I was a RA20250-L (AMS)on the Drill Press Project (JC-47D/RC-47D)in 1966 and 1967 at the 6994th. By the way, the "dash L" was a Japanese Lingy. I was also there in 1962 with Det 1, 2nd ADVON 6925th (Zobel's Zombies)when we set up a site which later became the 6924th.

203-2 w/ 6988th, referred by af_chilings. Is this locator for all who spent time in SEA, or only vietnamese linguists? Looks nice so far. I will be back.

Just found this site. Great Work! Was at Lin Kou(87th) 58/59, Danang(24th) 66/67 and Saigon(94th) 67/70. Will come back.

I spent all of 1972 at Det. 2 (Danang) as a 207X1 (EC47 X-Operator). I have not been in touch with many of my friends during that era but would love to. I was good friends with Todd Melton, Peter Cressman and Joe Matejov who as you know were on the fateful 5 February 1973 incident over Laos. May God bless them! Thanks for the wonderful web site! You've brought many memories back. Mark Broswick

203-2 (ChiLing). Russian Pre-Lang at Kelly early 1957; commandeered for Chinese by Robert Tharp & Co.; Yale IFEL 3/57-1/57; NSA to 3/57; 6927th RSM, Onna Point, Okinawa, 3/57-1/58; 6922d at Clark, PI, 1/59- 9/59; 6987th at Linkou, Taiwan 9/59-1/61. TDY Goodbuddy 9/59. In later life, Chinese studies at Princeton, Middlebury, Columbia (65-68); BA Rutgers, JD Rutgers; did a stint with the Alaska Fish & Game Service (Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg and points therabouts); Welfare caseworker for NY City (Lower East Side, Harlem). Presently a Deputy Attorney General here in NJ. Being a 203 was the most fun. Great gang. Still have friends from those times.

Hi. I flew out of Yokota from 1960 through 1966. RB50s and RC130s (Queenbee). Lots of TDYs to Bangkok and then to Da Nang. Great memories. Retired in '82.

203 Chiling - Silver Dawn/Commando Royal/Bench Royal C130's TDY at Danang and later stopovers at Camh Ranh from Yokota. Slept in Danang's Tent City and lived at the "Slop Chute"! Later many years (7) with the 90th and many more SEA missions. AIRBORNE ! Wu Sends $$$

Hello Steve and all you visitors. Steve had been to my site before and when he got this one airborne, dropped me a note. Sure glad he did, he has linked to my site and I have a link back to this site. I have received overwhelming response to my site, "The EC-47 History Site", this year, I have had 16,520 visitors to date with 64 different foreign countries, some with over 50 visits from each, and I can see the same growth and interest in this site. I hope you as visitors to this site can help Steve to "spread the word about this site, and mine", we are both trying to re-unite as many of the old friends as possible. My tour in Nam, was 1966/67 as a Flight Mechanic on the EC-47. I was in fact part of a flight crew that ferried from Grenier Field New Hampshire to Tan Son Nhut, about the 6th EC-47 to arrive in country in the summer of 1966. The "Mission" Aircrew consisted of the aircraft flight crew and the Specialized "Back End Crew" as they were known was made up of the folks from the 6994th SS and it's detachments in Southeast Asia, beginning in early 1966 and ending in about mid-1974. There is a lot of history that was before unavailable that can be found on my site and will be much more available on this site as it grows. More information is being declassified, (finally, but some continue to hold on). Steve, if I can help you in any way, please feel free to ask. I wish you well in your endeavor. And I would like to add here, that we are working on having a REUNION, the first, for everyone, front-end crew, back-end crew, and all maintenance and support personnel that were involved in the "EC-47 Mission" in Southeast Asia, from it's beginning to the end in 1974. We are now working on May 29, 30 and 31, 1999, (5 months from now) in San Antonio. More details on the reunion can be found on my web-site. Would really be great to have a super turn out. J.C.

Was a Chiling and AMS with 90th from 1967-1971. Worked in stan/eval in 1970. Was the last active duty member who flew on COMBAT APPLE 001. If you haven't seen the Freedom Through Vigilance Association (formerly USAFSS/ESC Association) home page, check it out at www.ftva.org for more information on former mates.

Most of the time I spent there was in the air, except for numerous TDY's to Cam Rahn Bay--the sand trap of Southeast Asia!

Initially. Chinese 203; IFEL, Yale 1954-1955 1955 - Shiroi, Japan 6902nd 1956 - 1957 6927th Okinawa 1958 - 1959 6987th Taiwan 1959 - 1960 6925th Philippines 1960 - 1961 Advisor, SAC 1961-1962 6987th Taiwan 1962-1963 IFEL, Yale 1963 - 1966 6987th Taiwan 1966 - 1969 Goodfellow AFB 1970-1971 Basic German, DLIEC 1972 - 1974 Russian 203 6912th Berlin Retired

Distorted memories, I am sure, so I don't really recall bad times, though I'm sure that there were plenty of those. I am looking forward to communicating with some of the folks with whom I served, and reestablishing friendships from those bygone days. Give me an e-mail or find me in Pow Wow (Gramps) or on ICQ ( 10098598).

