I was asked by my wife one day "What was I going to do today?" I said nothing.
Then she said, "But that is what you did yesterday".
And I said "I'm not finished yet"
I just got out of Intensive Care
Laissez le bon temps rouler
Order of the Silver Rose National Rifle Association
Life Member DAV
Life Member VFW
M.R.F.A Life Member
American Legion
TogetherWeServed Life Member
FYI:To those whom I have added to my shipmates list, let it be known that I add those who have or are serving where I have served, or same rating, or from Texas. To me "together we served" says it all, be it past present or future. We all have a job to do. I and my shipmates have done our parts.
Cajun
Attention:
Within my Fallen Shipmates you will find some very find hero's that gave their all, I was very privileged to serve along side them.
"REST YOUR OARS MATE's, WE HAVE THE WATCH"
Navy Cross
BMC Dutherer, Carroll
Silver Star BMC Bannister, Howard
SN Diamond, William
SN James, Marc
EN2 Little, William
HM Groshong, Allen
HM3 Davis, Blakely
Description This Campaign was from 1 December 1971 to 29 March 1972. The allies completed the last major phase of the ACTOVLOG program in early 1972 when the Vietnamese Navy took over the former centers of American naval power in South Vietnam, the Logistic Support Bases at Nha Be, Binh Thuy, Cam Ranh Bay, and Danang. The Navy's other Vietnamization projects lasted until the total withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam in March 1973. Construction and turnover of the last of 16 coastal radar sites (one on board a station ship) was completed in August 1972. Further, COMNAVFORV erected over 4,500 shelters for Vietnamese Navy personnel and their families. American planners hoped these better living conditions would strengthen the morale of Vietnamese sailors. U.S. personnel completely restructured and streamlined the allied navy's supply system, with special attention devoted to the Naval Supply Center at Saigon. After an intensive $8 million effort with the help of American civilians, the Naval Advisory Group improved management procedures, developed a skilled work force, and modernized the industrial plant at the Saigon Naval Shipyard. By early 1972, the Vietnamese facility had finished building 58 ferrocement junks, reconditioned hundreds of newly acquired river craft, and achieved the ability to overhaul all of the Vietnamese Navy's seagoing ships in-country, a major goal of the advisory program.
