|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Register | Video Directory | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Games | Today's Posts | Search | Chat Room |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
||||
|
||||
Actually
Lam is Vietnamese for Gay. Just kidding. Couldn't help myself. The November Psyco Mtn extravaganza is fast approaching and have to get myself in a weird state of mind. You seemed to have picked a tough one....but I am sure somewhere, somebody is going to help you out.
Pack
__________________
"TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE MUST BE NO CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT...IS MORALLY TREASONABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC." Theodore Roosvelt "DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC!" (unknown people for the past 8 years, my turn now) |
Sponsored Links |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
Stuff that happened in Vietnam in the early 60s is hard to get details about unless you find others that served in the same time and place.
I know a Marine that wrote a book about his experiences there & then. I've even met his (I don't remember his rank) and talked to both together. I also know 2 Marines that know everything about the Marine Corps and each swears that the other is an expert. Both insist that there were NO Marines in Vietnam before 1965. Keep looking everywhere. Somebody served with or near him. Don't worry about not finding information on the AF Together We Served web site. Darrel had to send pictures of some patches to Army Together We Served. Other information is still not loaded due to lack of information on their part. Joy
__________________
|
#13
|
|||
|
|||
What does your dad say about it?
Quote:
It seems to me like the best source of information about this unit, and your dad's activities in it, would be your dad. What does he say about it? Also Nguyen cao ky was never in comand of any American unit--it would have to be Vietnamese Good luck!
__________________
When you can't think what to do, throw a grenade |
#14
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
I know Col. Ky would never have been in command of an American unit. I think technically all of the pilots were "observers" or "advisors", even though they did the actual flying. Each time one of the planes went up it had one American in the cockpit and one South Vietnamese. I think this is where I am having proplems with the Air Force. All of the guys had to be under some kind of US chain of command even though they were flying with a VNAF unit. This is why I am looking for help or anyone who knows anything about the Dirty Thirty. Todd |
#15
|
||||
|
||||
Ky
survived and is in the US I think. Maybe you can try and find him....a google etc. should do that....and write him. Just a thought.
Pack
__________________
"TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE MUST BE NO CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT...IS MORALLY TREASONABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC." Theodore Roosvelt "DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC!" (unknown people for the past 8 years, my turn now) |
#16
|
||||
|
||||
In the VNAF, Transportation Squadrons had three digit numbers starting with "4".
Maybe this will help... Squadron - Wing - Division - Location - Primary Aircraft 413th Transport Squadron 53rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-119 Flying Boxcar 415th Transport Squadron 33rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-47 421st Transport Squadron 53rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-123 Provider 423rd Transport Squadron 53rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-123 Provider 425th Transport Squadron 53rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-123 Provider 427th Transport Squadron 51st Tactical Wing 1st Air Division Da Nang C-7 Caribou 429th Transport Squadron 82nd Tactical Wing 6th Air Division Phu Cat C-7 Caribou 431st Transport Squadron 82nd Tactical Wing 6th Air Division Phu Cat C-7 Caribou 435th Transport Squadron 53rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-130A 437th Transport Squadron 53rd Tactical Wing 5th Air Division Tan Son Nhut C-130A
__________________
""Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln,how did you like the play?" Steve / 82Rigger Last edited by 82Rigger; 10-30-2008 at 06:39 PM. Reason: typo |
#17
|
||||
|
||||
__________________
""Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln,how did you like the play?" Steve / 82Rigger |
#18
|
||||
|
||||
Do a Google search for
"the dirty thirty"+ vietnam exactly as typed above for more stuff.
__________________
""Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln,how did you like the play?" Steve / 82Rigger |
#19
|
||||
|
||||
Son-of-a-pilot
Nguyen Cao Ky supposedly lives in Hacienda Heights, California and has a daughter, Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, of Huntington Beach, California who may be able to find him if you can get in contact with her.
Good Luck. Gimp
__________________
Gimpy "MUD GRUNT/RIVERINE" "I ain't no fortunate son"--CCR "We have shared the incommunicable experience of war..........We have felt - we still feel - the passion of life to its top.........In our youth our hearts were touched with fire" Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
#20
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
I seem to remember hearing that Nguyen Cao Ky went back to Vietnam. I heard somewhere he was getting flak for trying to reconcile with the Communists in Vietnam and that he may move back there. Last edited by Son-Of-Pilot; 11-01-2008 at 06:34 PM. Reason: Spelling error |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter | MORTARDUDE | Political Debate | 7 | 09-25-2008 07:47 PM |
Thirty-seven years ago | Gimpy | Family | 6 | 03-14-2006 02:10 PM |
thirty lines to make you smile | MORTARDUDE | General Posts | 3 | 05-22-2005 07:02 AM |
Thirty years on, a stir of echoes | Otis Willie | General | 0 | 03-02-2004 07:34 PM |
He was only thirty... | SEATJERKER | General Posts | 1 | 07-28-2002 08:55 PM |
|