12 January 1967 Letter of Appreciation to Captain Kuster typed and signed by nearly 100+ enlisted, assigned and attached personnel. Various news articles in CONUS range between 15,000 and 28,000. This time we were assigned a field tent that was at the end of the Company street to the east. All of the above personnel were awarded Purple Hearts which were distributed in formation December of 1966 to those still in Company or had returned. As the former Company Clerk of the 228th during the time period, I cannot explain this matter. The understrength 228th had one (1) OIC, with the next highest rank for both sections (Laundry and Bath) an NCOIC holding the rank of Buck Sergeant E5.thats it. 258th Field Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia The POL Class III Platoon (at 50% allocation) was part of the 85 individuals on convoy. The Platoon was authorized (at reduced strength see TO&E section in Miscellaneous Data) a total of 57 personnel. Within the week, 5 more from Bien Hoa arrived, 2 from Long Binh, 10 from Cu Chi arrived, and already in Tay Ninh since September our CO and his driver. The reason for this condition was due the early on appropriation of Company B, 266th (later 228th) equipment and vehicles in July of 1966. However, General Abrams Sergeant Major specifically voiced the following to said Company Clerk outside the entry to the Orderly Room.that being: I can tell you thisthe operations of thisoutfit (the 228th Orderly Room and all) are without doubt the best I (we) have seen during our entire tour, and we have visited them all. (see Photo section). 28th Infantry Division - Pennsylvania National Guard The nature of Onyx company and their diverse role requires them to work closely with Engineering and Artillery units, whilst also providing support to intelligence units. As stated, in my first posting entitledA Panegyricthe very understrength unit personnel of the 228th (2 Officers, 84 enlisted) performed with flawless efficiency night and day in supporting Operation Attleboro, the Base Camp and other battlefield requirements. Given the afore mentioned conclusion a decision was made and the review board moved on to more pressing matters. In effect, this entire Website is dedicated to describing the mission and operations of a Forward Direct Support Company as a subordinate entity of a rearward Direct Support Battalion (266th Supply and Service Battalion Direct Support), its superior rearward 29th General Support Group, its superior rearward United States Army Support Command, Saigon, its superior rearward 1st Logistics Command and its superior; United States Army Republic of Vietnam, Pacific. In Class I we continued to do our job. Around noon we boarded a C-130 and off we go. As such, and being the only GR recovery and processing collection point for a radius of over twenty (20) miles, we were hard pressed through four (4) major battlefield operations to keep pace. I only know this, because I noticed the bars on their helmets when the moonlight hit them. Lineage [ edit] Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 28th Field Artillery and assigned to the 10th Division. Now, the big problem was we had no lights, no electricity and no nothing. It was then and there, in that split second of time, that I pledged to do everything within my power, to not only insure that his (and all others following) personal effects got home to their respective families and loved ones intact. As the truck moved forward to the next pad, we asked whats the big deal, and he said did you see the color of those shells? Well, they were light green and he said they were phosphorous and if they caught fire, they burned at a 4,000 degree temperature. This action in turn generates ever more paperwork, as all entities who had removed said personnel from their rosters ,records and Morning Reports, now had to pick them all back up and account for each and every person, as not all personnel (several) had their orders revoked. Per SP4 Terry R. Shipp {228th, later 266th} the section were baking bread from the moment of arrival. I put my duffle bag inside and then returned to see if I could be of any help. I thought in my mind, and felt in my soul, that it was so wrong for that man to be motionless upon that litter. Continued buildup of the various supply functions necessary to the base camp and operations by the 196th and 25th ID continued in full force on a daily basis. The bus trip lasted about an hour and a half (although it seemed much shorter) where the Company offloaded at Tent City A, Saigon, the three (3) bullets collected by the initial issuers. He instructed me about the general idea of his duties, how to fill out and do the 2969 report and how to get the information from the 2770 forms. My reports always balanced..Thank you SP4 Gamble. Soon after that moment, I located a poster of Nathan Hale and posted it on the door leading to the prep room. {This mission relates directly to eventual cantonment area occupied by 506th S&S Co (DS) in Xuan Loc see 506th S&S Co (DS) History 1966 1967}, 9 November 1966 A meeting was held at 588th to dscuss the proposed Tay Ninh quarry operations. I dont know what the medic gave him, but Snelly was out like a light. A short while later I finally stumbled onto and found the Class I area. Since there was never a response (verbally or otherwise) in answer to such queries (three separate occasions), the point became moot and pursued no further. Because of what I learned in the Army, I have the military and other good folks I served with, to thank for all the things I learned in Class I. We waited around at the Tay Ninh airstrip building (pagodasee photo gallery 1966-167 b) and eventually there was a Caribou, that was going to Saigon. 