Now 66, Frew is a public speaker and philanthropic volunteer who lives in Sarasota with his wife of 35 years, Anita. Over the years Ray would be memorialized as the namesake of a missile destroyer (DD-971), medical clinics in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Quantico, Va., and Everett, Wash., a Bachelor Enlisted Quarters in Camp Pendleton, and an elementary school in his hometown of McMinnville, Tenn.
Only 25 kilometers west of Hoi An it is a half day trip for those who are interested in discovering a legendary US Marine Corps base. We came to a 1000 meter rice paddy near the village of Vinh Huy. He served as a platoon leader I have pictures before and after. He is my Stoic Hero. I was assigned to H&S 2/5 in An Hoa from July 1967 to December. Despite heavy loss of blood, Ray managed to crawl through the barrage of enemy fire to assist another fallen Marine, shielding him from a grenade blast. I was there. The children were healthy there and I remember their straight lines waiting to see us. I remember while serving at An Hoa that 2 nurses were abducted from the Hospital by the VC and when my tour of duty was over in Aug. 69 they had never been found. At the time I was there we had the NVA come on our radio net and tell us they would have complete control of Liberty Bridge and our CO told us we were surrounded by 5000 NVA Regulars. Ive been back to Vietnam three times now, easy for me because after the war I worked as a journalist out of Hong Kong for most of 20 years. As we got 20 to 30 yards into the paddy Kinh and the other Chieu Hoi had killed a half dozen NVA that had dug spider holes in the rice paddy and hid. Captain Graham organized the Company and sent the three platoons in to the rice paddy in skirmishes. Your email address will not be published. Semper Fi, I AM PLEASED YOU SERVIVED. I carried the radio for most of my time there, not exactly a smart move on my part. I went in as a private and got out as a staff sergeant. We would rotate there from Mortars 3/11, based at Hill 55. DURING Vietnam War. Liberty Bridge was constructed and located at coordinates AT 923532, in Dai Loc District, Quang Nam Province. Dont know why I was always sent to odd places, other radio operators mostly got to stay same place the whole tour. From April to September 1967 Seabees of Mobile Construction Battalion 4 built a 2,040 feet (620m) "Liberty bridge" (T Do bridge, now the Giao Thy bridge) over the Thu Bn river. I was a radio relay operator at An Hoa in fall of 69,we were next to the air traffic control tower.I remember those 175mm guns.The mess hall served peanut butter,jelly, bread,and warm goofy grape kool aid every evening! I took it from the 2/11 chow hall ( I was with 1st Force Recon) Looking for the other guys any help would be appreciated. My first combat operation was Operation Newcastle in the Arizona in March 1967. On 10 September, 1965 the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment LtCol. Cpl David Paul Bagwell (rank when i was discharged 1970) Just two weeks later he was part of a mission to protect Liberty Bridge, a strategic supply artery across the Thu Bon River connecting An Hoa to Da Nang. He was a Staff Sgt. Liberty Bridge on the Thu Bon river near An Hoa, Vietnam 1968 Picture taken from a CH 46 on a routine mail run with HMM 164 to An Hoa. I have pictures of that day and the day after. Not sure why that worked. I remember you ,Webster , Star ,Gunny Flanagan and the Lee Marvin fellow but not his name ,he was a kick. Thanx. Good talking to you,take care and Semper Fi. I was in LSU-1 2\5 . In the act of saving this Marines life Ray ultimately sacrificed his own. There was all so 9 Marines hit by the rocket. I watched the whole thing from my foxhole and listened to the Marines crying out on my radio. Hill 41. The Marines stationed at Hill 55 all stood up as we walked past. This work, A Portrait of HM2 Bobby Ray, Heroic Doc of Liberty Bridge, by Andr Sobocinski, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. Im hoping to write a book about some of the area you patrolled in around An Hoa and the Que Son Valley if this Covid-19 crap ever tamps down. I was Alpha Co CBMU301 (Seabees) from June67 -Dec-68 Our main job was taking care of the Base and Runway at An Hoa we were located on the South End of the Runway We replace the runway twice while I was stationed there Lots of Memories lots of picture I have Many convoys to DaNang and only one time across Liberty Bridge rest of the times were by Marine ferries I was in An Hoa with CBMU 301 from Aug 69 to Aug 70, Hi Jim, I came down with Alpha Co when we first established our camp after being on the advance party at Dong Ha we set up at the North End of the runway.. Email is namwartravel@gmail.com, Served as a Seabee 67/68 served at An Hoa combat and the Liberty bridge. