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Posted 7-19-08

Can you help me locate any information on, a friend, Steven H. Nipp. Steve was KIA on 2-8-69 and was listed with the 1st CAG in Quang Ngai province. He and I served in Dong Ha in 67-68 and he was back for a second tour. I can't seem to find out anything or anyone who knew him at that time.

Thank you ,
Reply To: Ned Sielschott

Posted 7-17-08

Dear Sir,

My father served with the 1/6 A company 198th LIB and fought in the battle at Lo Giang on Feb. 8, 1968. We are in the process of making a documentary about that battle and would like to include some of your writings and maybe interview you if possible. We are trying to tell the whole story of that battle and the CAP units were a big part of the battle. Our goal is to get this shown on the History, Military or PBS channels. We believe the battle has all the components necessary to make a great story. I want you to know that I am not a professional film maker. I have hired a man that makes documentaries for schools, and does other small production projects. He has the equipment to do what ever we need to do, to make the film first class. I want to send him back to Lo Giang with my father and who ever else we can talk into going back, to film a reflection of where the battle took place. My father has been there twice in the last 7 months. Anyway I would love to at least correspond with you about the details of this battle. I'll be waiting for your email.

Thanks for your time
Donnie Kaiser Jr.

NOTE: if anyone participated in this battle, or has any first hand knowledge about the battle, please drop me a note. I will accumulate all those who have somethng to contribute and send the name/e-mail off to Donnie Kaiser, Jr.

If the old "Village Listing" I once had posted to the web site is accurate, Lo Giang may well have been Loi Giang, location of CAP 2-5-1.

E-Mail Me At: Tim Duffie

Posted 7-12-08

Hi Bother:

As a Vietnam vet who served with 4th Marine, 3MARDIV in and around QuangTri and Dong Ha 69-69 (two tours), I had a buddy with 4th CAG (polish guy from Chicago, can't even remember his name), who had told me that one of the units he was in was massacred and he was the only one to escape. The 13 Marines and Corpman were killed, and I guess only the CAG members knew the escape route out of the Vil, and not the PF's. I guess they weren't getting along with the PF's in the Vil, and they turned against the CAP unit.

I never saw him again, but he was so shaken when we talked. We had both served previously with 4th Marines before he was transferred to a CAP unit. Did this massacre happen? Do you know what village this might have occured in, and did the Marines and the PF's man the perimeter together at night while the other Marines slept on four hour shifts or what?

Really interested in the daily life of a CAG member. This would have happened on my 2nd tour in 1969, don't remember the month or village. Appreciate any info you may be able to supply me.

Take care, and Semper Fi.
E-Mail: Mike Vercic

Posted 7-11-08

Vietnam veterans' records go online

Thursday, March 27, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS

The National Archives is joining with a Web site to make historical records of tens of thousands of deceased Vietnam War veterans available electronically for the first time.

The interactive site — footnote.com — is a Web re-creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall. The site allows access to thousands of pages of casualty records and agency photos. People can search by name, hometown, birth date, tour date or dozens of other categories.

Such information now is typically found only at National Archives locations, including the headquarters in College Park, and by poring through files organized by topic. That makes searches a hit-or-miss proposition with long odds of finding relevant information, the agency said.

Hundreds of veterans visit the central research room each year "to examine the documents that may enable them to establish their rights, and, just as with the wall, to honor, remember and appreciate," said Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States. "And historians increasingly turn to these essential records to explain the significance of the Vietnam conflict in American history."

The site will help "provide ever-greater access to our critical holdings on this subject," he said.

The interactive wall allows people to post photographs of a deceased veteran and to make comments. The service is free for Vietnam War information. The company is deciding whether to charge fees for some of the 50,000 National Archives photos now digitized.

The goal is to tell the stories behind the more than 58,000-plus names on the wall's polished black granite, with information such as specialty, rank, posthumous decorations, regiment, cause of death and whether the body was recovered, the company said.

"We know that there are many untold experiences represented on that wall, and we hope that this interactive version of the memorial helps those affected by the war by sharing their stories," said Russell Wilding, chief executive officer of footnote.com.s

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Tim-

Chou Ong, Ong mah yoi khoung?

I wrote to you several years ago before 9-1-1. I have been real busy since then. Now that my fighting days are over, I am back in contact. I need to get listed on the site. I am currently back in Mosul, Iraq. I am a US Army contractor, working for L3/ISD as a Regional Manager. My address is this centcom address don.bartron@iraq.centcom.mil, and my civilian email is: Don Bartron

I will be here for one year, until Jan'09. I just retired from the military on 30 Jun 2005. I served 33 years; 2.5 as a Marine, and 30.5 as US Army Special Forces.

