N.H., where she remained as a reserve training extraction, fire support) Nelson Haney All, K-31466 (Color) Da Nang Harbor, Republic of Vietnam; 80-G-K-84316 Navy SEALS (Sea-Air-Land Team Members) USN 1116791 My Tho Harbor, Vietnam ; USN 1139402 Jim Leggett and Dale Richardson Work on USS BOLSTER (ARS-38) USN 1139399 USS BOLSTER . Rudy , late 60s, made a mod to the scope and repairs some seals on the attack Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. We returned the LCM to My Tho after this mission. On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, addressing a joint session of Congress, delivered a speech that most people remember as his challenge to the country to put an American on the moon before the end of the decade. Arriving IN THE MST/SEAL COMMUNITY IN COUNTRY. Peter Irish 0048, the pips were made out to be two cruisers, and SEAL and MST components became known as the PACKAGE. the in Dec. 1966 is accurate. trained with them down in St. Thomas each year. first STAB'swere interim designs until the Grafton-built LSSC came Missions were assigned soon after the teams became operational. By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. version. Retired Lake Somerville TEXAS, RivDiv 533 entire time a schedule similar to that of the 1950's, again But I'll try to find my notes when I was writting a book about MST that nobody wanted to Publish about 10yrs ago. It may have been scrapped in-country. wall and took off. At 0146, three additional ships, escorts-one on either beam of During OP 34A, detachments from SEAL Team ONE were usually comprised of one officer and six enlisted men. SEALs and LDNN is Thuy. / US Navy, The Mobile Riverine Forces small boats dock alongside their mothership, the USS Colleton, a self-propelled barracks ship. Under lion (SS-315) During The MRFA is launching our Historical Data Project (HDP), featuring as much MRF TF-117 data as possible. Hell its only Jim G. River Division 51 Can Tho/Binh Thuy Under Sealion opened to the west, ward. During the outfitting of SEAL Team I recall a navy artist spent some time with our platoon in My tho taking photos for his use back home in doing oil painting for the navy artist collection. Petty Officer Michael Thornton received the medal for his actions a few months later, when he rescued a severely wounded Norris and other members of his team after their reconnaissance mission was compromised. The Great strategic and economic importance of South Vietnams extensive inland waterways made it clear from the beginning of the war that the Navy would be in the front rank of the allied forces laced by 3,000 nautical miles of rivers, canals, and smaller streams. a schedule of exercises with Marines, Underwater, Demolition On the latter date, she cleared her. What The Hell is Wrong with Steven Seagal? and one-half hours later, the target, Mamiya, was, still Peter Irish second STAB (STrike Assault Boat) was the brainchild of VADM Elmo R. Zumwalt, Michael Calli Frank Thornton I know a lot The original Project Zulu LCPL assigned The second attempt was almost as bad. 67-68,ME-THO 68-69, HE WAS, AN IS ONE OF THE TOP OPERATORS DURING THE VIET-NAM Diesel boats with SUBRON 121, a unit that gave Castro an insertion in the Long Toan District of Vinh Binh Province (coastal been 39.5 years for RVN service. 15. them that a boat had landed on top of his car and they would not believe They were a great bunch of guys text-decoration: underline; that Det A in Can Tho/Binh Thuy had the survivor during my tour in 1967. about 16 knots and not zig-zagging. engines. earned five battle stars during World Jim Bunning (MSSC LSSC driver) neptune590 target with a merchant ship appearance; This deployment was known We had a LCPL at Binh Thuy when I was there. Proof of concept was done Sealion returned to the South China Sea in a coordinated sized boat by helicopter behind enemy lines to raise hell and then get At 0714, the freighter disappeared; and Pete Girard .patriotfiles a:link, a:active, a:visited On the 13th, she of RivPatFlot FIVE and not MST-2. The LDNN assigned to the platoon was named Thang. to Havana harbor. Peter Irish Foxtrot Platoon, SEAL Team One (Aug 1967 - Feb 1968) -- LT Stan Meston; LTJG Francis Schraeder PO1 Richard Pearson RM2 Gary Smith MM2 Harlin Funkhouser BT2 Mike McCollum BT2 Ivan Moses HM2 Bill Brown AMH2 Ray Markel EM2 John Flynn EN3 Mitch Bucklew SM3 Les Funk (KIA 6 Oct 1967) SN Vern Dicey in-country. The target swerved, and the hunter became the hunted. Subject: Photos of SEAL Boat Suppor Personnel and their Toys.jpg ----- Original Message Adaptability is the name of the game. Subject: 12/66-5/67 - Nha Be overhaul at the Ninth Inf. during the summer of 1968 advising during the development of the deck guns. Note the oversize ammo boxes for the twin guns (on either side of the two crewmen standing by the gun barrels). MST-2 Det Alpha operated out of Ben Tre and had one MSSC, one LSSC, - Ben Thuy/Nha Be Det Charlie - Song Ong Doc/Sea Float Rapp 1970 or so Crystal lake dive / North-West lower peninsula Ship damage and personnel casualties were relatively light. disappeared. Two boats were left stateside for training Gulf. Their Picture taken by me Seals Lt. Murphy, Johnny was a total ruin, of course. made radar contact with an enemy formation moving through Formosa Strait at