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Howdy from Montana on another snowy day. I am seeking information about your ship, during it's deployment in July and August of 1970 on the upper reaches of the Mekong River. I was attached to River Squadron 15 at the time and crewed on Monitor-6 one of the last two American crewed monitor's left in country at the time. Our little boat was headed down river from Thuyen Nhon where we had been working with a PBR outfit. The boat was heading back to Dong Tam to replace the starboard 671 Gimmy Diesel and the breach workings on the 105 MM barrel we were packing.
Anyway, we found you guys out there in the middle of no where (thank god) on that river on our way to Dong Tam. We had no idea you were there, there were no road maps, no signs, we were headed to Dong Tam and it was getting really, really late in the day and we did not have a clue how much further we had to go to reach Dong Tam. So thanks guys, it was a scary ride out of the cannel with only one engine, by ourselves, and back to a big river where we felt safer. That boat had already been hit with a rocket, before I got there in June of 1970 and the repair marks were evident on the rebar and coxens flat.
So anyway, I am asking any of your crew who was there with or without a camera to share your story of our boat being lifted out of the river in the middle of the night. And what were those "Mark" something portable water pumps we trained on and you guys used on my boat that night? MARCK SOMTHINGS?
David G. McCann - RM-3 aft 20mm turret Monitor-6, 1970. You guys had cold beer and pop corn!
Howdy from Montana on another snowy day. I am seeking information about your ship, during it's deployment in July and August of 1970 on the upper reaches of the Mekong River. I was attached to River Squadron 15 at the time and crewed on Monitor-6 one of the last two American crewed monitor's left in country at the time. Our little boat was headed down river from Thuyen Nhon where we had been working with a PBR outfit. The boat was heading back to Dong Tam to replace the starboard 671 Gimmy Diesel and the breach workings on the 105 MM barrel we were packing.
Anyway, we found you guys out there in the middle of no where (thank god) on that river on our way to Dong Tam. We had no idea you were there, there were no road maps, no signs, we were headed to Dong Tam and it was getting really, really late in the day and we did not have a clue how much further we had to go to reach Dong Tam. So thanks guys, it was a scary ride out of the cannel with only one engine, by ourselves, and back to a big river where we felt safer. That boat had already been hit with a rocket, before I got there in June of 1970 and the repair marks were evident on the rebar and coxens flat.
So anyway, I am asking any of your crew who was there with or without a camera to share your story of our boat being lifted out of the river in the middle of the night. And what were those "Mark" something portable water pumps we trained on and you guys used on my boat that night? MARCK SOMTHINGS?
David G. McCann - RM-3 aft 20mm turret Monitor-6, 1970. You guys had cold beer and pop corn!
Added: April 6, 2018
Name: Jim Sutter
From: Burlington, ky
E-mail: Captainsutter@gmail.com
I served on the Askari from June 1969-June 1970 in Vietnam. I was Sfp3.