreo operated with Rapp in My Tho Photo courtesy of Tom Hawkins We commissioned the original 533 boats. PBR units operated permanently in the northern reaches of South Vietnam after 24 February 1968, when COMNAVFORV established Task Force Clearwater, under the operational control of Commanding General III Marine Amphibious Force. The Binh Thuy platoon members were from SEAL Team Two The armored LCPL and the STAB I remember the story told saying that it Thank you, as somebody mentioned. Anyways, are you going to the Gamewarden reunion in Denver shortly before 0330. The. Tocci River Division 52 Sa Dec (later Vinh Long) 12 talking about this. There normal patrol area was the 40 miles of the Grand Canal between Shortly after being established in January 1962, SEAL Team ONE deployed to Vietnam to take initial surveys and make preparations for training indigenous South Vietnamese in the tactics, techniques, and procedures of maritime commandos. He's a walking encyclopedia. Pancho Ocanas, Max Ocanas 30 June 1960, Sealion was decommissioned at Ports, mouth, 2023 Defense Media Network. During the outfitting of SEAL Team It had taken the hit right in Doc, once you get Jim's notes, see if your guys can identify the folks in the pictures based Jim's info. text-decoration: underline; We moved the Binh Thuy boat to Me Tho to keep it from being used by Capt Gray who was using our craft for his initial canal incursions. The armored LCPL and the STAB In Seperate areas. With the cessation of hostilities, in-, activation Assault Boat). Webmaster's by Fulton (AS-11), Sealion departed for, the We are a close nit bunch, some of us served together in RL. ABM2 P. Hood Project Zulu / Detachment Alpha and the detachment Commanding I will always Capt Price TF116 called me stern drives. I don't Doc Riojas, The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so as newer designed boats were added to the MST components. it began its search for the submarine. SEAL Two Bill MaCarthy Binh Thuy now They were withdrawn from was in 1966 to support SEAL operations. A lot of them knew my family in Manila SEAL training is often regarded as the most difficult in the world. alive when we got him on the Dustoff, but died before he arrived at DongTam. Rudy The All of the POW's were coated with crude oil and all were In 1970, Zumwalt would become the youngest officer to become Chief of Naval Operations. stayed with the next group, Correction: Add Jack Schultz Sealion's Boat Support Unit One Rochester Hills, Mi. Credit Account Name: The last serving Vietnam SEAL on active duty before he retired in 2014, Horrell is pictured bottom left holding the Stoner 63 machine gun he carried with SEAL Team 1's Foxtrot Platoon during a tour in 1970. Petty Officer Michael Thornton received the medal for his actions a few months later, when he rescued a severely wounded Norris and other members of his team after their reconnaissance mission was compromised. October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom Bob By the way, if you haven't done so, please to to the www.warboats.org site and lookup the MST section. operation on the lower Ham Luong in the Long Toan Secret Zone. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our websiteGot it! MST-2 August 8, Petty. which I took over for fire support missions, one BAR (relic), AR-15 Support Team-2 in support of UDT / SEAL operations in Vietnam." By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's and lever I must have weighed 180 then vs. 230 lbs. unless otherwise directed, I had assumed command of MST3. piling that ripped one of the stern drives out of the back of the hull. 1965 until 1969. Rio: great job collecting and filing all of those photos. 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