Ralph@47 picture thread - The Firearms Forum

jack404 · 07-25-2012, 10:06 PM

Pic's from our latest member Ralph@47

BETH · 07-25-2012, 10:41 PM

blackhawk? cool pics

jack404 · 07-25-2012, 11:44 PM

Huey Beth UH1H

i hope Ralph will be along to explain them

he sent me this

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Just showing this one was Christmas 68 for me at the hai van pass. I'll send a couple more of our compound

Merry Christmas to you troop!

great Pic ..

Ralph@47 · 07-26-2012, 06:41 AM

1. Photo of my Christmas tree in a box. It is sitting on an ammo box from a 105 in my tent in A Co, 35th Combat Engr Bn, at Lang Co village at the foot of Hai Van Mountain in 1968.
2. UH1 Huey on the beach side of our compound at Lang Co Village.
3. APC on duty at the beach bunker of 35th Engr compond at Lang Co
4. Perimter defense bunker and trenches on QL1 side of 35th compound at Lang Co
5. 105 battery in the 35th Engr compound at Lang Co.

All of these photos are from Oct-Dec 1968. During this time the Marines were living 24x7 on the culverts up the mountain pass to keep them from being blown. QL! was a dirt road in some places 1 lane with Bailey Bridges over low water places. The road was being asphalted coming north from Danang (Namo where our Battalion HQ was). We did mine sweep every morning on a section of dirt road going north towards Claymore pass and the Bowling Alley. We did road security during the day and did work on the road to prepare for the paving. Just north od us was a Firebase, I believe operated by the 2/502 from the 101st. The Huey pictured on the beach had just unloaded LRPS from the 101st

Ralph@47 · 07-26-2012, 01:29 PM

Sidebar to the photos. Today Lang co is. Probably the nicest resort are in VN. They have built a 1/2 mile long bridge from Hai Van to Lang Co. Namo on the south side of Hai Van where our Bn was, was developed into houses at some point. Now it is fenced off and a ghost town. We put out so much Agent Orange, out 400-500 yards to defoliate, the ground is uninhabitable. Guess that's why so many of our guys suffer A. O. Effects.

BETH · 07-26-2012, 05:23 PM

thanks Ralph

rooter · 07-27-2012, 05:17 AM

GREETINGS ralph@47 Surely you must have run into some Navy Seabee organizations there in and around the Pass....I remember AAR's during early 1968 about work being done there....those things I had asked previously about the 4-barrel crew-served weapon...For reference, my unit was up north at Dong Ha...perhaps NAVAL MOBILE COBSTRUCTION BATTALION FIVE rings a bell for you...the troops would have been EQUIPMENT OPERATORS and ENGINEERING AIDES...maybe a BUILDER or a STEELWORKER thrown into the mix.....hell-raisers, all!!!! Chief

carver · 07-27-2012, 07:59 AM

Welcome aboard Ralph@47! Thank you for your sevice!

Ralph@47 · 07-27-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rooter

GREETINGS ralph@47 Surely you must have run into some Navy Seabee organizations there in and around the Pass....I remember AAR's during early 1968 about work being done there....those things I had asked previously about the 4-barrel crew-served weapon...For reference, my unit was up north at Dong Ha...perhaps NAVAL MOBILE COBSTRUCTION BATTALION FIVE rings a bell for you...the troops would have been EQUIPMENT OPERATORS and ENGINEERING AIDES...maybe a BUILDER or a STEELWORKER thrown into the mix.....hell-raisers, all!!!! Chief

Ralph@47 · 07-27-2012, 02:01 PM

Rooter, I don't remember the unit but yes there were Seabees there initially. If I remember correctly they were working on the road bed, put in some culverts on the mountain and maybe even worked on a bridge or several. They may have even done some work on the low water areas and possibly repair on that bridge they used the Quad 50 gun truck to protect.

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jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Ralph@47 picture thread Pic's from our latest member Ralph@47 Attached Images -->

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BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,676	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread blackhawk? cool pics

07-26-2012, 06:41 AM	#4
Ralph@47 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 9	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread 1. Photo of my Christmas tree in a box. It is sitting on an ammo box from a 105 in my tent in A Co, 35th Combat Engr Bn, at Lang Co village at the foot of Hai Van Mountain in 1968. 2. UH1 Huey on the beach side of our compound at Lang Co Village. 3. APC on duty at the beach bunker of 35th Engr compond at Lang Co 4. Perimter defense bunker and trenches on QL1 side of 35th compound at Lang Co 5. 105 battery in the 35th Engr compound at Lang Co. All of these photos are from Oct-Dec 1968. During this time the Marines were living 24x7 on the culverts up the mountain pass to keep them from being blown. QL! was a dirt road in some places 1 lane with Bailey Bridges over low water places. The road was being asphalted coming north from Danang (Namo where our Battalion HQ was). We did mine sweep every morning on a section of dirt road going north towards Claymore pass and the Bowling Alley. We did road security during the day and did work on the road to prepare for the paving. Just north od us was a Firebase, I believe operated by the 2/502 from the 101st. The Huey pictured on the beach had just unloaded LRPS from the 101st Last edited by Ralph@47; 07-26-2012 at 06:45 AM..

07-26-2012, 01:29 PM	#5
Ralph@47 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 9	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread Sidebar to the photos. Today Lang co is. Probably the nicest resort are in VN. They have built a 1/2 mile long bridge from Hai Van to Lang Co. Namo on the south side of Hai Van where our Bn was, was developed into houses at some point. Now it is fenced off and a ghost town. We put out so much Agent Orange, out 400-500 yards to defoliate, the ground is uninhabitable. Guess that's why so many of our guys suffer A. O. Effects.

07-26-2012, 05:23 PM	#6
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,676	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread thanks Ralph

07-27-2012, 05:17 AM	#7
rooter VMBB Senior Chief Of Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Marty Robbins old hometown, Glendale Arizona--a suburb of Phoenix. Contributor Posts: 9,271	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread GREETINGS ralph@47 Surely you must have run into some Navy Seabee organizations there in and around the Pass....I remember AAR's during early 1968 about work being done there....those things I had asked previously about the 4-barrel crew-served weapon...For reference, my unit was up north at Dong Ha...perhaps NAVAL MOBILE COBSTRUCTION BATTALION FIVE rings a bell for you...the troops would have been EQUIPMENT OPERATORS and ENGINEERING AIDES...maybe a BUILDER or a STEELWORKER thrown into the mix.....hell-raisers, all!!!! Chief __________________

07-27-2012, 07:59 AM	#8
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,280	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread Welcome aboard Ralph@47! Thank you for your sevice! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

07-27-2012, 02:01 PM	#10
Ralph@47 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 9	Re: Ralph@47 picture thread Rooter, I don't remember the unit but yes there were Seabees there initially. If I remember correctly they were working on the road bed, put in some culverts on the mountain and maybe even worked on a bridge or several. They may have even done some work on the low water areas and possibly repair on that bridge they used the Quad 50 gun truck to protect.