Messages 201-300
Messages 201-300
Record 249
Name: Shornden J. McCloud
From: Brunswick, Georgia
Comments:
I was a Second Class Boatswain's Mate on the USS Denver (LPD-9)
during Operation Frequent Wind. I retired as a Master Chief
Master-at-Arms in 1992. The evacuation of Saigon turned out to be
the highlight of my twenty-two year career.
Record 248
Name: Tom Galvin
Comments:
Hi ! I served on Okinawa 74-75. 4th Marines, particaped in
Operation Frequent Wind. Had a week of liberty at Subic Bay.
Would love to hear from Marines who served with me! Cpl. Tom
Galvin
Record 247
Name: Robert McSherry
From: Danville, Virginia
I was stationed in Saigon during 68-69. Military Police/USAF. I
am very fortunate to be one who made it back on the freedom bird.
This is a great site to honor the U.S. Marines who served and
died in the line of duty for their country.
Record 246
Name: SIG TAYLOR
From: AUSTRALIA
VERY GOOD HOMEPAGE VERY HELPFUL FOR RESEARCH
Record 245
Name: Robert C. Lewis, Col. USMC (ret.)
Time: 1999-06-04 20:13:32
I was the company executive officer of Company C, MSG Bn during
the fall of Saigon.
Record 244
Name: Jessica
From: California
Comments:
I really liked the way you put things in order. great job!!! Good
Info.
243
Name: carol
From: near boston
I knew Charlie Mcmahon a long time ago when I was a lot younger.
To this day I still miss him. He was a great person and I still
hold on to a lot of the values that I learned from him and his
family. It was painful to visit
this site but also good for the soul. They say that "good
die young" and that is the only sense that I have ever made
out of his death.
242
Name: Kenny T.
From: Texas
My Dad, GrandFather, Teacher and A friend of mine were in
Vietnam. If you know any of them or heard of them please send me
a message and how you knew them. There names are Charlie Thiem,
He was a foot soldier. Greg Moody, He was a helicopter pilot. Tom
King, He was a foot soldier. And Benny Mills, He was a boat
soldier. I am 17 and a male. I am interested in the Vietnam War.
So if you were in it or know of those people I just listed please
send me an email. Or if you want to tell me your story please do.
Thanks Kenny
243
Name: CGySgt Jones, Mike
From: Culpeper, Virginia
Comments: It's good to see some devil dogs on the net,
representing the Corps well.
242
Name:Peter Collins
From: Washington, DC area
Time: 1999-06-12 00:17:29
Comments: I am a former network news reporter (CBS News at the
time) who was evacuated by USAF CH53 from the MACV/DAO compound
at Tan Son Nhut at 17:30 hours, 29 April 1975. As you well know,
Marines secured the compound as the NVA advanced on Ton Son Nhut
from the north west. The buses that carried me and other
journalists from downtown Saigon at mid-afternoon on that fateful
day entered the compound through the gate guarded earlier by Cpl
Charles McMahon, USMC, and LCpl Darwin Judge. Jr.,USMC. We passed
over the spot where they were hit. At the precise moment our
buses entered the compound two 122mm rockets landed whump! whump!
just across the street in the Air America compound. Fortunately,
no one was hit, but it was a few tense hours until we boarded the
CH-53's. On that day, I had been in Viet Nam nearly four years,
always as a reporter, although I had served earlier in the US
Army in Germany. I was married to a Vietnamese woman, who had
been evacuated to Guam two weeks earlier with her two children.
One of those girls later attended the United States Military
Academy at West Point. She now has two children of her own and is
married to a West Pointer serving with 82nd Airborne Division. My
own 18-year-old son by the same Vietnamese lady is Pfc. Alex Ngoc
Collins, USMC, a member of B Company, 1st Bn, 7th Marines at 29
Palms, CA. He is proud to be a Marine. On behalf of my family, I
would like to thank all of you who served in the Marine Security
Guard detachment at the American Embassy in Saigon. When I visit
the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial in Washington, which is often, I
always a say a prayer in memory of Corporals McMahon and Judge.
Semper Fidelis. Peter Collins
241
Name: SIG TAYLOR
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: AUSTRALIA
Comments: VERY GOOD HOMEPAGE VERY HELPFUL FOR RESEARCH
240
Name: Robert C. Lewis, Col. USMC (ret.)
From:
Comments: I was the company executive officer of Company C, MSG
Bn during
the fall of Saigon.
239
Name: Jessica
Referred by: AOL
From: California
Comments: Private!!! -Click to View-
238
Name: carol
Referred by: Net Search
From: near boston
Comments: I knew Charlie Mcmahon a long time ago when I was a lot
younger. To this day I still miss him. He was a great person and
I still hold on to a lot of the values that I learned from him
and his family. It was painful to visit this site but also good
for the soul. They say that "good die young" and that
is the only sense that I have ever made out of his death.
237
Name: Kenny T.
