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Welcome To The 45th Surg Web Site

*****Welcome Home Veterans*****

THIS IS NOT A PAID POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
INFACT I DON'T GET Paid anything for Stuff on this Web Site!




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PHOTO Courtesy of 1st Lt. Richard Sanders
Detachment Commander 45th MASH – 1968




PHOTO of Reunion in San Antonio, Texas 2006



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Alice Roth, Ltc. Ret. USA- died in her sleep on her 98th birthday (28 July 2016).
She was our chief nurse 1967-68.


In Memory Of Alice Roth 98, El Paso, Texas


In Memory Of Dr James Robert "Bob" Benson was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army.
He was selected by Lt. General Leonard Heaton,
the Surgeon General of the Army to be the Commanding Officer of the 45th Surgical Hospital in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
from October 1967 to July 1968.


Died Mar. 11, 2016 in Asheville Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
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Military Service Member And Veteran Guide To AI-Related MOS Options And The Transition To Civilian Careers In AI
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Trauma-Informed Care For Women

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Free & Confidential Drug Hotline. Call NOW:(888) 429-5845


Addiction Treatment for Veterans



Contingency Management Helps Veterans Stay Drug-Free

Everything You Need to Know About Pregnancy and Drugs

What Veterans Should Know About Sleep

Veterans Substance Abuse And Mental Health Resources

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Help for American Veterans (Updated for 2019)

A Guide to Job Searching and Email Etiquette

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LESSONS LEARNED


OperationalReport_Dec1966_Jan1967.pdf

OperationalReport_Jan_Feb_1967.pdf

OperationalReport_1FEB67.pdf

OperationalReport_5APR67.pdf

OperationalReport_Feb_April_1968.pdf

OperationalReport_April1968.pdf

OperationalReport_11JUL68.pdf

sapper_Cu_Chi_Vietnam_26FEB69.pdf

OperationalReport_16OCT69.pdf

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How GW supports service members, Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life !


Attending College While in the Military


College Benefits for Military Dependents


HIGHER EDUCATION Resources FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES


Online Colleges for Veterans and Military Personnel


FINANCIAL AID FOR VETERANS & DEPENDENTS
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS & TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR SERVICEMEMBERS TO ATTEND SCHOOL



Source from: Emily Sorenson
Education Outreach Specialist
Center for School, College & Career Resources



Business Opportunities for US Military Veterans


Cyber Security Education and Training Resources for Veterans


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How Can Whistleblowers Help Fight Fraud?

A whistleblower claim may be brought against any type of business or organization,
including healthcare providers,
non-profit organizations,
private and publicly-traded companies,
federal, state and local government agencies,
and public and private educational institutions.


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Empowering Military Spouse Education & Employment



Veterans’ Guide to Getting Hired

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DANGEROUS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS



Drug Dangers



Recognizing, Understanding and Combatting Alcohol & Drug Abuse on Campus



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Exploring Criminal Justice Careers

ONLINE BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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Veteran Business Ideas


Veteran Guide To Starting and Owning A Business
click on picture below!




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Best Businesses for Veterans

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Recall Report Organization




*** Veterans and Cerebral Palsy ***

*** Agent Orange and Birth Defects ***

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Agent Orange affecting children and grandchildren of Vietnam Vets





A Toxic Legacy: Has Agent Orange Hurt the Children of Vietnam Vets?



What Agent Orange Does To The Body



The Dark Shadow of Agent Orange | Retro Report | The New York Times



Family of Vietnam Vet Exposed to Agent Orange Suffers Side Effects



"Silent Exposure" A Personal Agent Orange & Vietnam War Story



Faces of Agent Orange Holds Briefing for S.1602



Vietnam vets suffer from long-term effects of Agent Orange


Veterans' Diseases Associated with Agent Orange


DOD Herbicides Sprayed Outside of Vietnam


AGENT ORANGE'S SPRAY MAP LOCATIONS AND HOW MANY GALLONS


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Secure Messaging -- VA Goes Virtual


Published on Jan 29, 2013
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With Secure Messaging, Veterans all messages stay inside the My HealtheVet system and don't travel across the internet.
Rest assured that this is a safe, secure, web-based service that allows Veterans to communicate non-urgent, non-emergency health-related information with their VA health care teams between visits. For emergencies, always dial 911.

