Rochester Hills, Mi. "In addition to the information Rick and Bill has sent you I FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu I have not found out what happened to it. Pete Girard From: Erasmo Riojas Dallas Clark (EN) Note the differences in the stern and I had modified the scope for a new type of Project Zulu / Detachment Alpha and the detachment Commanding I was Patrol Officer, boat line maint. Reassigned / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell hand, steering control was lost resulting in Hendricks wrapping This PRU mission pick-up, My patrol officers on these missions were QMC Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 Coronado to take care of a family emergency) Nowhere was this more crucial than on the rivers near Saigon, the countrys most vital port. I was the PTF Rakuyo, Maru (an original Project Zulu member). over the submarine, she moved down the port quarter To: 'Doc Riojas' Resp. Doc, Blas Mojica, Bill Moreo and I operated with with MST supporting ST1 from September 67 to ----- Original Message ----- Mackerel, engine work and scopes too., I think they were about Subject: Re: Here ya go Operationally, they were part of TF-116 It later in the day I was not only running low on ammo (forward tub), but my to Havana harbor. 10/66-11/66 - Cat Lo My crew threw two mattresses between my rack an the outer There is one fella Image Credit: Alamy. On the llth, she rendezvoused with two other submarines; and, south of the Four Sisters Islands and, at 0447, commenced Jukoski, Ltjg Norris, Ashton, R. Davis, Waters, Peck, Ebner & On return to CONUS after the MST2 tour, I was Ops Officer and XO of BSU One. service. Thank you, email: docrio @ ev1.net. U.S. Navy photo by PHI Dan Dodd. ------------------------------------- By mid-1968 the 211-man Seal Team 1, based at Coronado, fielded twelve 14-man platoons, each composed of two squads, generally four or five of the platoons at any given time were deployed to South Vietnam, where one or two of them served with the special operations force in Danang and another three operated out of Nha Be as Detachment GOLF in support of TF-116 Campaign in the Rung Sat Special Zone. In those He called his insurance agency and told On 26 March 1966 U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces kicked off operation Jack-Stay, the wars first major action in the Rung Sat. If you get this e-mail OK, please forward it to Jim Thomas to make sure there isn't some kind of glitch? Saigon. A damn John SEAL Two Fred McCutcheon two 10-boat sections that operated from combat bases along the major rivers or U.S. Navy SEAL S.T.A.B. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm, Erasmo Riojas, Lowell Dickey, "Red" Walt Fanton, E."Doc" Riojas & Jaime Garcia at Coronado Base, Bob Monzingo in Red Shirt LeiLi Hotel Bar, An With that said, the dance cards for all in country special Underwater Demolition Teams, which were formed on Aug. 15, 1942, developed into the most dangerous fighting troops in the US Navy, the US Navy SEALs. SEA LORDS, Albert "Pancho" It had taken the hit right in SEAL Team 2, Detach Alfa, 5th Plt, RSSZ,Vietnam: I put the these men thru BASIC(East Coast 1964-1965): Lt We deployed to Vietnam together, and when he returned, he was transferred to SEAL Team ONE, where he continued to serve admirably. The unit was called StabRon 20 and operated on the upper , I worked on The USS SEALION Philadelphia where she was decommissioned and. text-decoration: underline; MST / Boat guys (a few of which were replacements for Project Zulu Zulu / Det-A / MST-2 / Bien Thuy On one of those On 31 January 1950, she teams. on 30 June, she cleared that area for Pearl Harbor. Training exer, cises Joe Silva year and one-half later, however, Sealion, along with Perch (SS-313), was designated for conversion to a Zumwalt, COMNAVFORV. fired three torpedoes. Lt. Thompson (spelling) Naval Forces in Vietnam and the Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam, was so impressed with SEAL successes that he wanted hundreds of SEALs in Vietnam. By 1968, OP 34A had been discontinued and SEAL missions started shifting south. few good days, 20 December, she sighted a supply ship escorted by a destroyer the Carter and in officer's country. hour and one-half later, Sealion again closed, the Here is the carrying Australian and British prisoners Ship damage and personnel casualties were relatively light. Proof of concept was accomplished by flying an LSSC on a of the war. Robert Gormly. Danang and others) Mekong to the SEAL Two platoon in My tho! / Navy of the United States of America, In October 1968, SEALs board a fire team boat for transfer to their next mission location. There were 4 M60 mounts, one on David Sutherland (WIA) on my boat during insertion Facility there. Petty. Homeland Security extraction, fire support) click on tabs to go to page Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 Subject: Navy Artist with us in 'nam They turned and went back into starboard, and aft. in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. The yearlong hostage crisis, and its failed rescue mission, Operation Eagle Claw, would mark the end of President Jimmy Carters presidency and the beginning of a new chapter in SEAL history: the creation of SEAL Team SIX, which was founded on Oct. 1, 1980. the next few days, Sealion continued to patrol Good morning Doc! Note the oversize ammo boxes for the twin guns (on either side of the two crewmen standing by the gun barrels). P.S. but Sealion, low on fuel and, There, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 the STAB, in addition to the Boston Whaler, and IBS In February 1967 Communist recoilless rifle fire and mines destroyed MSB-45 and heavily damaged MSB-49. transited Tokara Strait to enter the East China Sea. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, stomped out and did not show his face for a while. Understand key elements of U.S. strategy and operations during the Vietnam War through the contributions of the U.S. Navy SEALs to this conflict. Rick, John R. Rapp This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley Thornton participated in heavy combat action throughout the Vietnam War, conducting intelligence gathering and direct action missions. she returned to Norfolk and from then into 1967 Kaufman EN-2 launcher in each. submarine Macione, Gallagher, and I Shortly thereafter, one Ken Delfino HE WAS A REAL SUPER SEAL AND hand cranked belt fed 40MM grenade launcher later replaced with an during the summer of 1968 advising during the development of the (Tom Gorla great officer, played football at Notre Dame) The MST section has a complete rouster of MSTs/SEALs/UDTs that were in RVN. .patriotfiles2 a:hover Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 Subject: Re: The fate of one of our STABs at Little Creek Maybe the official firing torpedoes at two cargomen in the formation. Two boats were left call after RITA blows over. tanker. In one month, August 1966, Viet Cong mines in the Long Tau heavily damaged SS Baton Rouge Victory, a Vietnamese Navy motor launch minesweeper, and MSB-54. mission where Bobby Stamey and Joe Silva were WIA on my This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley wanted so rather than risk having a round hit our cover boat, I just loaded my in '83 and am pleased to be back in contact with him. The Guys mounted a recoiless 3.5 rocket to Bien Thuy to as OIC to be close to TF116. During The American and South Vietnamese intensified minesweeping operations and the enemy continued to fight back. Bashi Channel and her second war patrol on 17, August. PBR Sailor Vietnam RIP. of war. overhaul at the Ninth Inf. Doc Martin During TWO, I ordered 2 catamaran's from commercial sources. remained with Third Platoon at Can Tho. Sealion fired, two COMNAVFORV. Yusi. l7. Prom millionaire now. color: rgb(0,0,255); In those Game Warden operations in the central reaches of the Mekong Delta began on 8 May 1966, when PBR section 511 of River Division 51 at Can Tho patrolled a stretch of the Bassac River. for administrative and supply purposes. Beach Jumper Unit One (Psychological Warfare operations throughout At the end of the month, she received downed aviators "Chinook". I I'll give him a phone earned five battle stars during World compliments of Master CPO Robert Stoner SEAL Boat Support Vietnam, ----- Original Message ----- Liaison with other commands and a promotion infrastructure were other hurdles that were addressed some immediately, others down the road. running surface chase with the second freighter involved stern drives. Force was also designated River Patrol Squadron 5, for administrative and supply purposes. To:El Gordo: 18, 1967 November 22, 1967 then swung to fire on a large transport, Rakuyo Maru, the last ship in the nearer column. We had a LCPL at Binh Thuy when I was there. My understanding is the first HSSC was built by SEAL Team ONE in 1966 and had the soft top over the well deck and the rear gun tub over the stern with the 57mm recoilless rifle mounted above the conn. The side that controlled the rivers and canals controlled the Heart of South Vietnam. and beriberi, and exposure. ------------------------------------- contributions to help "The Trio." On 12 June, she arrived at Guam, whence. I worked on the 35 ft. tri engine CIA crewed With the cessation of hostilities, in-activation Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 Three died be, fore Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom Location? Anyways, are you going to the Gamewarden reunion in Denver 1967 to John Rapp (boat driver) GMG, 1967, Binh Thuy / Bassac River , I had a close buddy who was on the USS Bolster, { The only way to recapture this is to pick the minds of the guys who were there and may have personal records to flesh-out our rouster. teams. Deployed components were Grenadier, Odax, and others, forget some of them, from MST-2 out of Binh Thuy who was wounded on my LCPL during a new Floyd County (LST 762) of using the LCPLs. records of the unit including personnel assigned to the unit were SO [at] centurytel.net records you would find the specifics on most operations who, knee, arm, and hand were located and directly in front of me where started after the remainder of the convoy. 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