23 May 1967(approximate) the last Morning Report of the Company Clerk was typed and signed by the Commanding Officer*. This time I convoyed down from Katum. We also produced ice in fairly large ice-house which was next to the condiment warehouse (shed, as we called it). Primary customers are the 196th Bde..4th Div..Philippine Civic Action Group, Vietnam and other units at Tay Ninh not assigned to the 25th Inf. This was due to supporting some 23,000 combat troops in the field of battle, in addition to supplying the 45th Surgical Hospital, 45th Med Evac, the 228th itself, other units in base camp, special forces partial supply to 1stPHILCAGV and other elements of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade and 25th ID operating outside and within the immediate area of Tay Ninh basecamp. The 266th, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Company A and Company B were initially formed in 1963, were part of the 6th Army Presidio, San Francisco, California, but assigned in Fort Lewis Washington under the oversight of the 4th Infantry Division, whose HQ and personnel occupied the area of the central main Fort. I also felt that the geography and setting of Tay Ninh Province was pretty and unique. It really sucked big time, because we not only had to man the bunkers and towers, but also had to walk the ammo pads. Major Ward commented, The engineer detachment performed these duties while the 196th Bde. Technically we also had the charge of providing laundry services, and hot shower facilities designed to support up to 16,000 troops. The PFC in the supply room tells us we have to fold the sheets neatly or he wont accept them. Note:As of December 2010 it is now known, that Bakers in Cu Chi were paid by HHC 266th. Theyre too valuable in Vietnam to be left idle for very long. Supply in all Classes arrived from either Saigon, Long Binh, or Cu Chi on a daily basis to the 228th by Convoy or Airlift, was offloaded, redistributed by the 228th assigned and attached personnel to other entities of Tay Ninh Base Camp and/or other battlefield units operating outside or near Tay Ninh for a radius of nearly 20 milesthe 228th its assigned and attached personnel being the most forward supply entity of War Zone C, III Corps, and designated a level II organization in addition to being designated as Supply and Control Center representing 266th Supply and Service Battalion (DS) and 1st Logistics Command. Maj. The 19th and 20th Field Artillery, organized from the old 7th Field Artillery; the 21st Field Artillery, organized from the old 3d Field Artillery; the 7th Engineering Regiment organized from Companies E and F of the 1st Engineers and the 9th Field Signal Battalion organized from personnel of the Signal Corps of the Regular Army. A POL Yard (Class III) was put together, set up and running near the main gate entry and airstrip. It would be impossible to explain the utter dumbfounded thoughts going through my mind as well as my Platoon as this attack ensued. And rightly so. This site is especially dedicated to all those troopers of all Military services who served their Country in time of War, and especially to all those families of dearly beloved ones who were denied the good fortune to return home. The enlisted remained quartered at Bien Hoa AFB in field tents until 5 October 1966, at which time all but 5 of the 24 returned to Long Binh in preparation for move to Tay Ninh which took place 7 October 1966 by convoy. As far as the 228th was concerned, the actual and true figure based on combat rations supplied would be in the neighborhood of 29,000 to 35,000 from October 1966 January 1967. Late March 1967All 500+ attached personnel were returned to their respective assigned units of Long Binh, excepting a few (15 to 20 personnel) who had been re-assigned from various enumerated units into the 228th. Well, it turns out that everything was in control and working smoothly. Hughes in 2011 resulted in the following explaination: Although a junior officer by rank and time in grade, I was ordered by a COL {1st ID, possibly 567th S&S BN (DS)} to sign all Morning Reports. From this small remembrance I realized, that the only possible time such an event could have taken place, was when the Company arrived at Vung Tau, RVN. Id perform the calculations and math for the 2969 report on a Friden hand crank adding machine. