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Thread: Who Remembers Dog Patch?
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11-25-07, 06:59 PM #91
Aah yes,"Dogpatch",Passed through there many times on the way to ASP 1.I was incountry(A-1-11)for a while before I knew you could get to Danang Without goin through it!Hell,if the gooks hadn't blown the bridge we normally used(67) I might have lived all these years thinkin Danang only had one street!!
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11-25-07, 11:57 PM #92
Message Center Duties
Originally Posted by JackMapes
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11-26-07, 08:31 AM #93Originally Posted by anthony bower
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11-27-07, 09:58 AM #94
William,
We picked up our burnbags full of messages at the III MEF (I think the MEF turned into MAF later) comm center, which was located in an old French building situated on the outskirts of Dog Patch. I delivered messages to many other places from Hue to Camron Bay.
I had a jeep w/driver for local runs and flew when I delivered to Chu Li and south.
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11-27-07, 10:40 AM #95
I was in Vietnam for the big attack in July, 1967, when the ammo dump was hit. I didn't think that damn thing would ever quit exploding!!!!! Made for some nice fireworks. One of those damn rockets damn near hit our area. We couldn't get to the bunkers fast enough!!!!
Oh yeh, I too remember Dog Patch - a very scenic little vill HE HE
SEMPER FI,
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11-27-07, 10:56 AM #96
Dog Patch
I was in Da Nang 1967-68 as a 6511 in the Mag 11 bomb dump at this time. Do you remember when ASP1 blew up destroying hill 327? It happened agter the tet offensive in 68 as far as I can remember. I lost my hearing from the incident but it never went into my medical records. "(The incident NEVER Happened)" I am having trouble proving this to the VA, since 1970 when I was discharged.
I am looking for fellow Marines who were there at that time that may be able to help me with this problem.
It really did happen you know. Our own govt. covers too much up when it can hurt our image at home. Same same as Bushes war in Iraq.
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11-27-07, 01:06 PM #97
That Ammo Dump had one hell of a life. It blew in '69 and could be seen from a long azz way off. I was in the field on Op Oklahoma Hills, probably 40 miles away and could see it and see the bushes move from the shock waves. A friend of mine was with 1st Tanks at the time, he said all kinds of unexploded ordinance was landing on them.
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11-27-07, 02:25 PM #98
Field Messenger
Originally Posted by JackMapes
If the USMC wants to know why I was suddenly transfered from B btry to H&S as a field messenger please contact by proper means because that event might have become classified. I did not ask for or seek that duty assignment, once I received it I did the best I could to improve it, and did with the help others.
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11-27-07, 07:10 PM #99
When I was there the old French compound was occupied by Headquarters elements for the Marines in I Corps. Before I left, III MAF Headquarters moved over accross the river from the airstrip.
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11-27-07, 07:55 PM #100
Yes i remember Dog Patch wery well. You might say too well lol, but that's a private matter. I was with EgnrMaintCom,Maint.Bn.1stFSR/FLC and the company made monthly runs to the dump. The ncoic said that there was another way but today they were going another route. I found out that it was through Dog Patch. A ville of clumped shanties. LOL Brings back fund memories. OOOOORah Semper fi.
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11-27-07, 08:10 PM #101
French Compound
Originally Posted by JackMapes
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12-12-07, 10:05 PM #102
Yea I found dog patch by initiation my first week they took me there and I met my first ninety year old virgin momma San it was over in seconds and then we ran not to get caught. and I was a regular at the aid station for a month afraid I caught something. I had just turned 17 and they thought it was funny as I did later when new guys got there initiation. Such Fun times
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12-23-07, 01:57 PM #103
dogpatch memories
my barracks faced dogpatch used to some fire once in a while from there
we were in the old french barracks.it was during shufly in 1964-65 no mpc greenbacks used to change for p,s at cheap charlies in danang
brought back many memories
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02-14-08, 12:08 PM #104
Dogpatch today
First let me say that I salute you all. I was recently looking for information on Dogpatch in Vietnam due to a travel article my wife sent me. That search led me to this site containing your personal experiences there in the past. I wanted to leave you with some pictures of Dogpatch as it exists today. The pictures were taken during the return tour of former POWs. Just hope the link works. http://www.tourvacationstogo.com/tri...m?source=vtgmm
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02-14-08, 03:33 PM #105
DOG Patch
That old lady looked youngerforty years ago I think I remember her ha ha
Going back in June next year I have photos of then and I am going back to the same places and do the now.
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