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| Front gate Advance Tactical
Support Base Ben Keo 1970 Vam Co Dong River. Tay Ninh Province. Built with
Genuine Stolen Parts. Smitty, Ralph, Thiel |
On watch at Front gate. Puppy base
mascot dubbed Case and A-Half; cost us a case and a half of sea
rats. |
Mortar pit and ammunition bunker.
We kept our 60's and 81mm busy nightly. |
Unloading fuel for boats, center
of base. |
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| Look-out tower, complete with
radio, 60's and starlight scope. command bunker underneath. |
Base deuce and a half. Galley
barge on left. American berthing on right. |
Ben Keo, the village, outside of
base. Ben Keo was attacked three times in the summer 1970, killing two VC
sapper swimmers. We turned base over in October of 1970. I returned in October
of 2000. Base, loading dock for rice. Village still there. |
YRBM 21 repair and berthing
non-propelled vesel. Upper Mekong River. Mouth of Grand Canal, two miles to
Cambodian border. An Long Village. |
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| LT Eldon J. Fry, OinC NSA Det YRBM
21 presents a Letter of commendation to EMFN Ken Dunwoody on 27 November
1970. |
Last Chance Saloon. Swift Boat
patrolling Cambodian Border |
MKII being returned to water. WO
Backus in charge of 70 engineering personnel. |
Port side second deck look-out
spot. Light 50 Cal. Log carrying explosives intercepted April 1970. Stab
boat. |
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| LCM with 21. Two seawolves on
deck. OD shack to left. |
Seawolf, alarm went off when US in
trouble. |
Five engineering R/L Church,
Walzak, Ralph, Rick and Starke. Church and Rick modified engines. Best
mechanics I ever knew. |
Two of 21's boats with two
Boatswain Mates. |
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| Clowning around. |
Ships clerk center
left. |
Pulling barge from ATSB Phuoc
Xuyen, Plain of Reeds, dust. |
Carrying generator to Fire
Base. |
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| Seals returning Night Ambush Stab
boat |
Tangos Grand Canal. |
ATSB Ben Luc. |
Morning of Cambodian Invasion.
First wave Mekong River Minesweepers. |
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| 80,000 refugees evacuated Grand
Canal from Phnom Penh. |
Me and the boys. Fire base above
AnLong, Mekong River. |
Bridge over entrance of Grand
Canal. |
Stab boats. |
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| Monitor escort, Peace. |
A well equipped sailor,
Pina. |
Towing supplies, Plain of
Reeds. |
Cooling down. |
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| Lunch is almost hot. |
Village base. |
YRBM-21 |
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