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. From April to September 1967 Seabees of Mobile Construction Battalion 4 built a 2,040 feet (620 m) "Liberty bridge" (T Do bridge, now the Giao Thy bridge) over the Thu Bn river. Motor scooters and pedestrians still cross on ferries. My Company of Marines did this with calm dignity. I was only an 18-year-old kid myself. Jack L Murduck kia By the way I was: 1st Bn 5th Mar Div H&S Co 81 Mor Plt. Where is the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh? Looking for Marines that serverd at An HOA in May12 May 16 69 My brother L/Cpl George Thomas from VA was kia by rocket fire. Vietnam (way remote N.W. Anyone remember? Some of the most remote wilderness still left on the planet. This mission covers another insert near at Liberty Bridge, which I believe was near the base at An Hoa. The force of the explosion knocked me head over heals, and knocked me unconscious. Even if you try to access that area from N.E. An airfield in Dong Ha and Liberty Bridge south of Da Nang were on the Seabees' endless "to do" list. Also Corpsman David Ray ,also KIA , received the MOH for his actions that night. He would die, but would be awarded a posthumous MOH. The road is still there so possible to travel along. At the east end of the runway are a couple of craters and some dug out areas that seem to be from the era. Then sent to Delta battery hill 65. I was with Mike 4/11, a 155mmSP battery in late 68 to May of 70. What Is The Difference Between The Four Types Of Landslides? Had a pet monkey who helped keep the rats off us at night. The Antenna Valley is located across the pass to the west from the Que Son Valley. I too was in An Hoa 69-70 I was also with HQ 2/11 assigned to 5 th marines FSCC. I have pictures of the before and after. The reason you were moved around so much was probably that you were very good at your job (2531) and could be trusted! The book is replete with battle maps, seldom-seen photos, an array of. Visions never leave my Ming. That didnt last long unfortunately. I really learned something and I am thankful you shared a part of your story. Was with MAG (Marine Air Group) 16 at AnHoa April of 70 til we abandoned the place in August/September of 70 http://www.marzone.com/7thMarines/Vn5500.htmhttps://www.seabee-rvn.com/Bridges/Liberty-Bridge/http://dennislathamfiction.blogspot.com/2006/08/vietnam-liberty-bridge.html?m=1http://1-5vietnamveterans.org/15-combat-ops/https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=YN1RDwAAQBAJ\u0026pg=PA178\u0026lpg=PA178\u0026dq=liberty+bridge+Vietnam\u0026source=bl\u0026ots=rdUdHu273U\u0026sig=ACfU3U03Qy55U0spK0AjFgbZvRuMbTzAmA\u0026hl=vi\u0026sa=X\u0026ved=2ahUKEwjdpfygzb_lAhWFd94KHZnMA8o4ChDoATAHegQIAxAB#v=onepage\u0026q=liberty%20bridge%20Vietnam\u0026f=falsehttps://books.google.com.vn/books?id=NxAiZsLSrhoC\u0026pg=PA139\u0026lpg=PA139\u0026dq=liberty+bridge+Vietnam\u0026source=bl\u0026ots=YxuAb4JnDy\u0026sig=ACfU3U1VelKurAzqrOtpeY2JEJGVukMsFg\u0026hl=vi\u0026sa=X\u0026ved=2ahUKEwjdpfygzb_lAhWFd94KHZnMA8o4ChDoATAJegQIARAB#v=onepage\u0026q=liberty%20bridge%20Vietnam\u0026f=false I often went to W. German hospital many times (the let us use their autoclaves to sterilize our large surgical packs). Supported by fire from 82mm and 60mm mortars, 57mm recoilless rifles and B-44 rockets, PAVN and VC troops advanced against the base's eastern perimeter. I want to cross into Lao from N.W. Required fields are marked *. My mom kept bringing them out until the last day we were there. as told to Abby Weingarten, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. other accounts have the event at a smaller outpost a bit north west near the river. I remembered seeing tanks with flame thrower keep burning the area. I was there from Oct 76 to Mar 68 An Hoa and Phu Bai untill med evacked out of country. Google Guns of the DMZ for more on my 8/4 Battlion. A chu hoi led the grunts to a VC propaganda leader on. I was there when the nurses were abducted. Her bomb shelter, her livestock, her food stock was destroyed. Plan. Remember to check out the Hue City article on this website also, you might recognize a few places. In a Free Fire Zone SW of Danang in 1968. Harvey Wade. The Marines were a really impressive group of men. My name is Richard Vesper I was in AN Hoa 69 and 70 untill we turned it over to the ARVNS I believe in Sept. of 70. I remembered one time farmers brough young rice plants to wash in the river upstream and the solders fired recoiless canon at them. It crosses the Monongahela River and intersects Interstate 579 (the Crosstown Boulevard) at its northern terminus. I looked in one of your tanks,as you were in the road facing the Que son Mts. Most of these photos were taken while on patrol in the An Hoa Valley, which we called "Happy Valley", in Qung Nam Province. 