Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club

Snoopy's Nose In several previous posts I mention a river bend known as Snoopy's Nose in the Ban Long and Cam Son Operational area on the Rach Ba Rai river. I show pictures of it....which is quite noticeable in the post Saigon. I describe going into combat there in vivid detail in the post Happy Hour at the Dong more... - 2012/08/05

Romeo 112-1 These pictures illustrate what happens when you mix jet fuel with rockets. This is Refueler 112-1. The top one(at Dong Tam) was recently sent to me by Mike Harris who was with 151 Div. The bottom two are ones I took shortly after the attack. We were still on the river. It is also referenced as Rome more... - 2008/12/09

Oil Fields off Vietnam Coast This map shows early oil field mapping off the Vietnam Coast. For more of the story go here. more... - 2008/12/09

Have Guns Will Travel Mobile Riverine Force style In the late 1950s early 1960s a popular TV program Have Gun Will Travel, which was about a good guy gunfighter for hire named Paladin, inspired infantry troops and mobile riverine sailors to write on their gear and boats the phrase Have Gun Will Travel. In the case of riverine sailors the phrase be more... - 2008/11/10

Saigon Saigon was the first stop in country. It was quite a culture shock. Captain Willard the mythical Special Forces Assassin in Apocalypse Now may have said "Saigon, shit, I'm still in Saigon". But all of us who were there felt it. In less than two minutes, to avoid rocket attack, you drop from ten thou more... - 2008/05/07

Served in the US Navy "Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" -John F. Kennedy (Remarks at the United States Naval Academy, August 1, 1963 more... - 2008/04/27