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The 266th {physically} never set foot in either area. Thus, George had a birds-eye view of the transition from one set of cadre to the next.Enjoy.. Battery "B" was, on 1 December 1944, located at Sierck-les-Bains ( vU9895 ), attached to the 55 th Combat Engineer Battalion, with the mission of operating LVT M2 and M4 "Alligators" in the XX Corps river crossing operations in that locality. If so, I wouldnt be able to slot him within the 228th TO&E. For a time I thought it was just my requests that were being ignored. Typically, it required elements of the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) and/or the 173rd Airborne Brigade to open the road and secure these troop movements. The 90th Replacement Center was pretty primitive. *Note:An anomaly exists within present day Morning Reports of 228th for the entire month of May 1967. As such, all previous Morning Reports in use were retyped and resubmitted. In effect, they were and each one was being handled by my gifted enlisted SGT E5 and Corporals in charge. In effect the Long Binh area is discussed in detail. I would have noticed the PMOS of George once I returned from Saigon, and brought it to the attention of the 1st Shirt, i.e. Privacy Policy. The pilot stopped in Cu Chi, then Bien Hoa, and finally Saigon where I disembarked. Christmas had arrived and personnel celebrated same with another specialized meal, which in effect was a duplicate of Thanksgiving Menu. Redesignated 5 July 1946 as the 228th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 50th Armored Division Reorganized and Federally recognized 31 October 1946 at Camden ANNEX 2 1st Battalion, 165th Field Artillery, inducted Into Federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations Primary duties of Stock Control were: maintain stock records on Class I (rations), II&IV (general supplies), III (POL), and Engineer IV; requisition Class I and selected II&IV and Engineer IV items to support daily consumption plus maintain reserve quantities; prepare ASLs (Authorized Stockage Lists) and ROs (Requisitioning Objectives) for the preceding; requisition/expedite any II&IV and Engineer IV items not on ASLs; and inventory of items in the yards (object: try to keep stock records matching what was actually out there). 9 January orders were received by the 228th whereby Capt. No other Officers or Enlisted from the 15th Support Brigade (a missing 4 Officers and 2 Enlisted) were ever seen. As we began preparing for this move back to Long Binh, and were nearly ready to leave, new orders arrived some 4 days later revoking the original orders. To say it was relaxing and refreshing would be an understatement. The most important customer is the 45th Surgical Hospital. (From November 1966 through December 1966 the base compound continued to be mortared by hostile fire. That hour was the longest hour of our lifetimes, and we were forevermore grateful, that we were never requested to volunteer or repeat the performance. Although operating at a strength of sometimes less than 50%, it became a routine to collect, process and turn over remains for post haste transport to Mortuary Affairs in Saigon ASAP. At the time (and those who eventually became members of the 228th) were assigned to Company B, 266th Quartermaster Battalion (Direct Support). It all remains a mystery. Under the determined guidance of Col. Chandler, the entire cadre upon arrival at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 15, 1942, immediately started preparation for the training program that was to make the 328th Field Artillery Battalion a unit that could carry out its mission in modern warfare. That was an important lesson for me. Find 228th Field Artillery Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. 328th Field Artillery Battalion - Custermen Neighbor (Company Clerk, 228th S&S Co (DS) 20 July 1966 27 May 1967).16 March 2011, (Or, how did elements of the 266th QM BN come to be on Route 15 on 23JUN66?). Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas. Since superior entities never saw fit to provide a full compliment of authorized personnel for nearly a year, it should also be mentioned that the 228th was also short of equipment. Tobias, his Chief of Staff; Maj. Fidel Valdez Ramos, a Major Belzer and others were also in Tay Ninh as of mid September 1966. at 90th replacement from other rotating guys to put together a passible uniform to board the World Airways Jetliner. 15 assigned in the 228th were wounded by said incoming mortar fire. Arriving in Tay Ninh by C123 in mid November 1966, I found a unit (the 228th) who was operating and performing the functions and duties normally associated with a Battalion or larger with a mere 130 to 140 personnel assigned. *Underlines, Notes: (in bold) and annotations following quoted portions are those of the submitter and not contained in the declassified documents. }along with trailer mounted pumps, filter separators, and 6-nozzle hose-header systems for direct refueling of vehicles and limited decanting operations. Photographs of the white commanding officers of the group and unit for the 578th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Bragg, N.C., published in the first year anniversary issue of The Black