From: Texas
Comments: My Dad, GrandFather, Teacher and A friend of mine were
in Vietnam. If you know any of them or heard of them please send
me a message and how you knew them. There names are Charlie
Thiem, He was a foot soldier. Greg Moody, He was a helicopter
pilot. Tom King, He was a foot soldier. And Benny Mills, He
was a boat soldier. I am 17 and a male. I am interested in the
Vietnam War. So if you were in it or know of those people I just
listed please send me an email. Or if you want to tell me your
story please do. Thanks Kenny
236
Name: CGySgt Jones, Mike
From: Culpeper, Virginia
Comments: It's good to see some devil dogs on the net,
representing the Corps well.
235
Name: Darrell Allen Retired SSgt
From: Oceanside, CA
Comments: Great Job, Marines: I was stationed with Hqtrs Ninth
Marines Regiment. I was on watch in the Communication Center when
the message arrived to kick off the Evacuation of Vietnam. I can
still recall making the call to the CO Ninth Marines, Col.
Livingston to inform him of the Flash message. My old friend
Harry Schlie and myself were on standby to go on the operation if
the original members could not be found as it was around 0100 in
the morning when the word went out to saddle up. Keep up the
Great Work! Semper Fidelis
234
Name: kungfucross
Website: Maurice's Web Page
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Chicago
Comments: I am sure that the fallen soldiers appreciate this
site. The killing of American lives or any lives in any situation
is truly sad. But how can we be a civilised people if we fight
amoung ourselves?
233
Name: Keith Bean
Website: Doc Bean's Place
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Terre Huate IN
Time: 1999-05-16 11:45:18
Comments: This is a an excellent site. It also brought back a
flood of memories. Well done and Semper Fi Keith Bean HM1, USN
232
Name: Josh Champ
Website: My Comedy Page
From: Longview, WA
Comments: My uncle served the Marines, Arley Champ, and was
stationed in Okinawa. I don't know if you know him, but anyways
(he was not in Nam) I am a student doing a report on the Korean
War and the War in Vietnam, any help (info) you can give me,
would be great.
231
Name: Jorge garcia Carrique
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Malaga, Andalucia, Spain
Comments: I would like to congratulate all of the soldiers that
fought in vietnam for the whole war, because what they did was
very brave, fighting for another country loosing your life. To
all of those marines who fought during the last days of the war
in saigon. It is very difficult to write something like this. I
would that a war like this
never happened again. Thank you for giving us liberty. Jorge
Garcia, Spain-15 years old
230
Name: Jannie Armbrust
Website: Dogpile
From: Thorp Wisconsin
Comments: My Father was on the Midway whe the Operation Frequent
wind took place. Although he was not a Marine I am still very
proud. He is a honorable discharged vietnam vetran of the united
states navy. I had to do a school project and that is how I found
this site. Thank you very much somebody needa to give these
vets a lot more thank yous than they get!!
229
Name: Ken Trovato
From: Canada
Comments: I was in Saigon last February. I feel for the soldiers
who fought and died there.
228
Name: Steven
Comments: Do you have any information about major battles fought
in Vietnam for a report i am doing.
227
Name: Chuck Pegg
From: Warren, Ohio
Comments: I found this sight just surfing the net. I am a retired
Marine Gunnery Sergeant who was with second bn. fourth Marines
aboard the USS Vancouver and the USS Okinawa during Frequent
Wind. Its nice to know that other people still remember.
226
Name: Lynn
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Illinois
Comments: This site was great. I'm doing a report on the fall of
Saigon. This site gave me lots of info.
221
Name: Chad Harris (SSgt/USMC)
Referred by: Net Search
From: Camp Lejeune
Comments: It's great to see the brotherhood of Marines keeping in
touch with each other. And it is also great to thank the Marines
who fought to keep the Embasy from falling. Thanks for your
sacrifice. Semper Fi. Devildogs.
220
Name: Linda Montoya
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: USA
Comments: This site was very helpful with a report. Thanks!
219
Name: Walt Durling
From: Strasburg, PA
Comments: Private!!! -Click to View-
218
Name: William F. Fitzgerald III
From: Big Rapids Michigan
Comments: Outstanding!!! It's good to know and see that our
brothers are not forgotten. And that their efforts are recognized
and were not in vein during this troubled era.
217
Name: Larry Ryan
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Saint Paul, MN 55119
Comments: Was at Saigon during "Operation Baby
Lift/Operation New Life. TDY From Clark Air Base, 3rd Law
Enforcement Squadron to assist in evacuation. If it wasn't for
you guys, I wouldn't be sitting here thanking you. SEMPER FI from
a grateful ZOOMIE! TSgt (Ret) Larry Ryan
216
Name: Winnona Currier
From: Maine
Comments: I am currently writing a report about the Fall of
Saigon in one of my college classes, and I thought that the
storys provided important information.
