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Vietnam Air Force Pilot Wings
My GySgt Rank came 3 months before I retired when the new E-8 E-9 ranks took full effect. I had a one year letter in to CMC for retirement & could not be promoted. I had been a MSGt E-7 since 1957, served as Personnel Sgt Major, Line Chief, Maintenence Chief, S-4 logistics Chief, S-3 Ops Chief. Had recived USAF/VNAF pilot wings on contract(after retirement USMC) at USAF Advisory Group-Vietnam 1964-1968). Also had Vietnamese award not shown on the available items.Served as Senior CH53 Rep for 14 Years on Okinawa Japan with MAG-36 (1973-1987). During those years was deployed to Korea each year for"Team Spirit Exercise". Also support of units in Cubi Pt PI. Was on the LPH Okinawa for Opertaion "Frequent Winds" Apr 1975 Evacuation of Saigon. Was deployed to Diego Garcia than to Oman in support of prepartion for rescue of prisoners in Iran Late Nov 1979 .Prisoners were released when Regan was elected as President WW II to Viet Nam
Description Aug 4 – 5; Search and destroy operation in the I Corps AO.
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August / 1965
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August / 1965
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember Msgt Leroy Garrison
Memories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Mou ... r_Facility 27 Oct 1965 attack on Marble Mountain. I was there all day at Marble Mountain base 27 Oct visiting my old Marine Friends in VMO-2. At that time each Wednesday the units had the afternoon off for recreation in this case a barbeque & beer afternoon. I happened to be on my rotation to the VNAF Sqd 211 on the Danang base in my Advisor status I returned to the Danang base in the evening & joked to my friends"; this would be a time the VC having watched the days action to attack". There was CH37 & UH34 helicopters there also besides the HU1Es that were damaged & lost. I heard all the explosions that night over on the Danang Base . During my 4 years (1964/1968) I saw many such actions, some were on Army & AF units over all 4 sectioins of Vietnam during VNAF Operations. (Danang, Nhatrang, Saigon & Binh Thuy) PM
_________________ Extracted from above URL Marble Mountains near Da NangOn July 28, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would increase the number of its forces in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. Shortly thereafter the Joint Chiefs of Staff dispatched Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG 16) to Vietnam on top of the three Marine helicopter squadrons already there. This rapid build-up of helicopters and other aircraft from the United States Air Force at Da Nang saturated the base and had the leaders of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (I MAW) quickly looking for an alternate site for their helicopter squadrons. The Marines ultimately chose a stretch of sandy beach on the South China Sea that was about five miles southeast of Da Nang and just north of a series of red marble mountains for their first helicopter facility. American military construction units were overtasked at the time so the initial construction of the field was done by Raymond, Morrison-Knudson/Brown, Root & Jones (RMK-BRJ). By the end of August 1965, they had completed a 2000 ft runway and on August 26, MAG 16 officially moved in. A week later Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) would approve the name Marble Mountain Air Facility.[1] On the evening of 27?28 October approximately 90 Viet Cong attacked MMAF. They attacked under the cover of 60mm mortar fire using four demolition teams armed with bangalore torpedoes and hand grenades. They were able to reach the MAG 16 ramp destroying 19 aircraft and damaging another 35. VMO-2 took the brunt of the attack with thirteen of its UH-1E Hueys destroyed leaving the squadron with only four serviceable aircraft. The attack left two Marines and one Navy Corpsman killed in action with another 91 wounded in action. Forty-one enemy were killed during the battle along with four wounded that were taken . SF Gy Moore
