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Riverine Warfare
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View this
three-part Pentagon Channel video – featuring
Gamewardens Larry Weatherall and Wes Weseleskey – as
they and the US Navy Riverine Sailors in Iraq discuss
the New Brown Water Navy in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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House Resolution 188
(Feb
25, 2009)
Honoring Seawolves
of HC-1/HAL-3 |
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111TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H.
RES. 188
Honoring the service, courage, and
sacrifice of the Seawolves of Helicopter Attack
Light Squadron Three.
IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 25, 2009 Mr. BOOZMAN (for
himself and Mr. BUYER) submitted
the following resolution »
Submitted by Dan Arnes |
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THE GODBEHERE PATROL
[The Jere Beery Story] |
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View the Godbehere Patrol videos –
a four video series
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Captain Burt Witham – the first Commander of Task
Force 116 and Operation Game Warden – will be
missed.
Click here
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history interview from 2007. |
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CONTACT INFO
. Heinz
Hickethier–President
Gamewardens Association, Inc.
80 E. Campus Dr
Belfair, WA 98528
1 (866) 220-7477
Email:
President@tf116.org
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Seal Beach, CA- Saturday, August 20,
2011
Machinery Repairman Petty Officer First Class Paul Kornyeiof MSRON 11(Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron) was awarded the "Gamewardens Association Vietnam to Present"-
Leadership Excellence Award by West Coast Chapter
President, Gene Glasco in a ceremony in front of command staff and personnel of MSRON 11.
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Gene Glasco Presents the award.
Black Beret Presented
MSRON 11(Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron) in formation.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (June 24, 2011)
Electronics
Technician 1st Class Edwin T. Benkin, right, assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 1, receives the
traditional black beret from Retired Capt. Bob Freed from the Mid Atlantic chapter of the Gamewardens.
Gamewardens, famous for patrolling rivers in Vietnam,
initiate one person from each Riverine squadron
annually as honorary Gamewardens. The Riverine Force
is a combat-arms force that performs point defense,
fire support and interdiction operations along inland
waterways to defeat enemies and support coalition
forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Intelligence Specialist
2nd Class Scott Solis/Released)
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Gamewardens' Authors Corner
We've got
some talented folks among us – please take a moment
to peruse our library below: |
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Gamewardens of Vietnam History
Book, First Edition.
Hardback, an in-depth
overview of the history of the Gamewardens,
complete with photos. A must-read for Brown-Water
sailors!
Available in the Ships Store » |
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 America’s
True Heroes
By Nicholas Rider In
America’s True Heroes (Island Time Publishing,
2006) you will be introduced to Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine
veterans who served in peacetime and during
conflicts; from WWI to present-day Iraq. You will
be inspired by their bravery, commitment to duty,
and love for their country. 50+ photos.Read
More Here »
Available in the Ships Store:
Volume I and
Volume II |
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 IRON BUTTERFLY
By Ralph
Christopher and Jim Davy.
The true story of an elite group of men who
wrote a page in Naval history. They patrolled the
waterways in thirty-one foot river patrol boats
powered by Detroit diesel engines with water
jet-propulsion. Armed with machineguns and grenade
launchers, as well as sheer guts and determination,
these sailors faced danger around every bend in the
river.
Available in the Ships Store » |
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 NILO HA TIEN
Vietnam War In
the early months of 1970, LT Thomas Medici, NILO Ha
Tien, enters Cambodia on U.S. Naval Intelligence
missions and negotiates a secret weapons agreement
with the Cambodian Navy, then thwarts the
destruction of of the Port of Sihanoukville-- for
which he is tried at a Naval Board of Inquiry.
"This remarkable novel relates many events that our
Naval Intelligence Liaison Officers actually
experienced during the Cambodia episode of the
Vietnam War...
Available in the Ships Store »
Listen to Author Larry Serra's
Interview on the Denny Griffin Show » |
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 Firefight
on Vietnam Brown Water – by Lynn Salsi
Eighteen year old Al Lupo is suddenly faced with
the biggest decision of his life after he is
drafted to serve in the United States military in
1965. This novel is a coming-of-age saga of Al
dealing with his relationship with his father,
dealing with the authority of officers, and
learning to survive.
Available in the Ships Store » |
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 Al (A.J.) Billings – Seawolf28
An exciting action filled novel of one of the top
decorated naval aviators of the Vietnam era brings
the reader a dramatic story of a twenty-two year
career of a Navy helicopter pilot. By the end of
the Vietnam War he was a four tour veteran with
well over 600 missions and the recipient of more
than thirty-nine citations, including the Silver
Star and Distinguished Flying Cross.
Available in the Ships Store » |
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 Marie LeDuc and Dr. Art Schmitt – The
Man I Didn't Know
The stories of Families of
Veterans who are effected with post tramatic stress
disorder.
Available in the Ships Store »
NEW! Listen to an interview with author Art Schmitt
on the Denny Griffin Radio Show MEET THE AUTHOR. |
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A Quiet
Reality
by Emilio Marrero, Jr.
