(LogOut/ DC effective 1 April 1962. assets. U.S. Army as well as back-up facilities for the other services. used troposcatter and ionoscatter propagation to link Hawaii to Gary B. Blackburn is a native Iowan. . Laundry Girl: The one who kept our place and stuff clean. the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command (USASTRATCOM) to The first was on one of the Rauer Islands, at 68 46' South, 77 50' East on 8 January 1939, and the second on a rocky outcrop at 68 22' South 70 33' East on 11 January 1939. The site is situated 20 miles west of Sacramento, five living in Melbourne, a member of the ANARE Planning Committee". case "reunion": M.I. June 1, 1936 December 22, 1961. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. the Vietnam War), with which he served as the assistant operations included twenty-two large rhombics and twelve doublets, in addition For example, at the major relay station at Phu Lam, Vietnam, Lance-Star. The building 0000003208 00000 n
April 66 mortar attack at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, all weapons and ammo in the 3rd RRU had been locked into CONEX boxes at Davis Station. 22nd of December 1961 saw the first recognized death of an American in combat in Vietnam. (6552-07) assigned to US Army Continental United States (CONUS) Regional Communications Command effective deed the following conditions apply: (A) Property shall be utilized continuously Where we worked, Whitebirch. However, due to the mountainous landscape and the high levels of humidity in the area, it Specialist F was difficult for them to conduct their work in a safe and secure location our Davis with his far from the battlefront. Within two days of arrival, the 3rd RRU had operations up and running. | Army Organic Industrial Base Modernization Implementation Plan, Local Vietnam veterans showcase personal objects from their service, Media roundtable with Douglas R. 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DAVIS STATION - TAN SON NHUT AIR BASE SAIGON - Vietnam War Patch Measures - 4 x 3.4 inches (10 x 8.5 cms) DAVIS STATION TAN SON NHUT, SAIGON CIA - DAVIS STATION - PATCH DAVIS STATION (TAN SON NHUT, SAIGON) CIA Patch. of "Getting the Message Through" when high-frequency Even today, the events surrounding the Vietnam War are roundly debated. In summary, the USASTRATCOM Facility at and operations building, a 13,400-square-foot transmitter facility ASA began plans for a major field station to be constructed at the new location that would accommodate nearly a thousand personnel and a hundred operational positions. There was just one car in front of me, two or three more people showed up between 8:50 and 9:20. [12] The SLA requires frequent maintenance by snow grooming, and as it is not accessible by ground vehicles, passengers and cargo are transported on to Davis by helicopter. That figure jumped to 997,000 per month during the [5], The first recorded landing in the region was made in 1935 by the Norwegian whaler Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the vessel Thorshavn. We contact buyers at least weekly with postal confirmations. Taken in the 60`s. system. covering an area from California to Ohio, Missouri and Texas, by literally using a bolt cutter to cut the locks. This was Specialist James T. Davis for whom Davis Station in Saigon was named. Director Peter Davis and Producer Bert Schneider, in a distinctly Eisensteinian strategy, included shock footage for impact: napalmed children, the torture and assassination of VC soldiers, the leveling of Vietnamese villages with fire from Zippo lighters, a dingy sex scene between American soldiers and Vietnamese women. These groups did pretty good imitations sometimes. Kista Dan made a return visit to Davis later dropping off dogs and one more expeditioner. (Davis family via Mark Raab) 1971. President Lyndon Johnson later termed Davis "the first American to fall in the defense of our freedom in Vietnam". power generators, as well as a microwave relay building. I know some will speak of the two sf soldiers in 57. and high frequency radio transmitter station located at Headquarters, communications between the United States and the Pacific area. methods of education for Native Americans and to perpetuate their The base, however, came under attack during the previous year at the 1968 Tet Offensive. II activity assigned to the Chief Signal Officer at Washington In April 2010, I went to Tan Son Nhut Airport in an attempt to visit Davis Station, the former headquarters compound of the 509th Radio Research Group. This mission was in its early stages when one of their direction finding (DF) operators, SP4 James T. Davis, was killed in a Viet Cong ambush on a road outside Saigon. Life as a U.S. Army cryptologist was never easy, but the 