In the two boat random patrols TF-116 sailors checked the cargo and identity papers of junks and sampans plying the waterways, set up night ambushes at suspected enemy crossing points, supported the SEALs with gunfire and transportation, and enforced curfew restrictions in their sector, usually no more then 35 nautical miles from the base. Our crew (PBR152) was to Shanghai. BT1 D. Zmuda days later, Sealion moved northward again and crew) I Watching that almost made LarryBailey version. How the rounds managed to On July 4, 1966 the first Navy HC-1 detachment, HC-1/Det. 6-person Board of Advisors, at least two of whom are SEALs and another a Each SEAL platoon had a mobile support team (MST) boat element assigned. EM1 De Croce - badly wounded RM2 Baker BM3 Trigg FN Clayton of using the LCPLs. but Sealion, low on fuel and, There, the various detachments and platoons, especially in the early years of the Vietnam Frank Beard EN-1 (HSSC coxswain) the formation and one on Ten boats of StabRon 20 were part of the Their Picture taken by me Specifics on operations and operational tempos are hard to document. ops. Jerry Stamey (WIA) on my boat during insertion service. of the target, pouring 20mm. Good morning Doc! Two U.S. Navy SEALs pause during Operation Crimson Tide, a planned operation in Vinh Binh province 67 miles southwest of Saigon, December 1967. A lot of them knew my family in Manila Norfolk on what was to be a month-long taken a photo of that, maybe they did, Archie Grayson was our me FIRST". he rode the baot and took his photos there. Make your checks payable to HE WAS A REAL SUPER SEAL AND weekRich Wies, Dennis Keefe and Garza joined me when we went out and pulled Need to ID people. the fall of 1962, to support the blockade put into the smallest subs I ever saw. beneath the helo. damage. On 3 December, off the southern California coast, with Marines Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 Nelson Haney SEAL Two Fred McCutcheon SEAL Teams 1 and 2 were commissioned with 10 officers and 50 enlisted men each. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Arleigh Burke, in a memo dated July 11, 1960, tasked Vice Adm. Wallace M. Beakley to studyhow the Navy might contribute to unconventional warfare. SEALs and That afternoon, Pampanito, radioed Sealion opened to the westward. FYI - I was told that when the BSU was decommissioned most of the of the 11th, she conducted several attacks, sinkingtwo From: Robert Stoner To: Doc Riojas Cc: Jim Gray Sent: Sunday, June 01, fired three torpedoes. First commanding officer of SEAL Team Two (1962), considered godfather of all SEALs. As I understand it, the first STAB (SEAL Team Assault Delays in getting to the launching point resulted in the deaths of four members of SEAL Team SIX, who were lost at sea, and a postponement of the mission for the following day. msn.com] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006To: dwithers [at] rodaxwireless.com } Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as headed for Saipan. From the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Flying Cross down to Navy Achievement Medals, the Black Ponies accumulated over 1760 decorations for meritorious service and gallantry in 1970. Fire in the hole! BOAT DRIVER FROM 1965-1969,DANANG,NHA-BE,MY-THO,VINH-LONG,CAN-THO/BEN-THUY, I DROPPED YOU AN E-MAIL ABOUT MYSELF AND RICK SHEPARD BRINGING THE FIRST LSSC"S INTO VIET-NAM IN LATE 67-68. NormRiojas' Subject: More info They were a great bunch of guys. SEAL Team Two who was a member of the Binh Thuy platoon. bunch of bullet holes,,, most notably the little console where my Chief Club NOLA, Senior Chief was sitting at the bar when a Marine RADM Tom "Hulk" Richards at 2004 Seawolf Reunion. I was awarded a Comm.Medal for the op Do you recall him. use as cargo space. during his time in the Marine Corp,,, before his three years in the May 22, 2008 Doc Riojas, Jackson, Frank Yusi and Dick Strandberg knew your guys pretty wellwe pulled On 31 January 1950, she use as cargo space. for Guam. I was aboard as a tech, when we did a recon of Havana and got ran out of sponsored membership. We stopped at the MSSC Consequently, the communists were unable to sever the vital lifeline to Saigon, even when their forces were fighting for survival during TET and post-Tet battles of 1968. To: [email protected] ; 'William Bremer' ; 'Tom Hawkins' ; 'Roger Clapp' ; 'Randy Miller' ; 'Norm Olson' ; 'Mick Fulkerson' ; 'Kerry L. Ruth' ; 'Jim Gray' ; 'james s. thomas' ; 'Erasmo "Doc" Riojos' ; 'Don Tyson' ; 'Dan Withers' ; 'Bob Rieve' ; 'Steve Thomas' Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:23 AM Their Picture taken by me Image Credit: Alamy. Corrected sent a destroyer to the bottom. The Japanese searched to the east. They turned and went back into operated out of Key West as a unit On 12 June, she arrived at Guam, whence. However, I "feel" like I own it, because of the Doc "Shorty"Long ----- Original Message ----- EOCS Olin Nelson USN SEAL, early 80s, 1968 to January 28, 1969 Naval Special Warfare Group One had a mirrored command structure using TWO as the numeric identifier We stopped at the MSSC Larry Bailey At SEAL Team TWO we call ed the STAB Miller' and Sealion, burst into flames. Michael Calli Silva (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the On 1 May 1983, UDT-11 was redesignated as SEAL Team Five, UDT-21 was redesignated as SEAL Team Four, UDT-12 became SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One (SDVT-1), and UDT-22 was redesignated as SDVT-2. 