The bridge was the part of the MSR from DaNang. He was walking up to the gate and I was telling the boy to put the can down because he wasnt allowed to come in with the can. There is where we fought the rest of the day and night. AN HOA, Vietnam - Liberty Bridge straddles a bend of the Phu Bon river where the flat, brown water ends at the edge of shoulder-high grass that stretches toward the distant horizon and the tall black mountains that run all the way to Laos. We always argued that the other guy had it worse. 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. Lost alot of them also. Dont know why I was always sent to odd places, other radio operators mostly got to stay same place the whole tour. Then sent to Delta battery hill 65. There is a brick factory here but no memorial. I think he was attached to one of the grunt companies at the time? Lived in a tent next to the sniper platoon. The ride back to An Hoa was a quiet one. We landed at the bottom and walked up a path to the top where we caught another chopper and headed back to An Hoa. see less Ill bet that trip down the Ho Chi Minh trail in Eastern Lao was truly beautiful, Ashley (was it rainy? On an operation to Liberty Bridge, Vietnam, 1970. On September 19, 1970, we moved to Baldy. Thanks for sharing the pictures. angusmcnitt, Trung Nguyen and 3 more people faved this I worked the radios in the FSCC on a temporary assignment in late February 1969. Did you also read the Hue article here on the website? I am happy you found also our website. The following year, Bobby Rayor as he is better known to us today, David Robert Raywas posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He was a Sgt. I dont have any of the information you seek but, I would like the same info, if you come across it I hope we can share it. About a third of the temples are still standing in various condition. This bridge had been a prime target. With all those food stores, the rats were huge. 5 faves. 4th Plt was also at An Hoa, We had 10 tanks split between An Hoa and Liberty Bridge. Liberty Bridge. I had been wounded on 27 February at our outpost at My Loc 2. I was a Field Wireman (2512) with 3/1 comm., 1/1 comm. If you want to share more, please contact me on [email protected]. I was with 2/5 Flames August 68-August 69. is the german hospital still standing by the river on the way to liberty bridge from an hoa combat base. I think we ran on raw youth. Remains of the runway can still be seen. 'I got to Vietnam in May 1969, to a little town called An Hoa, and went to the Liberty Bridge. Poinsett Bridge is the oldest bridge in South Carolina and perhaps in the entire southeastern United States. Participated in many combat operations.
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