Great job. Hope to get the word out to others about your fine site! 116.

Steve - THANKS! for your hard work and effort in putting this together! I had a wonderful and joyous time this afternoon visiting this sight and dusting off some long ago memories. I'm making a New Year's resolution to scan some photos and slides and send them along.

Only had a chance for as brief glance today, but will indeed be back to look in detail.

Interesting....it has been a long, long time.

Anyone remember the WORMS? This is great...this site brings back lots of memories....some that probably should remain untold!! Now that we're getting old and gray we can regain our youth right here. I have several boxes of pics that I'll get to the site asap.

Great looking site! Glad to see the site is finally up and running, and now that I know you're in business, I'll get my e-mail warmed up and send you a few more pics for your photo albums. Hope to hear from more of my Det 3 NKP "town-runner" buds as a result of their visiting your site. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication in setting up this memory archive for all of us "one-termers" and also for including us 292/207's in your site. PRAY FOR PEACE.

Nice Job, Steve. I hung around with some of the 203's because, being the cunning linguists they were, they made our "civic action programs" downtown, on P-Road, and at the Miami swimming pool so much more meaningful. In particular, I managed to convince Rich "Spirus T" Renkas that his training was going to waste at the Z1 postition on an EC-47. I freqently flew as the AMS, and f I had to pick a guy for a "real" mission, I guess my vote would go to Ron Shelby, who as I recall had spent some time on R/EC-135s out of Okinawa [6990th ?]. I vaguely remember John Lloyd, or at least the name, and a few others on the list. I also have some slides of a "wedding reception" of sorts that was held for Gary [Kent ? -- last name escapes me] and his bride, held at her parents' place somewhere outside Saigon. Gary was promptly exiled to F.G. Warren AFB base in Wyoming. Anyhow, keep up the good work! PS - I can still count from "mot" to "mui".

Wyco, This a GREAT Web site! THANKS for setting up the PlanetAll group and this wonderful Web site. Warm Regards, -Joel.

6924th in Thailand, 1972-1973 6987th (TaiWan) 1973-1975 6990th 1975-1979 Happy Holidays!

I love this thing!! Good thoughts and memories of Oki,Cam Ranh Bay, and NKP. Can't wait to see more

Thanks. Lots of names of former bosses and friends. Brings back a lot of memories.

Hey, Wyco... thanks for keeping in touch and keeping me informed. The site looks great, should be a great contribution, along with the other sites on this topic. Also nice to see other folks from those days still keeping in touch! (Ah yes, where are they all!....) I even came across my Century Club card and blue dickey the other day in my closet! Keep up the good work! Dave T.

Steve, Nice site you have here. I enjoyed my visit reading the pages and links and will return often. I've also linked this site to the 6990th Century Club http://members.tripod.com/~cccamera/index.htm and 6931st Alumni http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7228/ homepages. Regards, Bill

A20391-1 at 6949th SS and 6988th SS.

As much as I hated being there, I made some great and life-long friends. We were all in the same situation, away from home, always a chance of being shot out of the sky (I don't know of anyone who was fired on). It's a chapter in my life that I won't easily forget.

A life experience. The memories will always be there. Right or wrong, we had a job to do, and we did it.

Proud to be listed with so many great guys! Since Wyco started this project I've heard from several NKP and TSN buddies. Long forgotten memories are coming back and it will be good to hear from guys who share some of them. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy New Year to all.

Wyco, Great Job! When I trained you, I never figured you'd turn out this good. Gary ///// P.S. Whenever I click the 6908th button the 6994th displays. What's up with that?

Wasn't able to access photos. Kept getting a 'file not found' error. Otherwise, you've done a great job. Thanks for putting forth all the work to get this off the ground. By the way, there are several photos (including Combat Apple mission crews for missions 2000 and 3000) at the 6990th Century Club web site. Kirk.

June '70 to Jan. '72. A quarter for a beer. Air-conditioned barracks. P-road. Poker. Mosquito Man and Harvey Wallbanger. Blast walls that couldn't stay up. Mama-san starching everything. Co Hua. Puppies, puppies everywhere. Lasagna cooked on an open grill. The Aussies and Fosters Lager. You call that a war? Great site, Steve. I'll try to get my scanner working and send some photos.

Great job, Wyco. Was saddened to hear that snowdrift (Nodorft) had passed away. Still keep in touch with John "Bravo" Kiss and located John Woolbright via Century Club site. My nickname was "Snuffy" Smith. Can't wait to see the pics you have gathered. Keep it up. Chao cac anh.

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