Here are my 1st CAG and 2nd CAG CAP units and time.

• 1st CAG, arrived at Chu Lai, 22 FEB 70, out to CAP 1-4-5 on 24 FEB 70.
• CAP School,(Approx. April 70- Vietnamese Language School, April-May).
• Returned to CAP; CACO CO tells us that 1st CAG is going home, June-July 70, so I volunteered for...
• 2nd CAG, Hoi Ahn, 1st MARDIV Scout-Sniper School enroute. Arrived Hoi Ahn, July-Aug 1970. 2nd CAG Hqtrs, Hoi An, assigned to Dia Loc Province, CAP 2-2-4, with Robert "Bob" Judith and Larry Couto's split. Doc Asian was our Corpseman.

I also had the use of a pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 in 30-06 with a 8X Unertal spring-mounted Scope, on loan when I needed it at Hill 65, where the Cyclops eye was, CAP 224, (between the Song Dia Loc River, Arizona Territory, and Charlei Ridge, Que Son Mountains).

Find attached my picture. (I used adobe Acrobat 8 Professional to compress it.)

This is all the documentation I have at this time with me. I have my CAP School Docs and CAP Badge and my sniper school certificate back home. Please allow any one from my unit to contact me. I am wondering what happened to Howie Glasgow, and others. Howie was the 2nd CAG CO's Driver. If no one wants to contact me, well, there it is.

I am here because I just could not stand in a coffee shop and listen to myself tell another person that I "Support our troops", I had to do something to really support them, so here I am. I made a promise long ago after I walked off that Freedom Bird and I was still bleeding through my tunic and sling, and was spit upon by my own people whom I did not understand...I promised as long as I lived, this would never happen to my boys again. I have lived up to that silent curse all these years, and these kids don't deserve that kind of treatment either.

I have included my snail mail address, in case you might know someone who wants to drop a line. We are doing the right thing over here, I know it first hand, I did four combat tours here in Iraq, 8 in Afghanistan, and two years in Africa, Singapore, Malaya, Indonesia, and PI, hunting these bad guys, and living among the people like we did in the old days, except as a Green Beret this time, nothing changes. If you want to win the insurgency war, you have to live among the people and build that trust and actions of winning their hearts and minds. It is working, but real slowly the Iraqi people will one day stand on their own feet, if we don't pull out too soon.

Te-Te Time, Toi di Waki, te-te-time Jake!
Keep the Faith
E-Mail: Don "Gunny" Bartron

I arrived in DaNang in November 1965. I went to Chu Lai until early 1966. From there we drove in convoy to Tam Ky. I was assigned to a CAC at that time. This was near Hill 55 and was nicknamed the "Waterpoint". For a short time in early 1966 I was sent to a CAC near Marble Mountain. I do not remember unit designations or exact dates. I have requested more information concerning my records from the Navy Department.

I am hoping that someone out there remembers an Ontos at a CAC with a large VFW emblem on he left front fender.

I will let you know more as soon as I find out anything.

Thanks SEMPER FI
Reply To: Ted McDougall

Posted 7-10-08

Sir:

Thank you for this web site; it is very helpful. Could you please add one of your Cap Vets to it:

PFC Danny L Evans
CAP 2-3-2, CACO 2-3, 2ND CAG, III MAF
Danny was KIA 08/10/1970 at Quang Nam.

Thank you and God Bless.
Reply To: Gladys Powell

My Name is George Shep, I'm trying to find someone who knew Victor Boochko who served in CAP 2-4-3. was KIA on August 20th 1968. I was an 11 year old attending his funeral back in 68 in Chicago. He is my oldest brother's best friend. Our families were very close. My sister used to send him salted pretzels every week (a box full) to Nam. I was at his going away party the night before he left.

Wilfred F. Lirette Jr. (Frenchie ) might have known him but I can't find him.

Any info would be greatly appreciative

Thanks
Reply To: George Shep

Tim,

I guess I've been off the net for a while. I just visited the CAP web site and noticed that you don't have an e-mail address for me so I thought I'd better get in touch. I was in Golf 3 and Golf 5 (66) and November 2 and 3 (67). I'd appreciate it if you can update my info.

I also have a question for you. Do you know if anyone has a list of the locations (UTM grid or lat long) for the CAPs? I'm thinking about taking a trip to Vietneam next year and I'd like to be able to load the locations of my old villes into a GPS and see if I can find them. Any info you can give me along these lines will be appreciated.

Hope all is well with you.

Semper Fi,
Reply To: Joe Jennings
Major USMC (Ret)

Hi

My name is Norman Arsenault and I was a Navy Corpsman in the 3rd CAG from May 1968 to April 1969. I thought the name of the village where my CAP unit was Anh lu, but I might be wrong. Also, I have not seen anybody’s name on your email list that sounds familiar. Could you please add my name to your email list and someone might remember me.

