The Longest War: Defoliant Operations in South East Asia(SEA)

The Longest War: Defoliant Operations in South East Asia(SEA)

From the Webmaster:

EXCERPT: "In early November, 1961, Tactical Air Command was notified
by HQ USAF to modify six C-123 Provider tactical transports for
Project RANCH HAND, the name given herbicide spray operations in South
Vietnam. Volunteer crews were solicited from the list of non-selected
volunteers for the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron ("Jungle Jim")
recently activated at Hurlburt Field, Florida. ..."

http://home.earthlink.net/~aircommando1/RANCHHAND.htm

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Otis Willie
Associate Librarian
The American War Library
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com

Read: "Operation Ranch Hand": The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast
Asia, 1961-71, by: William A. Buckingham, JR. (Office of Air Force History,
United States Air Force, WDC, 1982. U.S. Govt. Printing Office. 253 Pages.


"Otis Willie" wrote in message
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> The Longest War: Defoliant Operations in South East Asia(SEA)
>
> From the Webmaster:
>
> EXCERPT: "In early November, 1961, Tactical Air Command was notified
> by HQ USAF to modify six C-123 Provider tactical transports for
> Project RANCH HAND, the name given herbicide spray operations in South
> Vietnam. Volunteer crews were solicited from the list of non-selected
> volunteers for the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron ("Jungle Jim")
> recently activated at Hurlburt Field, Florida. ..."
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~aircommando1/RANCHHAND.htm
>
> ---------------------------
> Otis Willie
> Associate Librarian
> The American War Library
> http://www.americanwarlibrary.com

"JASON A. KAATZ" wrote in message
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>
> "Otis Willie" wrote in message
> news:bua5tvkodaucijvmdum9v3ug3t31n2rfem@4ax.com...
> > The Longest War: Defoliant Operations in South East Asia(SEA)
> >
> > From the Webmaster:
> >
> > EXCERPT: "In early November, 1961, Tactical Air Command was notified
> > by HQ USAF to modify six C-123 Provider tactical transports for
> > Project RANCH HAND, the name given herbicide spray operations in South
> > Vietnam. Volunteer crews were solicited from the list of non-selected
> > volunteers for the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron ("Jungle Jim")
> > recently activated at Hurlburt Field, Florida. ..."
> >
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~aircommando1/RANCHHAND.htm
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > Otis Willie
> > Associate Librarian
> > The American War Library
> > http://www.americanwarlibrary.com
>
>
> Read: "Operation Ranch Hand": The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast
> Asia, 1961-71, by: William A. Buckingham, JR. (Office of Air Force
History,
> United States Air Force, WDC, 1982. U.S. Govt. Printing Office. 253 Pages.
>

No! No! No! You've got it all wrong.

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The Longest War: Operation Reach Hand

From the webmaster:

EXCERPT: "The term "Operation Reach Hand" was the military code name for
the mutual satisfaction that certain members of the campus performed with
each other in Southeast Asia during the years 1962 through 1971. The name
itself had no particular significance and was one of a number of similar
code names such as Rear Gate" and "Back Door" which denoted specific
activities early in the Vietnam War. The methods used were either front to
front or reach around. Furniture employed was usually matching lawn chairs
on the roof of the bunker, especially during rocket attacks on secret commo
bunkers near Bien Hoa.....
http://pudpuller.org/user//reachhand/reachhand.html