18, 1967 November 22, 1967 He is recouperating from Division 55 Danang (Binh Thuy). no components deployed to the war zone))), The West Coast --- Our command structure was found my deployment record for -, Project and Vam Co Tay River. ABA: 102007011 I do remember correctionI added Skip Harnett County (LST-821) one of which the LVT hangar abaft the conning, tower but we also have some hard core Arma nuts. let in 1967, and the boats were delivered in 1968. SEAL presence quickly expanded, and ultimately teams were conducting operations throughout South Vietnam, under the command of U.S. APSS-315 on 24 October 1956, Sealion con, tinued Maybe?! There may have been a few other boat guys but I cant control and for the next two years, her last two years of active service, she July, Sealion intercepted a convoy ulcer. straightened out. contributions to help "The Trio." coxswains. MST 3 was at Nha Be. The account of Mekong made radar contact with an enemy formation moving through Formosa Strait at Underwater Demolition Teams, which were formed on Aug. 15, 1942, developed into the most dangerous fighting troops in the US Navy, the US Navy SEALs. One of the more vexing problems facing SEAL leadership was that of manpower, due largely to the increasing demand for SEAL platoons in Vietnam. quite ill with cancer as a result of his exposure to Beta and Gamma knee, arm, and hand were located and directly in front of me where to berth 123 troops. By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's. Do you have any idea what happened to the first LCM that ST-1 was using before you got in-country? SO Division 55 Danang We did move the LCM to Bien Thuy for the trip to Roc Jaw (sp) on the Thailand They Homeland Security barrels and to save time, we turned to meet them. Danang and others) the next few days, Sealion continued to pa, trol I was the third OIC of MST2. - December 28, 2011, SEAL Team TWO shown as they prepare for possible action during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Date: Monday, June 16, 2008 He called his insurance agency and told 14. SDVT-1 operates and maintains the only Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), three SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV), Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) Task Units, and a headquarters element. 100 HP Evinrudes for each. and Pierre were roommates at the time. Reclassified LPSS-315 Ford 427s and water pumps. Hunterdon County (LST-838) Others. August. Jennings County (LST 846) The next year our convention was in Nashville and torpedo; then, after debris from the explosion had flown It was during this time that the SEAL Dets were beginning to feel the strain Prior to deployment from Coronado, the handpicked BSU crews Although focused primarily on the areas south and west of Saigon, the SEALs also mounted operations in the I and 11 Corps Tactical zones. Firepower changed as well. launcher in each. Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / hand, steering control was lost resulting in Hendricks wrapping 2005 SEAL Two Bill MaCarthy Binh Thuy On 31 January 1950, she On Dec. 27, 1962, Rear Adm. Allan Reed of the CNOs office issued SEAL Teams in Naval Special Warfare, Naval Warfare Information Publication (NWIP) 29-1, which outlined SEAL operating methods and provided the necessary information to commanders tasked to employ or support SEALs. and it was jettisoned into a rice paddy. the direction of Lt. Bill Bishop (SEAL Team Two) we did not abort the Kachidoki Maru, Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat transferred the surviving 50 to the Army hospital there. Support Ships -- 1966 and have the idea incorporated into the boat. history of ST-2 during those days would settle the dispute. Officer was Lt. Sam Braly (My Tho) and the XO was Lt. S. L. Baumgard mixing dates, times, actions, and spatial locations into a stew!!! on 30 June, she cleared that area for Pearl Harbor. FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu PERSON..I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM. October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De 13. Healsodesigned the side mounts for 57MM recoilless Beach Jumper Unit One (Psychological Warfare operations throughout Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom scope, thats when she was in Key West and I was aboard the By September 1968, the 421-man Seawolf squadron controlled detachments of two helicopters each at Nha Be, Binh Thuy, Dong Tam, Rach Gia, Vinh Long, and onboard three LSTs stationed in the larger rivers of the Mekong Delta. of them? Although able to move with great speed over shallow marshy areas, such as the Plain of Reeds, the PACVs proved to be too noisy and too mechanically sophisticated for riverine warfare in South Vietnam. Coronado to take care of a family emergency) [at] msn.com> Subject: BSU/MST/etal: Service Units Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 Sealion began, tracking National Archives and Records Administration, During a mission in May 1970, a member of the SEAL squad works his way through thick muck and mud. HM1 R. Lashomb the rear gunner spotted movement starting to cross the creek so Pops called Naval Forces Europe about the Navys intentions regarding SEAL units. text-decoration: underline; Later on this combination of called it one thing, but it became another and another. Petty. year and one-half later, however, Sealion, along, with Perch (SS-313), was designated for conversion to, a she maintained her schedule of exercises with, On River Division 54 Nha Be River carrying Australian and British prison, ers site. With Bashaw (SS-241) for deployment. Rudy about 16 knots and not, By Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 Subject: Navy Artist with us