Also I am looking for a couple of my buddies from my unit, Ken Stone and Andrew Leal.

Thank You
Reply To: Norman (Doc) Arsenault

Hi,

I was doing some Google searching this morning and came across your website. It is with great sorrow that I pass along news that Earl G. Darlington, who is on your email roster, passed away this morning (May 1, 2008) in Texas.

Wayne Darlington

Posted 7-9-08

CPL Kelly D. Matthews, 2462234, who served with 1st CAG, III MAF from 19 JUL 69 to 11 MAR 70, and Co "A", 1st Bn, 4th Marines from 11 MAR 70 to 16 JUL 70 is deceased as of 15 February 2008.

Ted Painter
PO Box 216
Bloxom, VA 23308

Hi US Marine,

My name is Randy I was with the US Army - 101st Airborne Div 1970-72 in northern I Corp area.

I was looking thru sites on the internet and come across a couple of web sites about the US Marine Cap units. I have an interest in them although I don't know to much about them.

I had seen a couple of KIA lists and a friend of mine David E. Fogg who was KIA July 5 1969, was not listed on any of them that I could find. David was a US Marine Lance Cpl when he was killed. I'm fairly sure he was in a CAP unit when he was killed. He was killed somewhere SW of Da Nang, maybe aroung the Hill 37 area (not sure). I never got out to that AO. Da Nang was about as far south as I ever got.

I think his unit may have been CAP 2-2-2 , 2nd CAG, Combined Action Program, 3rd MAF.

I don't know what all the above means for sure, and maybe I have not looked in the right place for his KIA listing. But I would hate for him to not be listed somewhere if he deserves to be there. I would appreciate any info you may be able to give me or light shed on the situation about this.

I would really like to hear from anybody that knew or served with David.

Thanks for your service to the United States of America.

Reply To: Randy

NOTE: Randy was correct. I found David E. Fogg on Bruce Swander's KIA List: CAP 2-2-2, CA CO 2-2, 2ND CA GRP, COMBINED ACTION, 3RD MAF

Tim

I read the article posted by Sgt Sturgeon about the firefight near the village of Thuy Phuong.

I wish there had been a date attached with that article.

When I first arrived in country, I was assigned to a mortar platoon (81's), which did fire support for those guys in the surrounding area of Thuy Phuong.

I can't remember the exact date, but I hadn't been there long, the hilltop that we were on was overrun, I remember our radio man was a guy called "Mother", as as the Marine Corps is so well known for their fubu's, this guy had a stutter. If it weren't such a harrowing event, I think I would have died laughing at this guy as he called for covering fire support for us.

Thankfully we were able to hold on until the react squad arrived and around 3am everything settled down.

Any one know what Mother's real name was or where he ended up I would like to know, just curiosty mainly. Never spent any real time on that hill as I was assigned to 3-1-3 a few days later.

Our call sign at 3-1-3 was Strictmeyer 3.

Anyone remember that? I'd like to hear from you.

Reply To: Cliff Reed

From: Clif Farmer
To: tduffie@cinci.rr.com
Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 4:21 pm
Subject: Perhaps you all could help

Tim...

I was going through my old Vietnam stuff (68-69 Mekong Delta) and found 3 letters from my god-father written during 1966-1967 to my mom and dad. He was a lifelong Marine, serving in WWII in the Pacific, Korea, and Nam. I have tried my best to find any information on him on the internet, with no luck. In Oct 1996 a letter came from 2nd bn., 11th Mar, 1st Marine Div FMF. The second was recieved in Mar, 1967 from HQCO, HG Bn, G-3, 1st Marine Div FMF. He was a battallion comander then Assistant Division G-3 by those letters. However, in a letter dated in July of 1967, he wrote from HQ, III MAF, Combined Action Group and that he was assuming command of "CAP, Combined Action Platoon Program", and extended his tour for another year. He also related that he was moving into an old French fort by the beach, close to DaNang Harbor. SO, I guess that is why you ended up with me....

He is Lt. Col. I.L. "Bud" Carver.

Perhaps someone may remember him for his letter stated that he got out alot, visiting CAP sites. I have not seen or heard from him since I was about 14 years old, but in looking at everything on this site I found a photo that looks very much like him as I remember him, but cannot make out what the rank is. I have inserted it here, perhaps it would help.

Anyway, to all you who did what you did, I admire you tremendously...

Sincerely,
Clif Farmer

Tim

I am trying to find out what CAC Dennis Alfred O'Connor was in early in 67. He should have been in one of the Alpha platoons. In June he went to CAC Oscar-3 and was KIA on 6-27-67. Any help would be appreciated.

