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MEMORIES BOOK  

Thank you for visiting The Battle of Kontum. And please feel free to add one of your memories to the Memories Book. This is an opportunity for you to share some of those Vietnam memories with the rest of us and to add to the "story."

Memories Index
Dave Millard -The Rockpile
Duong H.N. -the Kontum's airport today...
Ronald Strickland -Mr Vann's Crew Chief
Dennis Watson -The loss of the C-130 at Kontum
Mark Truhan -The Battle of Ben Het - May 1972
John N Kujawa -UH-1 Shot Down West of Kontum
Sp/4 William B. Page -U.S. Infantry Unit at Tan Canh
Van Ky Chuyen -AH-1Gs at Dien Binh Bridge
John D, Grills -Hawks Claw
Nguyen Huu Tien -Colonel Le Duc Dat
Dickie Hites -57th Helicopter Tail Number 69-15715
Mark Truhan -Damn, Bob, we're hit!
Larry Brassell -The Battle
Nguyen Huu Tien -The 2nd Airborne Brigade at the Fire Support Bases
Larry Brassell -Three 51's Opened Up On The Aircraft
Jimmy W. Gibson -The Battle - Helping an Old Scouts Memory
Jim Stein -The Rescue of Lt. John T. "Tim" Conry & Polei Kleng
Mark Truhan -God, you guys were good!
Mark Truhan & Jim Stein -The Rescue of Tim Conry
Jim Stein -Thank You Howard Hughes!
Jim Stein -Rescue Of Two Americans From the 57th AHC Huey
Jim Stein -Flying John Paul Vann
Mel Hughes -A U-21 Pilot - Call Sign "Satellite"
David A Clemen -It Was an Honor to Serve
Roger Clemens -Kontum, Ben Het, Polei Kleng, etc
Abilio Caldas - Delta Co. 1/12th, 1st. Cav. Div.
Rickey Von Vogel -Death of SP/4 Franklin Zollicoffer
Malcolm Bussey -John Paul Vann
Edwin Hines -Kontum Province 1968
Roland "Rollie" Booth -Memories from the CAV
Tom McKenna & Dave Millard -The Rock Pile - 57th Bird Shot Down
Stephen James & Larry Brassell -Memories from the Battle of Kontum
CPT Stephen E. James, Ret. -Ronald Doughtie - John Paul Vann's pilot
Chris Scudder -Arclights in II Corps, 1972
Frank Beall -Bob Sparks sitting on the PT-76
Jack Heslin - "The Scribe" -FIRE BASE DELTA
Dan Thomas -The Battle of Kontum
LE -remerciements
LTC Jack Finch (USA, Ret.), -Mr. Vann, wherever you are...
Steven Riddle -To the best of my memory.
Wayne Sircoulomb -67th Evac Hosp in Pleiku during the Battle of Kontum
Tom Olander -Kontum
LTC Jack Finch (US Army, Ret.) -The Search for CPT Ray Hall MACV Team 33...
Jay Gearhart -Tank Battle Ben Het
Duc Do -My Memory of Kontum
Forrest B. Snyder, Jr. -Panther 19 - Firebase Charlie
Larry W. DeWitt -Memory of Kontum-1970
LTC Jack Finch (US Army, Ret.) -Securing a Secret NOFORN Arc Light document
John O. Truby, COL, USA, SENIOR ADVISOR, ARVN 23rd Infantry Division -REFLECTIONS ON THE BATTLE OF KONTUM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SENIOR ADVISOR, ARVN 23RD INFANTRY DIVISION
Joe Cochran -Kontum Tet 68
Anne Watts -Nursing in Kontum
Stephen Speer -Battle for kontum
John J Duffy -Fire Support Base Charlie on Rocket Ridge
John Duffy -Those who stayed at Charlie
Jack Heslin -Memories of Kontum and FB Charlie
Jack Heslin -Leprosarium in Kontum – Christmas 1967
Bill Reeder -MY FRIEND XANH - Bill Reeder in Vietnam
Bill Laurie -Kontum Memories
Bill Laurie -Pink Panther John Timothy "Tim" Conry
Dennis Watson and William Page -FSB Charlie and Dallas Nihsen
Nguyen -The unsung hero of a second grader in Kontum
Robert Smith -Richard Lee Zody
Tran D. -Commander of 44th regiment
1SG(r) Robert Elliott -344th ADD