A Quiet Reality is a heartwarming and hopeful story
that invites you to join Chaplain Marrero in this
exciting journey through Iraq as he ministered to
U.S. Marines. Join him through an exhilarating
tactical convoy during his first night in Iraq,
through the painful ministry to the wounded and
dead. Reflect with him as he ponders on this quest
as a man in uniform and a pastor. Walk with him
through the ancient ruins of Nebuchadnezzar's
Palace in Babil and join him on an exciting quest
to open biblical history to his Marines while he
seeks to care for the Iraqis around him.
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Dr. Lester L. Westling – When
Johnny/Joanie Comes Marching Home
Our
military families endure the burdens of separation
when a significant member is repeatedly, often
suddenly, called far away to serve for extended
periods of time. Not only handling the separations
but also the reunions and restoration of the family
circle are the subjects of this book.
Available in the Ships Store » |
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Lester Westling – All That
Glitters
Join respected pastor, missionary,
and former Navy Chaplain Lester Westling as he
chronicles his journey through danger, toil, and
triumph and discovers the true meaning of treasure
that lasts. His riveting stores will capture your
imagination and inspire you to reach for the true
gold of life?gold that will glitter forever in
Heaven.
Available in the Ships Store » |
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Ralph Christopher – River Rats
River Rats
provides a ...lively insight into the hows and whys
of the United States involvement in Vietnam, and
the attempt of that involvement to bring freedom to
those who were unable to achieve it by their own
efforts...
Available in the Ships Store » |
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Ralph Christopher – DUTY HONOR SACRIFICE
From author From the Author: DUTY HONOR SACRIFICE,
is 432 pages, 30 chapters with maps and pictures.
It is divided up with TF-115, -116, and -117 and
9th Infantry stories all told together. It was
another honor to have been trusted by so many to
tell portions of their stories.
Available in the Ships Store »
Listen to a
radio interview of the author on "Meet The Author"
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Ralph Christopher – Riverine Photo Album
The
Riverine Photo Album is a tribute to those forces
that served in the river coastal war of South
Vietnam, which was made up of small units of
sailors that manned forward firebases, floating
detachments, and rode small fast patrol boats and
the larger heavy riverine craft alongside South
Vietnamese troops, mercenaries, and regional
forces, who were fighting for their independence
from communist rule. The River Rats and River
Raiders fought for freedom and they fought with
honor, but in the end they fought for each other.
Praise is hardly enough.
Available in the Ships Store » |
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Bill Ferguson – Laughter on the Rivers of Death:
One Sailor's Humorous Experience
Volunteering for anything while serving in the Navy
is risky business. Many a naive Sailor found
himself suffering from "volunteers remorse" shortly
after stepping forward to answer the call for a
special assignment. Before he could hum the first
few notes of Anchors Aweigh, he would come to
believe that what he had asked for and what he had
received may not be the same...
Available in the Ships Store »
Listen to a radio interview of the author on "Meet
The Author" » |
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 — From Footnote™ - Interactive Vietnam
Veterans Memorial allows you to search by name, unit,
hometown, or simply browse a 5 gigapixel image of the
panels of the memorial, then leave a tribute, a story or
photograph about any of the 58,256 veterans listed
there.
More »
— Comprehensive VIETNAM Reference Guide »
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HERE'S HOW THEY DO IT! This is a video of a suicide
VBIED (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosion Device). The
explosions are definitely not like the movies. We were
actually out on patrol that day and heard the blast from
about 7 miles away. Watch the slow moving dump truck
moving toward you in the left lane. You'll see some
Iraqi Army humvees pull up behind it before it blows. No
Americans hurt that day.
View the video »
Read the
narrative copy from All Hands magazine [June 1970]
about the USS Harnett County during Operation Giant
Slingshot and view a copy of the Presidential Unit Citation »
Space-A Military Travel Information from the U.S.
Air Force HQ Air Mobility Command »
DFAS Retired Pay Newsletter »
It's Official!! DD-214's are now online
through the
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC).
Vietnam vets' experience on boats utilized in Iraq
— 7/9/2006 By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY.
Read
the full article »
Brown Water Sailors Rededicate Monument
(Navy Newsstand article - 7/27/2006) »
Read CAPT. Kenneth Meek's speech here »
Read
presentation by Jack Lynch here »
 Riverine
Warfare website »
East Coast Memorial Monument and MK I PBR
Rededication Ceremony — July 21, 2006
Details Here »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Vietnam Vets to
Rededicate Monument and Vietnam-Era River Patrol Boat at
Little Creek Amphibious Base.
More »
Vietnam Unit
Memorial Monument request for donations »
View the
Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument program online »
Enjoy hundreds of clips of
Vietnam-era music »
Commander Naval Forces Vietnam (COMNAVFORV) Monthly
Summaries »
Brown Water Navy And Delta Army Vietnam Veterans Message
Board »
 Herb Stephan's
dedication speech from the ceremony at the Naval
Amphibious Base Special Warfare Compound at Little
Creek, VA, July 18, 2003
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 Video — we've got
previews of videos available on our ship's store. Take a
sneak peek at Vietnam February 22nd, 1969 or
Gamewardens Reunion in New Orleans »
 The official
Gamewardens of Vietnam Newsletter — Brown Water Log.
We're working on digitizing back issues — all the way
back to 1968! View our archives
here »
All Hands — View the complete
November 1966 or
April 1978
edition of All Hands magazine
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 Photo Gallery —
Thousands of photos in our
photo gallery with more
being added every day! See the images that our members
have shared with us here »
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