Submitted by Name: jerry dean catron From: Monticello, Ky E-mail: dozer_3268@yahoo.com
Comments: Served with 86th Combat Engineers LCT....supported by 9th Inf Div-A lot of time by BLACK KNIGHTS..We moved from Phu Loi with the 9th right after Operation Junction City to Bearcat, and built most of the Permanent Buildings, PX, Post Office, Library, not sure about the swimming pool(but we used it, the Dog Training area, Helipad, and cleared area for Thai Army. Operation AKRON III and EMPORIA swe worked together, clearing roads, ,jungles, tunnels. AKRON III the weapons cache most importantly. Was at Bearcat 3/67-3/68.
Comments: Are there any Birddogs from HHT left? I was HHT Birddogs 67-68.
Added: December 17, 2023
Submitted by Name: harvey edward robertson From: greenville,S.C. E-mail: ausamer@hotmail.com
Comments: Hello Tom, I see from your post that you served with C troop in 68. Did you know a trooper named Johnnie Gene Reid K.I.A. in Quang tri Province April 30th. He is buried here in Greenville, S.C. I served TDY with D troop July-Sep 68. Regards harvey
Comments: I had to come visit & pay respects to the 3/5 Cav. Hubert Ray Parrish was a TC from 70-71 until he was combat wounded. He & my dad where best friends growing up, his dad & my grandfather & great uncle where friends growing up as well. I have to dig out a couple pictures Ray gave me & a letter he sent my dad a couple months before being wounded. The paper still has the red dirt discoloration. Thank you to all the veterans who defended & defend this great nation.
Comments: My brother Roger Hinen served in Vietnam around 1968. He was with the 3/5 Cav Black Knights. I'm wondering if anyone may have known him. I know he flew with LTC Ace Alan Cozzalio.
Comments: Enjoyed looking over the website. I am the grandson of Steve Courtney. I still have great memories of attending the reunion in 2003 in KY with him. He passed in February 2021. Not a day goes by without him on my mind. Those of you that knew him, know that we were very close. Thank you guys. I would love to hear from some of you that knew him.
Name: jerry dean catron
From: Monticello, Ky
E-mail: dozer_3268@yahoo.com
Served with 86th Combat Engineers LCT....supported by 9th Inf Div-A lot of time by BLACK KNIGHTS..We moved from Phu Loi with the 9th right after Operation Junction City to Bearcat, and built most of the Permanent Buildings, PX, Post Office, Library, not sure about the swimming pool(but we used it, the Dog Training area, Helipad, and cleared area for Thai Army. Operation AKRON III and EMPORIA swe worked together, clearing roads, ,jungles, tunnels. AKRON III the weapons cache most importantly. Was at Bearcat 3/67-3/68.