1SG(r) Robert Elliott -controllers during the battle
CW4 H. T. Kerr, Retired -CH-47 Aircraft to Support the Central Highlands
David Jonshon -Worst Experience After Retirement
John C. Grange -GCA Air Traffic Control
Tammy Hall -Kontum
Thanh Nguyen -Capt. O'Brien Where are you?
Gary N. Overby -I was assigned to the Security Police Platoon
Thomas P. McKenna -A VISIT TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
Jack Finch -The French Female Reporter and "the rest of the story"
Cary Louderback -Mobility missions- Kontum 1972
Rob Schwab -Crash of the VNAF Chinook Carrying Montagnard Dependents from Ben Het
Rob Schwab -ASA, “Two Corps Red,” and the Chinook Nets
Dennis R. (Buz) Bruzina -District Advisor at Dak To, Kontum Province
fred weston -Team 23 67-68
rob schwab -The Chinook crash at the airfield
John Grange -The U.S. Army ATC controllers guided those C-130’s into Kontum at night
Richard Montgomery -Kontum Connection
doorgunner -Kontum Refugees and dogs
LTC John R Finch (US Army, Ret.) -The saga of MACV Team 33's friend "Lobo"
Mac McKinzie -leaving kontum by huey
Patrick Faver -After CPT Hall
Dennis P. VanDall -Kontum 1968
Bob Madich -My recollection of the rescue attempt at Firebase Delta on Rocket Ridge (The Scribe)
don lapre -det 22
Frank DeBilio -Kontum1968
JIMMY MACKEY -The Day I almost shot an ARVN
Jack Heslin -Yesterday I lost my good friend and hero General Ba
Walt Shugart -The Battle of Soui Tre
Jack Heslin -Stolen Honor – The Battle of Ap Bac
Richard C. Gudat -Memories of Major Edgar Francis “Bear” Burch III
Anne Watts -Vietnam Memories of a Nurse in Kontum 1969
Anne Watts -One Moonless Night
Pham Minh Xuan -MY COMBAT TOUR MEMORIES
Clarence Kephart -I was member of group that Stars & Stripes ran April 27, 1972
Mac McKinzie -Rudy Hall Hey Tammy
Hugh J Preacher -Your book THUNDER
Ron Corbin -THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN
Wade Henson -Kontum
mac mckinzie -Col (Gen) Ba's story
Wade Henson -Kontum
Richard Alaniz -Richard Alaniz Battle of Kontum
Tu Le -Fire Support Base 5 - Hill 1338 -5/1971
doorgunner -Kontum Cobra
doorgunner -C130 crashed on takeoff Kontum Airport
doorgunner -Flight Engineer grabs grenade
doorgunner -Kontum Another Cobra
Jack Heslin -Crash of Cathay Pacific flight CX700Z 15 June 1972
doorgunner -48 year old nightmare
Doug Drury -Battle for Hill 875 Kontum Nov 1967
Calvin Bohannon -Action on November 10th – 14th, 1966 - The Shoot out on the Cambodian Border, In Support of “Operation Prong”
Donald Langlois -My Time With H Troop
Sam Powell -Vietnam Memories
Terry Montanye -I was lucky
CW4 (Ret.) Dan Jones -FIREBASE DELTA (Revised)
doorgunner -180th ASHC Oct. 1971-Mar. 1973
doorgunner -Kontum Airfield
doorgunner -War is Hell for 19 year olds and other humans
doorgunner -Confirmation of a Chinook crash at Kontum Airfield in 1972
doorgunner -NVA Tank hit hits truckload at Soccer Field
doorgunner -Our crew took an Oath while on a mission.
doorgunner -Confiscated Sword...
John Parker -H Troop
doorgunner -One child out of a dozen...
doorgunner -Why is the forest exploding under us?
doorgunner -Die Slowly or Quickly...Some Choice!
doorgunner -Article by Victor David Hanson 2023
doorgunner -200 mph Crackers...
doorgunner -The Guinea Pig Chinook Crew
doorgunner -MEMORIES
doorgunner -Officers.The Good The Bad & The ugly

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