2512. there then went to LZ Baldy LZ Ross and LZ Ryder you could only get there my chopper. Overall we really recommend a visit to this old base. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_Hoa_Combat_Base&oldid=1123027739, Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam, Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Military installations closed in the 1970s, Buildings and structures in Qung Nam province, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Marine Corps, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 November 2022, at 09:46. 46 KIA says it all. I was rations. there. Ba Na is often referred to as a fairyland which attracts flocks of visitors everyday. I believe. This mission covers another insert near at Liberty Bridge, which I believe was near the base at An Hoa. It was against the 36th NVA Regiment. Samper Fi ! Im so sorry. Viet Nam, Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign 09June69 to 31Oct69 Liberty Bridge, Que Sons, An Hoa 1969 Vietnam Service Medal Criteria The Vietnam Service Medal was awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served at any time between July 4, 1965, and March 28, 1973, in Vietnam or its contiguous waters or airspa. I was at An Hoa for much of 1967. See so many orphans killed after we treated their smiling faces will forever be in my mind, Where you there when they fragged 2/11s surgeons jeep. Concrete bunker built by the French during the 1950s. We swept the Que Son Valley with other Marines from 1/5 for a week, but made very little contact with the NVA. Ill bet that trip down the Ho Chi Minh trail in Eastern Lao was truly beautiful, Ashley (was it rainy? About traveling there. Liberty Bridge (Pittsburgh) Liberty Bridge, Zagreb, the first divided highway bridge in Zagreb, Croatia. I became a Cobra pilot and retired as a LtCol in 94. Mort Hurt here. Hey Mike I Hate to bring it up but were you guys involved in the Heavy fighting down in the Que Son valley from the end of May through September of 1967? The 2,040' "Liberty" bridge built by CB 4 over the Song Thu Bon river in 1967. It was built Phil. I do remember the monkey but he got mad and ran off to Amtracs across the road. In the early morning of March 19, 1969, a Marine combat base at Phu Loc 6 near An Hoa,
Forever in my mind, I as with you Dr. Faust that day with Dr. Donald Turner DDS. My memory is bad and getting worse the older i get. [1] On the night of 21 November 1968, a PAVN/VC battalion attacked the base. My father, Sgt. I was there with you. A man sent to take her and her family to resettlement, again. That base came under heavy fire. Ha! The people on the ship had colorful magazines of naked ladies You dont step sideways when youre walking. I told him one more time, Put the can down. But he didnt. I went through four operations while I was in Vietnam, including the Durham Peak and Pipestone. I think he was attached to one of the grunt companies at the time? Lee 704 791 2768 my phone. He even fought off an attack of two NVA soldiers before he himself was wounded. We had perimitter watch every other night on Brovo and Alpha sector. The Liberty Bridge was constructed over a period of 12 months by Taylor and Murphy Construction Co. of Asheville, N.C., designed by bridge architect Miquel Rosales of Boston, and engineered by Schlaich Bergermann. I was there March69 when Phu -loc 6 was over run. We did a Medcap at the orphanage the day before. I am happy you made it out. There will be a few places you remember there as well. All that could be heard was the clanging of our equipment as we walked along. Maybe it was the 7th Marines?Operations Union I and II, and then Swift. An Ha Combat Base (also known as c Dc) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base west of Hi An in Qung Nam Province, Vietnam. The Liberty Bridge . I thought it was Jameson. They thought some guy was to get General Discharge for drugs when MACV canceled the On the morning of 4 May 1968 two Companies of the 2nd Battalion 7th Marines supported by tanks crossed the Liberty Bridge ( 15.841N 108.121E) onto the island meeting only light resistance for the first few days. We never slept even when not in the bush. The 8th of March 1965 US Marines landed on the beaches of Da Nang. At An Hoa we were right down by the wire by 2|5 and the little chopper pad LZ. Hill 55 (also known as Nui Dat Son or Camp Muir) is a hill 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Da Nang, Qung Nam Province, Vietnam. I read years later in a book about Robert Garwood that some nurses and doctors from a German hospital were brought in to the camp where he was being held, just west of the An Hoa base. Anyone there July 4th 1966 ? S/Sgt Greg Smith H&S 2/5. I was lucky to be inside the COC bunker on the night shifts when most of the incoming was happening. [but he would] just smile and shake his head, taking it all in stride.