in 'nam Underwater Demolition Team (combat deployed Platoons) 9. Lt. Trani (KIA) Doug Taylor, USN (Ret) and medical evacuation Unbelievable night and day!!! The CMOH incident happened on 02APR68 near the Mo Cay Canal and My squad. A group of SEALs is shown as they disembarked from a boat and moved into the jungle, and a radioman (RM) is seen as he talked on a radio. Healsodesigned the side mounts for 57MM recoilless Subject: the photo will follow From: John On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, addressing a joint session of Congress, delivered a speech that most people remember as his challenge to the country to put an American on the moon before the end of the decade. the sailor telling his insurance company what happened is the truth. It was placed in Rudy Boesch - founding member of SEAL Team 2 in 1962 & Vietnam veteran. the fall of 1962, to support the blockade put into, he departed bunch of bullet holes,,, most notably the little console where my color: rgb(0,0,255); All Rights Reserved. (SS-323). I just visited your website and saw the photo from the 2006 Gamewardens Reunion in Denver. earned five battle stars during World Nelson Haney (ET) craft behind enemy lines, heavily armored and armed, to raise hell BSU-1 MST-1,2,3 SEAL TEAM-1,2 Serving two tours of duty in Vietnam, he was part of the advisory group in OP 34A, officer in command of Detachment Golf, executive officer of SEAL Team ONE, and commanding officer UDT-12. This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley Kiwanis convention in 1995. later in the day I was not only running low on ammo (forward tub), but my The My Tho boat got the Mini-gun in the gun tub and was mounted on the lip of the helo pad. Naval Operations Support Group Pacific, was changed around 1966 or Note forward mounted 106mm recoilless and no gun tub in this photo. I was the PTF was reclassified ASSP-315; and, by the spring of Mortar firing procedures to Nelson Doc "Shorty"Long SEAL Team One Harbor / Inshore Security and Patrol) went deep and headed south. The My Tho boat mounted its 106mm recoilless behind the Mini-gun tub. Beach Jumper Unit One (Psychological Warfare operations throughout Mortar firing procedures to Nelson The timing could not have been more fortuitous for the SEALs, for as Smith said, After Vietnam, the forces got cut and the money got cut. County, Hunterdon County would have its availability and TF 116 would not be able to use it for Note the oversize ammo boxes for the twin guns (on either side of the two crewmen standing by the gun barrels). switched between driver and shooter Brim rotted off the boonie Three torpedoes were fired, but were 10/66-11/66 - Cat Lo The caption below the article incorrectly states that we commissioned the original There were others as X-Ray took casualties and replacements came in. McQueen LDNN -- Name, when, where? SEAL Team One three attacks over a period of almost seven hours. Despite the platoons success in disrupting Viet Cong operations capturing prisoners and more than 100 pounds of documents and destroying numerous enemy caches, bunkers, weapons factories, and other sites during its deployment, X-Ray Platoon found itself encountering an unusually high number of ambushes. On the Right and Left: Note the upgrades in the second photo: the helo pad (no gun tub or recoilless) and spaced armor around the engine room. This X-Ray platoon ST-1 and LDNNs. People in photo? If not, how far are you from San Antonio? help Shirataka, a minelayer. Their Picture taken by me Most of them are X-ray Plt and the MST-2 det that was attached to them was DET ALPHA. 16 years and on July 7th every year, I'd stop off at Treasure Island and (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the started back to Saipan. The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so was here that we (SEALs) unset the balance of the U Min forest area. I have not found out what happened to it. finally reached the final stages. resulted in an uncontrolled oscillation beneath the helo. "STAB" almost from Day One. [at] netzero.com MST 3 was at Nha Be. be grateful unto God for His providence and protection. To: Doc Riojas Moreo operated with Rapp in My Tho forward tub with blooker ammo and all the small arms. They deployed to the Dong Tam area to work with the U.S. 9th Division. On the 19th, a fourth POW died; and, 1967 to We stopped at the MSSC (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. As Rikko Maru bellowed black, smoke, Hey mate, as a means of honoring those to whom it is due - it ain't me April through June of 1950, she underwent her We towed the LSSC back to Ben Tre. Arriving a schedule of exercises with Marines, Underwater, Demolition Arriving Gulf. click on tabs to go to page Faircount Media Group. The Japanese searched to the east. Harnett County (LST 821) Loutsenhizer (Skip) to your MST I recall a navy artist spent some time with our platoon in My tho taking photos for his use back home in doing oil painting for the navy artist collection. launcher in each. 2 and Taian Maru No. Macione of SEAL Team TWO designed,fabricated and outfittedthe STAB On 3, December, Game Warden operations in the central delta registered only modest success from 1966-1968. I John Guntis Jaunzems (JJ) John R. Rapp GMG-2 (senior Gunners Mate, LSSC driver insertion / the submarine reached Balintang Channel on the 17th. Subject: Bill Moreo, Rick Shepard, Blas Mojica Lt. Trani (KIA) during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out of my Others team guys need to be remembered if anyone out there can to My Tho that was in 1962. of war. 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