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Veterans who receive health care from VA should register and obtain a Premium Account to access all the features of My HealtheVet.
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Important Notes:


Gary P. Wratten Memorial dedication: 45th Surgical Hospital (MUST), Tay Ninh, Vietnam, 18 April 1967


ONE NOVEMBER by Shirley Wratten


Shirley Wratten's Christmas Letter!


Certificate of Dedication
Honoring Staff & Maj. Wratten CO (KIA)
COL'S Throwe & Maloney


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In Memory of the Fallen of War








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Veterans Crisis Line -- Behind the Scenes






The Second Front. Vietnam: Combat Veterans Stories



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Welcome home to those who have finished their military obligation, and “Thank you” to those who still serve.


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Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It



The Accurate Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner



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In Memory of My oldest brother, Warren C. Norwood, in the 45th MUST



From David Norwood


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100th ANNIVERSARY


1914 – 1918


Help commemorate 100 years since the Great War started. The National World War I Museum and Fold3 have collaborated to help the nation preserve and remember the courage, honor, sacrifice and valiant efforts that led to the end of the world's first global conflict.

Always remember and never forget




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A Tribute to Vietnam Veterans Featuring the Voice of Mr. Sam Elliott



Branson Honors Purple Heart Recipients 2015 (Full Documentary)

Save the Date: Thursday, April 21st - Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 Events


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Currently 3249 Homeless Shelters and Social Services.
There should be one near you!


In the 70's the U.S. Army use to have a project called Transition,
from military life to civilian life, then they ran out of funds!

Homeless Veterans: Stand Down
Some veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan into the recession are finding themselves homeless. Scott Pelley reports on an annual encampment in San Diego where veterans can find hope, help and services.





NATIONAL CENTER for PTSD


More vets may get treatment for PTSD
Women, barred from combat but still in danger, stand to benefit from change.


PTSD Treatment Programs in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs








Disability Benefits For Wounded Warriors
Military service members can receive expedited processing of disability claims from Social Security. Benefits available through Social Security are different than those from the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application.

The expedited process is used for military service members who become disabled while on active military service on or after October 1, 2001, regardless of where the disability occurs.
Benefits available through Social Security

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Disability Benefits For Wounded Warriors
Military service members can receive expedited processing of disability claims from Social Security. Benefits available through Social Security are different than those from the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application.

The expedited process is used for military service members who become disabled while on active military service on or after October 1, 2001, regardless of where the disability occurs.
Benefits available through Social Security

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Don't Wait Until It Is Too Late, Like I Did!


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We Did Not Loose The War In Vietnam Like Everyone Keeps Telling Us!


Richard Nixon-Address to the Nation on an Agreement to End the War in Vietnam (January 23, 1973)





The Truth about the Vietnam War





Published on Jun 23, 2014
Did the United States win or lose the Vietnam War? We are taught that it was a resounding loss for America, one that proves that intervening in the affairs of other nations is usually misguided. The truth is that our military won the war, but our politicians lost it. The Communists in North Vietnam actually signed a peace treaty, effectively surrendering. But the U.S. Congress didn't hold up its end of the bargain. In just five minutes, learn the truth about who really lost the Vietnam War.



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Special Request:

I took this picture in summer of 1972. It was taken at DaNang AB, Vietnam.
We all were bomb loaders on F-4's.
I would ask that everyone will share this so I can see if I can make contact. — with
Ken Smelter.
OR
Ken Benner


Cam Ranh Bay-6th Convalescent Center Attacks





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Photos: The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters in WWII


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"Welcome Home" Trailer

Published on Mar 1, 2014
"Welcome Home" is a new series being produced by Sleeping Dog Productions, Inc.
It tells the story of Viet Nam Veterans, from all branches of the service. It is scheduled for release in 2015, the 40th anniversary year of the end of the War. It is a thank you -- and a welcome home that is long, long, overdue.



