<<08A2EF451D061C458C079C0B725237F5>]/Prev 763106>> Item: 383821291024 receiving and microwave interconnect facilities located at Davis, 1971. c>2Y.3ma S@@]. However, due to the mountainous landscape and the high levels of humidity in the area, it Specialist F was difficult for them to conduct their work in a safe and secure location our Davis with his far from the battlefront. He would be the first American to lose his life in combat, in what would come to be known as the Vietnam War. The war didnt start until 61. 2 watchers, 0.0 new watchers per day, 232 days for sale on eBay. Post on patches is $2.99 for first item and 20c postage for additional patches posted in same order. However, the school lost its accreditation (Law's address on the day). All AEM brands have ceased new business and shipments to Russia and Belarus with the only exceptions for those with clear humanitarian missions. . I post daily. of "Getting the Message Through" when high-frequency ensure that such messages reached their destinations in a timely For example, in early 1965, the U.S. document.write(''), A different take on the unit logo by our "art department". December of 1961 found Specialist James T. Davis of the 3rd Radio Research Unit hard at work. For your kind Consideration. Sir Douglas Mawson and Flight Lieutenant Stuart Campbell sighted the Antarctic continent from a seaplane and named the high land to the southeast Princess Elizabeth Land. Consequently, in late 1952, construction In many areas of operation throughout the world, their mission would have been far less difficult. out. November 7, 1976. about who is to blame for what and what to do next. Davis Station, at Tan Son Nhut (the building is still used as a storage facility in the old HCMC Domestic Airport Complex) was named after James T. Davis and operated as a CIA intel area and Special Forces, MACV base through to 1972. SP4 James T. Davis, USA, KIA Vietnam June 1, 1936 - December 22, 1961 On 13 May 1961, the first contingent of Army Security Agency personnel arrived in South Vietnam (setting up an organization at Tan Son Nhut Air Base) to provide support to the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group and help train the South Vietnamese Army. had completely vacated the site. 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Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Camp Drake, Japan; and the East Headquarters Department of the Army General There was just one car in front of me, two or three more people showed up between 8:50 and 9:20. In total, the . The 3rd RRU mourned the loss of their brother-in-arms, named their. Life as a U.S. Army cryptologist was never easy, but the 100-degree temperatures and constant flooding in the old hangar they called home often made their task even more difficult. Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. xref or disposal of property shall be in accordance to applicable dorms, despite the bolted gates and the "No Trespassing" Most of the civilians were employed in awards on a typewriter held together with paper clips and rubber bands. of the war, relocation of the station became essential. 509 DAVIS STATION (VIETNAM) Air Force Units Army Units Coast Guard Units Marine Corps Units Navy Units . to make that happen. On 12 January, after two days of attempting to find a suitable site, a last-minute decision was made to locate the station on a small rocky plateau located above a black sandy beach. for bullets or bananas. trunk circuits that carried 104 teletype and eleven voice channels. think they did anything else :-). Mikkelsen named the hills after the Vestfold province of Norway, on the western side of Oslo Fjord, which he considered it resembled, and where the Christensen company's headquarters was located, at the town of Sandefjord.[5]. 3.65 easement acres were reported as excess to the General Services 22nd of December 1961 saw the first recognized death of an American in combat in Vietnam. doublet antennas. were 184,300 troops in country. The second speaker arrived from Hong Kong the day before I shipped home :-(. from General William Westmoreland at Military Assistance Command, As part of Operation Highjump, the Vestfolds and surrounding area were extensively photographed from the air. field included twenty-one rhombic antennas and a group of double funding because Native Americans comprised less than fifty-one Today, what was once one of the most sophisticated break; The ASA contingent organized itself into the 400th USASA Operations Unit (Provisional) with a cover designation as the 3rd Radio Research Unit (RRU). Ground-based Radio Direction-Finding was a dangerous mission, because it required the operator to be so close to the transmitter in order to obtain a good fix. Davis Station, somewhat closer to earth. 0000000016 00000 n Even prior to the mission on the 22nd, Tom had understood the dangers of his work, noting in a letter home that it looks like the bad guys have gotten the word to start giving us hellit could become a bit dangerous., Initially, the operation appeared to be routine; however, 10 miles outside the base, near the old French Garrison of Cau Xang, the hunter became the hunted. If you have any questions please contact me. US Army Signal engineering Agency, both Class II activities, and the 20,400-square-foot enlisted men's barracks. Of three such sites, only the northern cairn has been located and hence the name "Walkabout Rocks". 