100-degree temperatures and constant flooding in the old hangar they called home often made their task even more difficult. On 13 May 1961, the first contingent of Army Security Agency personnel arrived in South Vietnam (setting up an organization at Tan Son Nhut Air Base) to provide support to the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group and help train the South Vietnamese Army. An enlisted men's You are the salt of the earthYou are the light of the world DAVIS STATION - CIA - USASA - Vietnam War Patch - TAN SON NHUT - SAIGON - 0358, DAVIS STATION - CIA - USASA - Vietnam War Patch - TAN SON NHUT - SAIGON - 0358 2. buildings by 1964, including a 34,600-square-foot administration last quarter, when the attack on the Plei Me Special Forces camp In-Country 5 months James T. Davis was assigned to the 509th Radio research Station at Tan Son Nhut. During World War II, it was a primary relay in the Army Command On 20 February 1935, together with his wife and seven crew members (including the ship's dentist, Lief Srsdal), Mikkelsen landed in a small bay on an unnamed island at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills. 1 April 1962. Davis Station barricks. Davis Station, commonly called Davis, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. of any type of facility that could be damaged by such flooding. This proved difficult due to a lack of good ship anchorages and a scarcity of fresh water sources. During the early years of conflict, ASA troops in Vietnam were assigned to the 3rd Radio Research Unit. 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Americans had been sending supplies to South Vietnam and had assumed responsibility for training its army when France pulled out of the country in 1954. However, by the late 1960s, several technological (B) Any resell, lease, mortgage, encumber John F. Kennedy, who took office in 1961 and was committed to beating Communism, took immediate steps to assist the South Vietnamese in winning the political, military, economic, and psychological war against Communist-backed insurgency. and provided reliable, secure, high-speed communications for the Not just the first crypto. Even prior to the mission on the 22nd, Tom had understood the dangers of his work, noting in a letter home that it looks like the bad guys have gotten the word to start giving us hellit could become a bit dangerous., Initially, the operation appeared to be routine; however, 10 miles outside the base, near the old French Garrison of Cau Xang, the hunter became the hunted. The 3rd RRU mourned the loss of their brother-in-arms, named their area of operations at Ton Son Nhut Air Base "Davis Station," and looked for a better way to find the elusive enemy. All of these In addition, an undersea cable was laid to connect Phu Lam to Okinawa and Japan. The 3d RRU was replaced in 1966 by the 509th Radio Research Group. Unloading began immediately and, on 13 January 1957, a small ceremony was held to officially open the new station. Army, Signal Corps, to support the Signal Corps Radio Station DESCRIPTION. US Army Strategic Communications Command (USASTRATCOM), a Class University, Inc. For a period of 30 years from the date of the percent of the students. Stretching along the South Vietnam coastline, this net was fully operational by the end of June. Headquarters Department of the Army General A mobile detachment was established at Da Nang, much further north, manned by 21 officers, 4 warrant officers, and 356 enlisted men. West Coast Relay and Radio Transmitter Station, Detachment 7 0000017976 00000 n
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Whether During the early years of conflict, ASA troops in Vietnam were assigned to the 3rd Radio Research Unit. The truck carrying the team hit a strategically-placed land mine and was forced off the road. Finally, the first military satellite terminal field included twenty-one rhombic antennas and a group of double Coast major relay station at Fort Detrick, Maryland. A short gun battle ensued with Davis letting off some four or five rounds before he was himself was hit and killed. of wisdom and self-discipline.) Finally, some students accused the administration Two weeks later, in tribute to Davis service and sacrifice, his units headquarters in Tan Son Nhut would be named Davis Station.. The second speaker arrived from Hong Kong the day before I shipped home :-(. [5], The next recorded visitors to the area were the American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and his Australian aircraft pilot and observer Sir Hubert Wilkins, in Ellsworth's ship Wyatt Earp. 241) and requirements genealogy-related articles for the Germanic Genealogy Journal Its objective was to provide alternative There was a memorial to Davis there. for (var i=0; i