Return to Makin Island





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What is a career?
While many people use the words “job” and “career” interchangeably, the two have very different meanings.
Throughout your life, you may hold various jobs starting, perhaps starting when you are in high school or earlier. Typically, people pursue just one career.
A career is a journey, and something you will be committed to in the long term.
It consists of different steps and, ideally, it is something that you feel is your calling.
If you are a student ready to begin your higher education, or have held many different jobs and want to know how to make the switch to doing what you love, this career guide will be a great resource.



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VETS/MILITARY RESOURCES


The unemployment news and headlines stand as daily reminders of one of the economy’s greatest challenge.
And yet one group of Americans are unemployed today at a rate three times that of the national average.
Who are they? Ex-cons? High School Dropouts? Heroin Addicts?
Guess again – they are men and women, honorably discharged, from The US Armed Forces.

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Dedication Ceremony on March 21, 2014



Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?





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Uploaded on Dec 19, 2011
1985: DCTV returns to the war-torn land to locate many of the subjects they filmed eight years before, just after the fall of Saigon. The resulting film, Vietnam: Talking to the People, offers a penetrating view of a country deeply embedded in the American consciousness, and the picture that emerges is one of determination, hardship, humor and resiliency.

From a look at Vietnam's failing birth control program to a journey through the Mekong Delta, from drunken weddings to slow-moving funerals, from pepper pickers to orphans, the film traverses the vast landscape of Vietnam. Highlights include the first entry into an operational Vietnamese prison camp, sealed off from foreign observers for 10 years, as well as an examination of the Orderly Departure Program, in which American officials interview and process the applications of thousands of Vietnamese awaiting visas to the U.S.



Uploaded on May 30, 2009
The Montagnards or Degar People were loyal allies to the US during the Vietnam War. After taking over South Vietnam the communists implemented a brutal revenge against the indigenous Montagnards.Since 1975 Hanoi has waged ethnic cleansing against their indigenous peoples.



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History of the 187TH AVIATION COMPANY (ASLT HEL)
269TH AVIATION BATTALION (COMBAT)
1ST AVIATION BRIGADE
Prepared by: Warrant Officer Albert A. Major
Approved by: Purvis L. Parker, MAJ. INF
TAY NINH, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM APO S.F. 96216

September 1966
187th Assault Helicopter Company Activated
Fort Bragg, North Carolina


The dedication of the 187th Pilots and Crew Members to complete their mission was beyond reproach.
Do the job. - Leave no one behind. - Period.


Our Friends Next Door
187th Assualt Helicopter Company




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God Of Wonders The Documentary (2009) Full Length





Audio-Bible: JAMES CHAPTER 1

Verse 26: If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Verse 27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.




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Uploaded by UCtelevision on Sep 11, 2008
Quang X. Pham is the author of the memoir, A Sense Of Duty: My Father, My American Journey. Through events in his fathers life and his own experiences as a refugee, and later U.S. Marine, he explores the relationship of America and Vietnam and the lasting effects of that war.
From the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life at UC Santa Barbara. Series: Walter H. Capps Center Series


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Hunger In America


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PEARL HARBOR STORIES


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[Video] VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 by Richard Sullivan




Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
VA Creates Women Veterans Call Center
July 7, 2011




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Agent Orange
Information about Agent Orange, possible health-related problems and VA benefits

Court orders VA to act on new Agent Orange findings
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Veterans Crisis Line -- Behind the Scenes






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Mesothelioma


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Hunting Season Is OPEN !



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Courtesy of J. Robert Benson, COL.
1965 by the Garrett Corporation.

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45th MUST Manual TM-10-5410-223-14-1 From Karl Juve



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SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND ALLIES
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PRAY FOR THEM !


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You can have a bunch of small reunions with people close by in your Area !