215
Name: Jeremy Stone
From: Hazelton, Idaho
Comments: Of those who lost thier lives in Vietnam, me, as an
American, would like to thank you!!
214
Name: Bill English
Referred by: Net Search
From: United Kingdom
Comments: Good to see the updates. Remember the fallen. Semper Fi
213
Name: Cdr James J. Forrestal, USN RET
Referred by: Net Search
From: San Diego, CA
Comments: Hello Shipmates, I was the Navigator on board the USS
OKINAWA (LPH-3) during "Eagle Pull & Frequent
Wind". During the evacuation I kept the Okinawa as close to
Vung Tau as safe navigation would allow. This was a day for me
that was full of mixed emotions...as I reflected on men for whom
I was their CACO Officer. While I was very busy with my job the
last days in the Nam closed the book on over 3 sea tours in
support of the Viet Nam war. I had been there in 1969-1970 on the
USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH-11) and then in 1971-1972 on board the USS
GUADALUPE (AO-32) where we were involved in "Market
Time." I have many memories of the first day of the
evacuation when I wondered to myself if the whole war was at all
worth it. I reflected back on the pilots and sailors whom I had
buried as a result of their deaths in NAM and otherwise. I
remember clearly the shock and horror on the faces of their loved
ones when I had to knock on their doors in and around Shreveport
, LA where I was stationed on shore duty to inform them that
their son, bother Father etc., was either KIA or MIA. I could
never answer their questions of "Why, What was the war all
about? etc." As I looked down from the bridge of the ship to
the flight deck and watched the evacuees arriving, my eyes fixed
particularly long and hard at a very old Vietnam woman (must have
been 75-85 years old) who was dazed and frightenend as she slowly
shuffled off an H-63 helo and dissappeared down a ship's ladder.
I said to myself if that old woman had the courage to leave her
hometown and her country because she feared the life she would
have to live there, as short as hers might be, under VC rule. It
helped to somehow sort the NAM war all out...but it wasn't until
the collapse of the wall in Germany and the final downfall of
Communism did I realize that "Their lives were not given in
vain." I took what it took. Thanks for giving me a place to
sound off. Cdr James J. Forrestal, USN RET "If you haven't
been in "Eagle Pull or Frequent Wind", you ain't
shit!"
212
Name: michael w. myers
From: norman, okla
Comments: looking for marines from bravo battery 1st 12th marines
kaneohe,hi 1974-1976 we saddled up to help but they made us stay
home with suzy. semper fi
211
Name: bernie miller
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: evansville indiana
Comments: I have to upmost respect for the soldiers who fought
and died in Vietnam. Just wish we could have kicked there asses
better.
210
Name: MIKE BUTTERWORTH
Referred by: Net Search
From: NEVADA
Comments: I AM DOING A REPORT ON VIETNAM AND WAS WONDERING IF
SOMEBODY THERE WOULD LET ME CALL THEM AND ASK THEM A FEW
QUESTIONS. IF THIS IS POSSIBLE PLEASE LEAVE A NAME AND PHONE
NUMBER SO THAT I MAY COMPLETE MY ASSINGMENT. THANK YOU FOR
TAKEING THE TIME TO LISTEN. SINCERELY, LT. MIKE BUTTERWORTH
209
Name: Glenn Woolard
From: Lancaster,Pa.
Comments: I was with HMH 463 on the US Hancock.
Record 208
Name: Kel
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: USA
Comments: I'm doing a research paper on the Vietnam War and how
the US got tied in with it could anybody possible help me
207
Name: sarun sukthongthum
From: thailand
Comments: Private!!! -Click to View-
206
Name: Ollen Richey
Website: Moletracks
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Stafford, Virginia
Comments: Private!!! -Click to View-
205
Name: Francis K Wetzel
From: dothan, AL
Comments: Enoyed seeing the page. I didnt make Viet Nam it was
after my time. I spent it here working for Army Intelligence at
Ft. Rucker. My time was 12/41-1/63
204
Name: sean king
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Tampa,Fl
Comments: Private!!! -Click to View-
Record 203
Name: Willy Richmond
Referred by: Net Search
From: Hannibal,MO
Comments: I am a Vietnam War historian. Both my brothers served
in Nam. One in the Marines, one in the Navy. I visited Hanoi with
a group of teachers,students and Vietnam Vets in 1994. I traveled
the whole country by myself in 1996 and am planning a return trip
in April of 2000. VIETNAM IS AMERICAN HISTORY and I'm proud to
make it part of my studies. Willy Richmond Marion County
Commissioner Hannibal, MO 63401
202
Name: Michael Perry
Time: 1999-03-01 01:32:07
Comments: I a only 11 yrs. old but I know that i want to serve my
country and be either inthe USMC or an Army Ranger. Great page
and I want to say how brave to are to be in the Marines
201
Name: Bill Fillicetti
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Chicago
Comments: Served in the Marines 1970-1974, was with 3/7.
Great page and I want to say how brave to are to be in the
Marines