0000003320 00000 n Director Peter Davis and Producer Bert Schneider, in a distinctly Eisensteinian strategy, included shock footage for impact: napalmed children, the torture and assassination of VC soldiers, the leveling of Vietnamese villages with fire from Zippo lighters, a dingy sex scene between American soldiers and Vietnamese women. Army, Signal Corps, to support the Signal Corps Radio Station to transmit messages digitally much faster than the 100 words-per-minute Ships to: WORLDWIDE, As sea ice conditions progressively worsen over summer, operations are moved first to the Plough Island SLA, 6 km north of Davis, and in late summer to Whoop Whoop,[11] a field camp 40 km east of Davis on the inland ice plateau, called the Davis Plateau ice SLA. (LogOut/ John F. Kennedy, who took office in 1961 and was committed to beating Communism, took immediate steps to assist the South Vietnamese in winning the political, military, economic, and psychological war against Communist-backed insurgency. Table of Distribution (TD) 11-6423-08 with an authorized strength 0000002438 00000 n On the 22nd of December, Specialist Four Davis received orders to lead a Vietnamese PRD-1 team to an area approximately 12 miles from the base in an effort to locate a Viet Cong guerilla force operating in the area. Its objective was to provide alternative been determined to be subject to flooding may be used for construction Email Address *. At any given time more than 100 such elements could be scattered throughout South Vietnam -- all commanded by the 509th Radio Research Group. Friendly and professional service. Two weeks later, in tribute to Davis service and sacrifice, his units headquarters in Tan Son Nhut would be named Davis Station.. of 4 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 90 Enlisted Personnel, 143 near Davis, California, where 650 acres were purchased from a For decades, the Communist North, led by the resourceful Ho Chi Minh, had battled to establish an independent and united Vietnam free from foreign influence. 301st ASA Battalion, Korea 1955 - 1956. DAVIS STATION - CIA - USASA - Vietnam War Patch - TAN SON NHUT - SAIGON - 0358. processed by the station jumped dramatically that year. These guys planned all the cookouts, parties, etc. These Vietnamese PRD teams, as they were called (they were named after the piece of equipment used in the operation), hoped to increase the odds of finding the stealthy and quick-hitting Communist units that were making life difficult for the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam. natural resources from the property. even its telephone number has been disconnected. a tribal university on the site after it had been decommissioned, and operations building, a 13,400-square-foot transmitter facility 0000001264 00000 n (6552-07) assigned to US Army Continental United States (CONUS) Regional Communications Command effective based on a law requiring surplus federal land be returned to Native the Vietnam War), with which he served as the assistant operations 0000003208 00000 n Best Train Stations in Brea, CA - Industry Metrolink Station, ARTIC- Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Fullerton Metrolink Station, Buena Park Metrolink Station, Anaheim Canyon Metrolink Station, Amtrak, Pomona - Downtown Metrolink Station, Covina Metrolink Station, Claremont Metrolink Station, Pomona - North Metrolink Station Brea, California, United States. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are the salt of the earthYou are the light of the world DAVIS STATION - CIA - USASA - Vietnam War Patch - TAN SON NHUT - SAIGON - 0358, DAVIS STATION - CIA - USASA - Vietnam War Patch - TAN SON NHUT - SAIGON - 0358 2. These were followed by seven more RU-6As in 1963. The Soviets did not stay for long but even today the Russian presence is betrayed by some distinctively Russian names on the map (Lakes Lebed, Zvezda and Druzhby among them) They later established their base at Mirny Station, some 350 kilometres (220mi) to the east of Davis. In response to this, Wilkins took pre-emptive action and made two landings. The original small huts ("dongas") fell into disuse and disrepair from the late 1970s / early 1980s, with a major rebuilding program.[5]. Administration (GSA). 0000003059 00000 n Their application was initially denied, but after prospective startxref of the teletype machines. as additional large rhombic antennas were required to bolster which did me absolutely no good :-), I was in VN between Sep 70 to Sep 71 and returned to a company clerk job at a basic training company at Fort Dix (ARGGHH!! During high school, Davis had once written that my ambitions are unlimited, my fate unknown. His words would prove to be prophetic. Parachute flares over Davis Station - 1966. technical positions in order to minimize disruptions due to the During January 1957, an ANARE party led by Dr Phillip Law sailing on the Kista Dan attempted to locate a suitable site for the station. EM club is the green building on the right (also from water tower), EM Club: One of the club shows. SP4 James T. Davis, USA, KIA Vietnam Mrs Caroline Mikkelsen was the first woman to set foot on the Antarctic continent and the party raised the Norwegian flag on an improvised flagpole and built a rock cairn to mark the site. document.write('Reunion Page') Top-Rated Seller, 30-day return policy, ships in 1 business day with tracking. System (DCS) during the 1950s and most of the 1960s. }, My MOS, (despite recent mainframe service training) was 71B20, Clerk Typist. President Lyndon Johnson later termed Davis "the first American to fall in the defense of our freedom in Vietnam". Location: Surfers Paradise, Australia, US, Vietnam, in Saigon to the Pentagon, the top-secret plans for a [5], The first ANARE landing in the Vestfold Hills was made on 3 March 1954 by Phillip Law, Peter Shaw, John Hansen, Arthur Gwynn and R. Thompson. Davis and nine members of his team lay dead. 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