SEE the REUNION PHOTO PAGE: The REUNION LINK

Documents:

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The 25th Gary P. Wratten Army Surgical Symposium,
Document CURRENT SURGERY • Volume 61/Number 1 • January/February 2004


Decorations, Awards, and Honors
Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register
DA PAM 672–3 • 29 January 1988


This pamphlet is published to assist commanders and personnel
officers in determining or establishing the eligibility of individual
members for campaign participation credit, assault landing credit,
and unit citation badges awarded during the Vietnam Conflict, the
Grenada Operation, and the period of service subsequent to the
Vietnam Conflict up to September 1987. Additional unit awards are
included for meritorious achievement in the continental United
States (CONUS) and other foreign countries.

If you find that your unit citations were updated, get the VA to get you a new Updated DD-214 FORM.

OPERATIONAL REPORTS - LESSONS LEARNED
QUARTERLY PERIOD 1 November 1966 to 31 January 1967
45TH SURGICAL HOSPITAL (MA)
APO 96256


Operational Report of 45th Surgical Hospital
SUBJCT:Period Ending 30 April 1968



New Web Sites:

The 228th Supply and Service Company (DS) worked in direct supply support activity to the 45th Surgical Hospital within Tay Ninh Base Camp beginning in early October 1966.
Any Questions About the 228th Supply and Service Company
should be addressed to: Arthur Neighbor
Our Good Friends have a Brand New Web Site !
The 228th Supply and Service Company (Direct Support) - Vietnam


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Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen
who died in Vietnam

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159th Medical Detachment
(Helicopter Ambulance)

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86TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
48TH GROUP, 6TH BATTALION
UNITED STATES ARMY
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
FRANK L. SAVAGE JR


NATIONAL ARCHIVES ALPHABETICAL LIST:
CASUALTIES OF KOREA & VIETNAM
Sorted by State !



A Little History on The Whole Picture:

MEDICAL SUPPORT OF THE U.S. ARMY
IN VIETNAM 1965-1970


Office of Medical History -- Office of the Surgeon General




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187th Helicopter Assault Company
Crusaders (Rat-Pack)


The 187th was next to the 45th on Tay Ninh Base Camp on the North side of us. We had Friends in the 187th and when they were hurting we were hurting.
I had a friend that got kidney problems so they shipped him back to the states, I never saw him again.

From: "Michele Holleman" RockandBeauty@aol.com
To: the45thsurg@the45thsurg.freeservers.com
Subject: Cobra Rockets
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:16:41 -0700

I may have been the Cobra pilot in 69 that scared you to death by the rubber trees ,those 2.75 rockets made a big bang.I was Ratpack 5 flying with the 187th.Enjoyed the pics....
Sincerely Dr. Rod

A short Reply from the WebMaster:
Alfred and Barnie (where ever he is), Thank you for Your Fire Support During that Fire Fight, and the Rush of Adrenaline...
OH WHAT A RUSH !
Five Rockets heading toward your truck, on the way to the tree line 50 feet away, scared to death is an under statement.
Then we heard your Cobra Helicopter after the Rocket Fire, Our Lives Flashed before our eyes and then some.
But without that Fire Support we may not be here today,
Thanks Again, Ratpack 5, Dr.Rod, 187th AHC.


History of the 187TH AVIATION COMPANY (ASLT HEL)
269TH AVIATION BATTALION (COMBAT)
1ST AVIATION BRIGADE
Prepared by: Warrant Officer Albert A. Major
Approved by: Purvis L. Parker, MAJ. INF
TAY NINH, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM APO S.F. 96216

September 1966
187th Assault Helicopter Company Activated
Fort Bragg, North Carolina


The dedication of the 187th Pilots and Crew Members to complete their mission was beyond reproach.
Do the job. - Leave no one behind. - Period.


Our Friends Next Door
187th Assualt Helicopter Company




The VietNam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page

1st CAV Ranger 25 Web Site


I remember when.

