Please take a look at some of the links below to learn more in detail about Liberty Bridge and other places of interest in the Quang Nam region in Vietnam. I had been wounded on 27 February at our outpost at My Loc 2. The Liberty Bridge is a steel cantilever bridge and was constructed as the missing link between downtown Pittsburgh and the Liberty Tunnel, which had been constructed four years earlier in 1924 as a link to the South Hills. Hi Leslie. Nice to see a post from you on An Hoa, Took a swim to cool off while on sand bag duty. Viet Nam, Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign 09June69 to 31Oct69 Liberty Bridge, Que Sons, An Hoa 1969 Vietnam Service Medal Criteria The Vietnam Service Medal was awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served at any time between July 4, 1965, and March 28, 1973, in Vietnam or its contiguous waters or airspa. When he fell down, the can went BOOM! Monte Fairchild. 'He'll never be forgotten': Marine killed 50 years ago in Vietnam is He was stationed at An Hoa when he was wounded by mortar on July 4, 1967. Harvey 3/5, Operation Meade River was right out side the wire surrounding Hill 55, 7th Marine Regiment Headquarters. But my B Battery had been split off from the battalion on arrival in Vietnam and placed in a defensive position near Da Nang. Liberty Bridge. The $4.5 million structure was funded by the City of Greenvilles Hospitality Tax, which must be spent on tourism-related facilities. I remembered trying to talk to the solders but didnt do well. That night the orphanage was mortared and VC tried to get through our lines at An Hoa. Harvey Watson was killed there. I was a Navy Corpsman with Delta 1/5 in 68-69. The bridge opened on March 27, 1928, following a 5-mile (8.0 km) vehicle parade from the southern suburbs. I do have some specifics, but you understand my hesitancy, considering the length of time and the fog of war effects on my memory.. Let me know OK? We never slept when in from the bush. Good talking to you,take care and Semper Fi. I do remember one guy at Mike Battery . There was a refugee camp at Duc-Duc near the river between An- Hoa and Liberty Bridge that was later over run . I think we ran on raw youth. had a Xeon light and 90 mm after seeing how small hot and with the mud We were bulk fuel, ammo, radio relay, etc. Operation Allen Brook - Wikipedia Went back in 2000, nothing leftat all. [2]:41 The base was first used by the Marines in January 1966 during Operation Mallard when the 1st Battalion, 12th Marines established a firebase there while the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and a Company from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines swept the surrounding area. Chuck, thank you for checking out the article and for your nice comment. As a USNavy physician, I was assigned as Battalion Surgeon for 2/5 and arrived at An Hoa Combat Base July 26, 1970, three weeks after finishing my internship. This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. Background [ edit] Decimal coordinates: 15.787721 108.077795. Back to Nam: Liberty Bridge - Blogger comm. The day the doc released me from the hospital, I went on an ambush patrol that same night.. The 2,040' "Liberty" bridge built by CB 4 over the Song Thu Bon river in 1967. At the time I was there we had the NVA come on our radio net and tell us they would have complete control of Liberty Bridge and our CO told us we were surrounded by 5000 NVA Regulars.
