Standing L to R: Duke, Dudley, Medina, Ward, Overton,
Gesregan, Jones (CAPO), Gleason
bottom L to R: Thornton, Davis, Holman, Eagle, Dumas, Vietnamese, Wilbert
(Team photo & ID thanks to Ivan Davis and Melvin
Thorton)
Front Row
Team Daddy, MSG Tom Claus, SFC Bill Abe, Sp5 Bob
Stepanian, SFC George RACZ
Back Row
Sgt Bob Hunt, Lt Bob Gilmartin, SFC Juan Medina, Sgt
Rich Dumay, Capt Phil Lugo, Sqt John Landry, Lt Enrico
Vargas
(ID thank to Bob Stepanian)
Photos & narrations
thanks
to Sgt Ivan Davis
Album No2
thanks to
Sgt Ivan Davis
uploaded 09/07/09
Please note A-team rotated in and
out as individual and not as full team
which make the task of keeping a Roster difficult
Jr/Sr
Medic SGT Stafford
J Landry Jr - Call sign "Big John
Commo SGT Rich
Dumay- Call sign "Du
Mammy"
Commo SGT Ivan D
Davis
Commo
SGT Phil Jacques
1st Lt, Gary J.
Honold C-1 Intel Officer - Call
sign "Fuzz"
L to R
Hunter Harold L CP08/10/68 08/10/69 DET CO
Racz George "Buddha"
SFC
09/01/68
LT WPNS DEC
Dickey John W SSG 11/01/68 07/01/69
RAD
OP medevaced Vietnamese
–Nua
Hyde Jordan L SP5 01/01/69 07/01/69 DEMO
Vargas Enrique T 1LT 10/16/68 10/15/69
DET XO Abe William S
SGT
01/01/69
INTEL
This
is the first of
several photos
albums, thanks to
Bob Stepanian
The photos were
taken with the
camp SF issue
Olympus EE from Aug 1968 to
March 1969
Bob and I are
trying to put
photo captations
to most photos if you can also help, please get in touch,
SFC
Juan Medina,
Ha Thanh Heavy
weapon Sgt,
inspecting the
camp 106
recoilless rifle.
Interesting factor
is that it is
mounted on a
trailer, for added
mobility in case
of an attack.
"Fearless
and a leader"
Sgt Bob Stepanian
description of SFC
Juan Medina!
Call sign
"Little
Joe"
Sgt
Bob Stepanian,
photo taken after
an Operation,
From
this photo, you
can see Ha Thanh
Outer defensive
barrier which
would have
consisted
Claymore belt,
Punji Moat/ Field
Tangle Foot,
Controlled Mine,
Concertina Wire
Fence
Trip flares and
other niceties for
the attackers.
Keeping the vegetation
down was always a struggle
!
SFC
Juan Medina a in
operational gear
Interesting
to note the old
WWII
"BAR gun
ammo" belt
was favored by
some
of A-104
NCO's in effect
doubling the mags
carrying capacity!
In
white in the
center is Dr
Stuart Haverson
famous for trying
to help the HRE
montagnard
Shirtless is
Captain Phil Lugo,
back to us
is Vietnamese
Captain
and behind Cpt
Lugo
is an
indigenous who was
a deaf mute and
supposedly a dual
agent
CIDG
instruction
Sgt
Bob Hunt, Medic
This is the wall
we started to
erect after the
team house was rocketed
Lt
Bob Gilmartin,
-,Sgt Dumay
Sgt
Bob Stepanian
back
from an
Operation
Ky
always chased
planes and one day
got too close the
prop and ended up
in many pieces.
East
wall outposts
(back side of the
camp)
Black
dog was Ky the
small one Willy
Pete
Sgt
Paul Curtis
Team
Sgt Thomas Klaus
SFC
George Racz
Team
Sgt Thomas Klaus
Bob
Stepanian &
Lt Bob
Gilmartin
Bob
Stepanian back
from operation
& Cpt Phil
Lugo
Bob
Martha
Raye with her back
to us. This was
taken during her
visit, see
"Colonel
Maggie" page
Command Sgt Major
George Vidrine, is
facing us, Lt
Gilmartin in back
with the cigarette
and Cpt Phil Lugo
on the right
Camp
entrance
Outer
perimeter gates,
I think the
decorations were
for New Year 1969
SFC
Racz
Team
Sgt Thomas Klaus
Lt
Bob Gilmartin,
Sgt Dumay
and SFC Racz ?
Lt
Bob Gilmartin, Sgt
Bob Stepanian,
Sgt Dumay
and SFC Racz,
photo beleived to
be taken during
the construction
of the new TOC
Lt Enrico
Vargas
I
believe this was
Lance Lolini He
was the C Team
Veterinarian He
traveled allover
the I Corp taking
care of the
indigenous
animals He
was part of the
group that came to
Ha Thanh with
Martha Raye
Bob
Following photos
were taken during
repairs to the
dispensary roof.
Any
idea what is the (chimney
type ) contraption
seen behind Bob
and in other
photos.
(water
container??)
Jean-Luc
The "stolen" jeep incident.
Someone from A-104 was going back to
the Da Nang airbase via the 3 MAF area.
Low and behold, this jeep was sitting in
the front of a bar with the engine running
and not secured. This individual,
being a kind and wonderful person didn't
want anyone to confiscate the jeep, got
into the jeep and somehow it wound up at
the air base.
You know, the air force would transport
any thing for us for a price, like a
captured weapon, NVA flag. That is
how the jeep appeared at our camp.
We had our mechanic do a work over, remove
the insignia, decal and make it look as
tho it has been at our camp for a long
long time. Sgt Ivan Davis
"Burned out clutch "
Our 2 1/2 ton truck had a burned out
clutch from trips to and from the runway
for Caribou off-loading. Our team
leader had acquired a new clutch and
pressure plate in a deal with a Caribou
crew and someone in Da Nang, but no one
knew how to replace it with the few tools
we had in the camp. Fortunately one of our
camp medics, SGT John Landry, had grown up
in his dad's auto wrecking yard in New
Iberia, Louisiana. He and the local
Vietnamese mechanic used a couple of
crescent wrenches, screw drivers, hammers,
and pliers to loosen and remove the drive
shaft, transmission, clutch, and flex
plate. Then they replaced the flex plate,
the clutch, the transmission, and the
drive shaft with the same few tools. It
was still working when the medic shipped
him out to the big PX. SGT
Stafford
J Landry Jr
Steve Sherman the
archivist for
the Special Forces and Special Operations Associations
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