I remember when we first got there, David E. Barnwell and Alfred L. Peterson, that's me, we had to learn fast on how to act.

When we had incoming rockets and mortars, in 1968 they were chinese made 107mm and 122mm rockets, some recoiless rifle hits, you can't hear those coming.
None of this was taught to us in basic training, or
Advanced Individual Training (AIT).
Any way we learned that if you here a low pitch hum, hit it, the ground and lay flat as possible, then when you do not here anymore for a while, low crawl to the nearest bunker, never stand up cause it can get you killed.
Never stand in any place more than 3-4 minutes, due to snippers around the perimeter of the base camp.
When the planes landed and took off from Tay Ninh base camp, the aircraft were flown at a high angle, to keep from getting shotdown by small arms fire.

To give you an example of how jumpy a person got after a year of that. When my father picked me up at LAX, we were going down the freeway at 70 miles per hour, and I was checking every nook and cranny on both sides of the road, for snippers, convoy speed was 35-45 mph, I gave myself a head ache so I put my hands over my eyes, and my head down, when my father asked me what was wrong I said I just had a head ache. Later that day, after being awake for 72+ hours I finally got to sleep, my step mother & father were at work, when the down pitch of a police car siren sounded like an incomming rocket.
I was on the floor low crawling toward the bathroom, then I looked around me and realized where I was, and I was glad no one was there to see me.

There are alot of things that we keep to our selves because no one would understand, you had to be there, and experience what happened to really understand what another person is talking about who has been there.
When I got home to Miami Florida, I got my uncle to buy me 3 cases of Bud, sat in an easy chair staring out the front window for another 72 hours (3 days 24 hours a day), still sober, just listening to the new sounds of the hood.
Trying to adapt to my new surroundings, the people walking down the street must have thought I was nuts!
After my second tour in Vietnam, I found I could adapt better faster to my surroundings!
When I got out of the Army, I got married, we went shopping in a crowded store, I broke out in a cold sweat, cause people were bumping into me, and I could not see what they were doing with their hands.
So I told my new wife I'll wait in the car and I let her finish the shopping! I felt bad cause I could not explain why I felt that way!
In Vietnam when you go from the base camp to the village, you have to watch what people around you are doing with their hands, cause they might have a grenade!


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Department of Veteran Affairs Site Map

Information regarding VA Benifits:
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Agent Orange concerns:
1-800-749-8387



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WAR WIDOWS BENEFITS
E-mailed to me so I thought I'd Post it.


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Missing Personnel We would like to get Intouch:


Rex B. Wimmer Ambulance Medic:
Rex came to Viet Nam after I had Been there for about 8 months.
He use to go down to the perimeter during a firefight and pick up wounded, in a 3/4 ton tacticalambulance, with a big white background and redcross on the sides of it, as if to say to charlieshoot at me....
You see we did not have camouflauge trucks....
IF Anybody knows Rex's E-mail send it to Alfred L. Peterson
Thanks...


Now our X-ray Tech's nick name was Moose

One Night when we had wounded comming in on the helopad. He and Cpt. Pederson where going throughthe sachels of grenades taken off of the wounded.You see they use to put the grenades in the sachelswithout the pins in them, so all they had to dowas grab and through them. Well Moose, grabbed a grenade that the Cpt. got out, because the spoon started to flip, and he tucked it toward his stomach
and ran away toward the helopad, to put a pin in it.
The Hospital Commander heard about it, and put
Moose in for a Bronze Star, But he Never Got it.
We Figured all those guys with the Generals in
Long Bien Got Them all, At least that's what we
thought...at the time.

PHOTO SLIDE SHOWS


LINK To My Second Tour of Duty
Where I didn't get shot at as much !
The 86th Transportation Company Long Bien
YES, I Became a Long Bien Warrior !



MILITARY NURSES in VIETNAM



Visit www.WomenInVietnam.com for a real history lesson!

44th Medical Brigade
Today's Location
Fort Bragg, N.C.


Vietnam War Internet Links
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Shows the Rat-Pack Area,
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