Bad night at The Bridge. In a Free Fire Zone SW of Danang in 1968. Arrived An Hoa november 7th 1967, assign to 81s H&S 2/5, First Marine I remember meeting was Sgt Jerdo . Starting out, the Marines established a stationary defense around the base that reacted to threats and attacks. Chuck Eco 2/5. Changing tubes on 175s at LSU 1 in 1970 was the hardest work I have ever done in my life . AC-47 gunships held back the PAVN/VC while a platoon of Marines mounted in amphibian tractors, with tanks and helicopter gunships escorting, attacked east from An Hoa to reinforce the hamlet and bring an ammunition resupply. Victory Bridge A few kilometers south of the base, across the mountain ridges is the Que Son Valley with plenty of old firebases including LZ Baldy and LZ Ross that are also very interesting to visit. If any one knows. On January 31, 1968, South Vietnam exploded from North to South. Not a word was said. We visit the remnants of a bridge formerly constructed by US Marines in an area of high conflict during the war between the US and Vietnam.These videos are possible thanks to all the servicemen who have posted information on the web about Liberty Bridge and places like this all over Vietnam, including detailed maps and personal accounts, photos and other information. God Bless, My father was also corpsman Robert Dymond he passed about 10 years ago. He blamed the Doc. The The NVA had escaped into the Que Son mountains. If you read this message, I would like to talk more about the FSCC. We used to patrol Dodge City day and night with just squad size patrols, Keep in mind in late part of 1968 the 2 NVA Division which hung out on Go Nio island moved a regiment of NVA hard core the 36 NVA regiment into Doge city M bro was with 3/5 Lima company in operation Meade river lots and lots of bunkers. Really looking for tower above HQ bunker. and HQ Co. 1st Marine Regt. I watched the firefight from our trench line. He was only 10 years old. KIA May 10, 1969 at Liberty Bridge. Marine sources listed 21 dead PAVN/VC in the area.[4]. [1], On the night of 21 November 1968, a PAVN/VC battalion attacked the base. Thanks, Jon. The following year, Bobby Rayor as he is better known to us today, David Robert Raywas posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. [3], The airfield was capable of handling C-7, C-123 and C-130 aircraft. Fuentes, Gidget. A Portrait of HM2 Bobby Ray, Heroic "Doc" of Liberty Bridge 19 November 2021 From ANDR SOBOCINSKI In the early morning of March 19, 1969, a Marine combat base at Phu Loc 6 near An Hoa,. According to some accounts it was here at the western perimeter, that PFC Dan Bullock was killed in 1969 during an attack on the base, making him the youngest American casualty of the war. there were 6 or 7 of us at a time at Anhoa with the Airwing3 Air Traffic Controllers and repair/maintenance men for the radar equipment and generatorsNormal cleared to land & cleared to take off stuff plus advise the pilots on which batteries were firing & what direction/grid.Remember the night we were supposed to get over-run.& instead the Her bomb shelter, her livestock, her food stock was destroyed. I was a Scout Sergeant with various batterys in 2/11 attached out to 3/5. I worked the radios in the FSCC on a temporary assignment in late February 1969. My father was a mechanic in the USAF stationed in Taiwan. According to Garcia, "we were transitioning from Hill 37, An Hoa to Hill 51, on an operation to Liberty Bridge". An Ha base was located southeast of a major Vietcong/People's Army of Vietnam base area known as the Arizona Territory across the Vu Gia River. There were 28 of us We built our camp from scratch replaced the runway and-started with the rest of the base hospital-chow hall I extended for 6 month leaving in December of 68. Da Nang. Found an old bugle and they sent a chopper to An Hoa to pick me up to play taps at a ceremony for a fallen Marine in Danang. He Died a Marine. Leatherneck Magazine, October 1974. beginning in 1966. In less than an hour we had air support through the night until early morning. When was the Liberty Bridge built in Pittsburgh? Thank you so much for the work and pictures you provided Like I said a flood of memories . From Jon. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Drop me an email on namwartravel@gmail.com, I spent nearly a year at the Liberty Bridge , Phu- Loc (6) area . The An Hoa Basin, as it was in 69, will always be with me. Casualties and losses. Alligator lake was over the small ridge to the southeast near Go Noi island. I have good and bad memories of my service in the area. Rock Hill SC I ended up in Hue City, where I got hit for the third time during my tour of duty. I was with Echo during that time frame, 2nd platoon i believe it was. Vietnam; Lao, China border area. Young orphans killed laying out on the front of the temple. Ray performed his duties as his units life line with great pride earning their respect while on patrol and on each successive search and destroy operation. I do remember one guy at Mike Battery . I was a Navy Corpsman with Delta 1/5 in 68-69. Because us being Americans would Never, Ever do something like that! Why an orphanage? The bridge, in the heart of Quang Nam province about 25 miles southwest of DaNang, was built by the . 344 Liberty Bridge/Total length Finally, my image of An Hoa can be put to rest after seeing all the changes to the former combat base. Always busy. from Nov 69 to Aug 70. But at the same time, we knew that they were enemies because theyd check out where we had things and then come back at nighttime. My house is in the front of the district administration build, across the grassy field. I was at An Hoa from 68-69. I do remember a place that we called the Alamo with a refugee camp near by , but that was it. I was with the Engneers that operated the ferry there and was located just across the river from where you were when your position was over run . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Discovering the hidden places from the Vietnam War, Copyright 2023 Vietnam War Travel Activation WordPress theme by.
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