tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post3142661533112692323..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: [Photos] A Glimpse Into Life in Vung Tau in 1967Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-81147808107851581062018-03-30T19:40:27.339-04:002018-03-30T19:40:27.339-04:00Thanks. I prefer Long Hai over Vung Tau (Cape St. ...Thanks. I prefer Long Hai over Vung Tau (Cape St. Jacques) but only discovered Long Hai with it's large black rocks in '92 while I had been to Vung Tau many times during the war. The back beach is better than the other though. I'll post some pictures as I go through my albums.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-48833950357983335412018-03-30T17:02:35.445-04:002018-03-30T17:02:35.445-04:00No, Vung Tau is in the far south of Phuc Puey Prov...No, Vung Tau is in the far south of Phuc Puey Province on the coast. Long Tan took place South and West of the main Operations Base Nui Dat, north of Vung Tau.<br /><br />Long Tan was was before my time...the Battle of Long Hai was my bundle of joy.Seneca IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877060732683704429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-12580408449390922542018-03-30T12:08:02.459-04:002018-03-30T12:08:02.459-04:00Thanks and was that near Long Tan.
https://freeno...Thanks and was that near Long Tan.<br /><br />https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2017/04/saigon-april-15-2017.htmlBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-91482065988169311822018-03-30T03:38:08.385-04:002018-03-30T03:38:08.385-04:00We used to take in-country R & R at the Logist...We used to take in-country R & R at the Logistics Support Base there. Re. ‘Safe Harbour’, one of the local landmarks I recall was a large Freighter shipwrecked on a rocky promontory near the beach we used.<br /><br />Just outside the inner R & R area there was a line of topped and tailed oil drums half buried in the sand at an angle of 45 degrees with a sign saying, “EMPTY YOUR WEAPONS HERE”, an invitation too tasty to resist so we three emptied a full 30 round mag each on full auto into the barrels; this scared the shit out of the rear echelon RAMP’s (Royal Australian military Police) who guarded the place and put them in full panic mode to the extent that one of them on the main gate accidently let off a burst into thin air from his M60. Neither the Base Commander nor our CO up-country were overly impressed but WTF, we had been told to enjoy ourselves 😊<br />Seneca IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877060732683704429noreply@blogger.com