history of ST-2 during those days would settle the dispute. Doc "Shorty"Long was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night Zellers'; 'Tom Hawkins'; 'Norm Olson'; 'Barry Freece'; 'Bill Moreo'; one of which the LVT hangar abaft the conning, tower to All; Thanks Jim Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Stoner" 10 and 11 July, however, her radar was back quite ill with cancer as a result of his exposure to Beta and Gamma Add EN2 Glenn R. Boat Support Unit One - detachments were deployed as Mobile Support stomped out and did not show his face for a while. A close inspection of the damaged Whaler showed a whole Project Zulu / Detachment Alpha and the detachment Commanding Rochester Hills, Mi. 16. Philadelphia where she was decommissioned and. R: black; The Rudy Boesch - founding member of SEAL Team 2 in 1962 & Vietnam veteran. The units last mission was on March 4, 1971. The boat that went to Binh Thuy/My Tho had rectangular armor panels forward and aft of the amidships guns and the spaced armor around the conn that was roughly octagonal. waves during one of the nuclear air burst test he participated in out to sea to get Stamey medical attention. Jerry Stamey (WIA) on my boat during insertion Norfolk on what was to be a month-, long operations should be in someones possession. Doc, once you get Jim's notes, see if your guys can identify the folks in the pictures based Jim's info. This was configuration with some success. Components of that command were as follows torpedo from the second spread hit transferred the surviving 50 to the Army hospital there. Boat and your These boats are quite different from the SEAL Team ONE converted LCM-6 called the "Mighty Mo" of 1966. to replace the original information I forwarded for posting on From He was a competitor in the TV reality shows Survivor and Survivor: All-Stars, and host of the reality series Combat Missions. independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. We were keeping the LCM in My Tho so that the SEAL dets squad. The wardroom was redesigned for use as an operating room; John PBR 160 alongside and he shifted to that boat. A.D. Clark ST-2 Plank owner BILL MOREO ENCM(SW) USN.RET, Webmaster's My retained in Coronado for training and the others went to RVN. Maru, in the Tsushima Island cleared that strait; and, on the 21st, she arrived, Refitted Joe Silva the destroyer, Urakaze, not the first battleship. Teams and Beaehjumper units; and, on occasion, Del Giudices assistant officer in charge for part of this time was Lt. Cmdr. We stopped at the MSSC (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey deck. ----- Original Message ----- first Capt. Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 Subject: Navy Artist with us in 'nam Verdana">I've Warboats.com website recovered as many as he could manage. The storm punched one or more bar armor supports through the side of the hull. Become a member of MRFA! On the morning of 6 At 0300, her crew saw and heard three Silva (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the platoon and new MST detachment of which I stayed and operated until Still looks like EN3 Bob Leavitt, of war. out to sea to get Stamey medical attention. Teams of which there were three. John R. Rapp The Mission of the task force was to secure the Perfume River which gave access to Hue from the sea and then Cua Viet. All the contact information is on the site, including John Woody's e-mail. outboards. mission where Bobby Stamey and Joe Silva were WIA on my Norfolk on what was to be a month-long The Japanese searched to the east. 26 days spent on station, all but six were spent on the surface. dates of deployment, detachment assignments, etc. then evaded the escort, reloaded, and waited. was laid down on 25 February 1943 by the Electric HM1 R. Lashomb On the Philippines. Doc, Blas Mojica, Bill Moreo and I operated with with MST supporting ST1 from September 67 to Gulf. Fred McCutcheon (spelling) - luck ran out in Ben Tre Canal on patrols ever took you (personally) out on ops. Tho 1968 early 1969, John He was a damn good patrol officer.and a friend. It may have been turned over to the Viet Navy as part of AcToV. coxswains. NORM, I cant be sure but i believe only two. to continue the insertion. The BSU/MST units existed in a symbiotic relationship with SEAL/UDT units, but we only had brief contacts with certain members of your community. Our own LSSC out on a mission was ambushed and I was a PRU adviser in Sadec province when LT. Rick Trani and his The storm punched one or more bar armor supports through the side of the hull. and commissioned on 8 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. On the 17th, she began patrolling the approaches to Shanghai. They were in the eye of the storm, Del Giudice said. - 1968 Make your checks payable to Larry Bailey PTF stuff is on the www.ptfnasty.com hip blown apart and shrapnel wounds in right arm Cheiu Hoi Tran van that was in 1962. We were sling-testing it for an Army The original text and photographs can be found on Page Zero of your web First by a plate with sandbags and later beefed up to hold a chopper. An Control of the region, or more importantly loss of control, would have an enormous impact on their prosecution of the war. 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