Qui Nhon 1970

540th Trans Co. AM/GS in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, 1970

[@doncampbell503]

Joe, thanks for posting this. I was with the 79th Trans Co. from Feb 69 to Jan 70. You guys were our sister company. I had a 2' x 3' Peace Collage (the collage was from Stars and Stripes pictures with a typed (from S & S articles) peace sign in the middle. I had it in my hooch for over 6 months when our 1st Sgt came through and told me to get rid of it now. I asked him if I could send it home and he said he wanted it out of the company area now. I took it over to the 540th and asked the guys to hide it until I could send it home. They ended up displaying it, our 1st shirt found out and went over and tore it up. I still have pics of the torn up collage.

[@joek12569]

Hey Don, we just missed each other. I got to the 540th in Feb. 1970.

[@duncanmuse5241]

Great video. Thanks for posting it. I was with 2 Avel in Qui Nhon in 1967/68. We were right next to 540th. That really brought back the memories.

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

[@richardthompson8207]

I was in Qui Nhon about three months working at the 67 th evac. hospital. The rest of my tour I was at a small dispensary in Phu Tai about ten miles or so up the road.

[@richmikesell7166]

Welcome Home brother Joe! Thank you so much for posting this memorable video!!! I saw some of my unit's ships on this vid. That's pretty rare and was really cool to see!!! I was with the 196th ASHC "Flipper"; Ch-47 A's and B's out of Ahn Son. I hope this doesn't give me any flashbacks. PEACE!

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

Brings back many memories.

[@georgedean3497]

Great photos Joe, Thank You.

[@MrPorsche85]

I was there 69 and 70 with the 41st Signal Btnn. We used to service the comm. eqpt on the top of the big hill, [ cant remember the name of it]. The drive up was fun in a 2 1/2 truck. Our motor pool was right on the beach.

[@quinhon6924]

MrPorsche85 Vung Chua mountain

[@quinhon6924]

Vung Chua Mountain

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

🇺🇸 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

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[@rippinaroundeverywhere9249]

My Dad was stationed here...Huey repairs...Gene Shirley...

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DAD’S SERVICE. GOD BLESS!

[@eblkheart]

My father was there in June of 70. Defended one of the tank farms there when it was under attack.

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FATHER. GOD BLESS!

[@lulubuttercup4110]

My dad was in Qui Nhon, he doesn’t talk about Vietnam, (I believe he was there between 69-71) I believe he was helicopter recovery. I guess I’m trying to figure out his past. I know it still haunts him and I wouldn’t never use it against, I just want to be there if he needs it. Welcome home and thank you for your service.

[@joek12569]

I was with the 540th from Feb 70 to Aug 70. I tried to get into the recovery section so I could fly, but the waiting list was long, so I put in for a transfer to the 101st and went to a unit where I was on flight status.

[@lulubuttercup4110]

@@joek12569 thank you for your service.

[@kingsmitty6655]

Older bro was there in 67 signal bat..I showed up at the at hospital in 70. When wounded in binhdinh prov with The Herd. Tam Quan. Nice base healed up went back to geronimo Beach. Tam Quan. 4 duce mortor n 90mm recoiless. 173rd Abn

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

🇺🇸 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

[@burtthebeast4239]

Great video, wow....

[@applecapbob]

I was in the 540th from Jan. 1969 till Aug. of 1970

[@joek12569]

Bob regan I was there during the last half of your tour. I was in the repair platoon. I was a SP4.

[@applecapbob]

@@joek12569 Your name seems to excape me if i remimber right i was in repair platoon also i ran the wrecker setting part and blades. and thank you for the show i dont remember many of the faces but it's been a day or two.

[@joek12569]

@@applecapbob Some of the guys I hung around with, and am still in touch with most, are Nettles, Prather, Foster, Hannigan, Pitman. I tried for months to get into the recovery section so I could fly, but the waiting list was too long. I put in a 1049 to the 101st, moved up there at end of August 70 and got to crew a Huey for the rest of my tour. My friend Dennis Reese also put in a 1049, he went to the 498th Dustoff over at Lane field in August 70. He was KIA in October of that year.

[@applecapbob]

@@joek12569 i was ets on aug. 27 1970 after 18 mouths with the 540th most of the time i was in ground handling running the wrecker ihave quite a fee pictures around the flight line.

[@joek12569]

@@applecapbob I spent a lot of time in ground handling also with Prather, Nettles and Foster. We drove the yellow tug, moved helos to and fro with ground handling wheels, etc. Another guy I am still in touch with is Sergeant Budway.

[@carolebrungar9707]

Hi, thanks for sharing these images! Can I ask, at 5:07 with the frame of the 540th and 79th Trans Co. areas, up in the right hand corner, there is a row of 4 two storied white buildings, does anyone know if that was the Provincial Hospital?

[@joek12569]

Yes it is Carole!

[@carolebrungar9707]

@@joek12569 Thanks so much!

[@loufrank36]

Joe Kline, I am the chaplain for the Standdown program for our military veterans and would like to contact you concerning your video. Thanks

[@joek12569]

shoot me an email at [e-mail]

[@f..4269]

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[@hardwire101]

Wow, I stumbled across this and I see two or three guys I know...I see Reese and Cline that both left the 540 and I know Reese went to dust off but Cline I'm not sure...and Reese went down in the fog on a mission trying to save someone...messed me up

[@joek12569]

Hi Dale-I got to the 540th in Feb 70. Reese and I talked each other into transferring to units where we could fly. He went to the 498th Dustoff and was KIA in Oct. 70. I transferred to the 101st and survived without a scratch. I was in the Repair Platoon in the 540th. Used to hang around with Rd Foster, Lyle Nettles and George Prather. Great hearing from you.Those are all my pics in the video.

[@trumpisntdoneyet3604]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

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@@joek12569 🇺🇸 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

[@dclaurie2001]

1 APU Que Nhon 1967-68

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR. GOD BLESS!

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