SF

Contact: Larry Larsen
Sub Unit 5, 3rdMarDiv
Khe Sanh 1967
Web Site: Sub Unit 5

To whom it may concern,

I found your email address linked to a webpage detailing the events of Sept. 11, 1967 at CAP DELTA 4. I am the nephew of one of the marines KIA in that attack (Fred D. St. George). I was wondering if this email is still valid, and if you recieve it, I was wondering where I could get more information.

Thanks for your time.
Contact: Jeff Giknis

Posted 4-4-08

Can anybody help this Marine out??

my name is CLYDE W. LAWSON JR. I'm trying to find witch unit i was with-i have some memory loss so it's hard to figure out.I was in vietnam in 1966-67-- i went to a cap unit in 14jul67. My RECORD OF SERVICE shows===su#1==SerCo==HqBn==(rein)==1st Mar Div==(rein)==FMF==0311 Cap rifleman. I want to get more info as to which unit i might have been to.If you have a address or anything that i can go to for more info i would be thankful.I was in the 1st bn==1stmarines==1st marine div==DELTA co.=====

THANKS

Posted 1-11-08

Tim,

WELCOME HOME!!

I have been trying with no success (undoubtedly because of my electronic communication disability), to add a message to the guest book.

Richard Rockenstyre, the only son of Mrs. Dorothea Rockenstyre of Albany, New York, was killed by a sniper while with a CAP platoon on August 31, 1967. Mrs. Rockenstyre remains anxious to connect with anyone who knew and served with Richard in Vietnam. Would it be possible for me to pay for her membership in the CAP Association? Any information she would receive would be invaluable.

Thank you for your consideration.

Together Always,
Reply To: Don Amorosi
33 Wilson Avenue
South Glens Falls, New York 12803
518-792-2057
U.S. Navy Submarine Service, '63-'69

Posted 11/11/07

Hi Tim

My name is Cot Fox and I was a squad leader and unit leader at Hotel 8 from May 67 until I was medevaced on 31 January 68. When I returned to the University of Missouri in the Fall of 1968 I met another CAP veteran, Pat Gaffney, at the School of Journalism. We became great friends and remained so until his death in 1993...For the life of me, however, I cannot remember which CAP unit he served in. I know it was one of the Danang area CAPS and his period of service would have encompassed both 1967 and 1968. Can you be of any help in trying to determine which CAP he served in?

Semper Fi
Reply To: Cot Fox

Posted 11/06/07

Tim,

My name is Mike Moss. I am trying to find out some information on my dad's unit in Vietnam. Let me begin by saying that I think your website is great. My dad's name is Michael E. (Mickey) Moss. He served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam from March of 1969 to January of 1970. When he went to Vietnam he was stationed in Dong Ha. After a month he told me that his unit pulled out and he was then sent to Chu Lai. He said that was when he went to CAP school. He operated out of Chu Lai and Tam Ky. All that he can remember is that he was with 1st CAG and they worked together with the 132nd(?) Americal Division on operations in and around Chu Lai and Tam Ky. Is there anywhere else that I can find information regarding to this? Thank you.

Reply To: Mike Moss

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Posted 7/10/08

Tim,

I don't remember the names of those in CAP 1-1-3, except Philly, Chief, Smiley,... And one other named Ron Delger, I believe. I looked over the list of members and saw a BELGER on one of the pics. This name may also be a misspelling... (note my name... misspelled CLESZKI) The proper spelling that I remember was "D" Delger. He was from "N'orlins", his way of saying New Orleans. This may help in finding him and adding him to the rollcall. I hope this helps....Semper Fi, TTC

Tim,

My name is Tom Santry. On March 19th I attempted to eMail Randy Doc Newman (Flash11448@cs.com) but I haven't gotten a response. Possibly his eMail address is obsolete. Randy apparently had been in Hotel Cap 3-4-5 at the village Thon Bach Thach on Cau Hai Bay after me in'68. He posted some pictures on the CAP Marine site. He identified a few guys in one photo, but couldn't recall the name of one in the lower right of the photo. I emailed that I believe the guys name was Chuck, but I don't know his last name. Chuck had played basketball at either Oklahoma or Oklahoma State. He helped me assemble a basketball hoop & backboard on top of a concrete bunker within our perimeter. We also converted a hutch inside our perimeter into a bar with the help of some locals. I believe some of Randy's pictures were taken inside that bar which we stocked by trading things with a Seabee outfit about 5 clicks away.

Can you pass this info along to Randy for me Tim? I had copied you previously on March 21st, but I'm not sure if you received my email or passed it on to Randy

Posted 7/9/08

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