Panther . Bdgs base camp. as well as miscellaneous personnel from the 226th S&S Bn. We went through customs, did put on our field jackets, and were not freezing like the others who had to dig them out from the bottom of their duffle bags. The services which handle the greatest number of customers are laundry and maintenance. Since some 46 years have passed, I can now state for the record, that I violated the system and placed a FLASH call, by declaring a Tactical Emergency (TAC-E) to Saigon Support Command. That was the signal for everyone else to unload whatever you were issued. I arrived in Long Binh and show up at the assigned place and time of the meeting when it begins. I was still on the permanent Guard Duty Roster, and I asked the NCO and Sergeant of the Guard if I could have my birthday off with a couple of the guys from permanent guard duty and my friend Ted Fife who had been assigned and working in Class I since mid to late February 1967. Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery B, 25th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division. Several days went by and I was still getting a lot of flack from the 25th ID outfits about the turkeys. We left Snelly with the medical staff and started back to the Company area. Supported units transmit to the support point forecasts for both bulk and packaged petroleum products. As further testament to the magnificent work and dedication of the 228th GR section, it should be noted, that for the most part, nearly all officers and enlisted no matter the unit assigned to, avoided dealings with GR and its mission as a matter of course. The assigned duties of these personnel were to supervise the offloading of all manner of air supply, check manifest records, sign off on same, and then load materials onto trucks for ground transport to Long Binh supply arealeaving approximately 55 personnel of Company B physically stationed in Long Binh. I was exhausted both physically and mentally. Note:Per data online, Operation Attleboro consisted of two parts; Attleboro Phase I and Attleboro Phase II. They pulled Guard Duty right alongside their 25th ID counterparts. Without the proper fuel supplies, oil and lubricants a modern day military force grinds to a screeching halt. Luck was with the 228th 1966-967, in that neither POL or munitions pads were ever hit by incoming hostile fire.ABN. For short hauls over improved roads 3 full drums and dispensing equipment can be carried. Class V area was to the extreme southwest area of the basecamp perimeter the responsibility of attached troopers to 228th from 29th General Support Group, 3rd Ordnance Battalion, and also one of the assigned areas for Guard Duty of the 228th}, 20 November 1966 Company B, 588th Engineer Battlion completed construction of a tropicalized double quonset building to be utilized as a Post Office at Tay Ninh. Couldnt wait to get out of Dodge City (Tay Ninh) just like the Donut Dollys. When I became Company Clerk, I paid special attention to personnel records, PMOS designations and the like. It couldnt have been more than two weeks later when SFC Seviour our NCOIC tells me Im to go and attend a food service meeting in Long Binh and that he was giving me an unofficial in country R&R (Rest and Recuperation) which would be a break from the day in and day out routine of crunching numbers. It was interesting from the standpoint of not being a Catholic and having the Mass said in Latin by a priest from the Philippines. Phyllis Diller was there also. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as the 228th Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Myies Standish, Massachusetts Redesignated 5 July 1946 as the 228th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 50th Armored Division Reorganized and federally recognized 31 October 1946 at Camden Annex 2 welcomed by personnel of Company Motor Pool or those involved in equipment repair section of the time period).. 4 September 2010. These guys would tell some gross tales about the bodies and remains they had processed. Two weeks later on or about early April 1967 my friend Ted Fife talked with SSG E6 Robert E. Saviour into letting me clerk in Class I. Condiments were issued on a rotational basis too. For instance, 152 tons/day were handled during the 22 days of Operation Junction City Phase I 21FEB67 14MAR67. Neighbor, Although a slight departure from format of, facts, figures, numbers and other data discussed up to this point, the following submission written by the 2nd Class I Clerk of the 228th Supply and Service Company (DS) of Tay Ninh, is offered in its entirety. Tidworth, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Tidworth, Wiltshire City|Area Date1944-05-07 Status coordinate The location is in this area Hits - 460 229 Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm), HQ Battery stay. Note 2:The Laundry and Bath personnel of the 228th rotated (for the most part) back and fourth between Cu Chi and Tay Ninh. Ted and I caught a 0600 hour flight on Western Airlines (one of the many airlines that dont exist any longer), and arrived at LAX. Jerry D. White AB Ranger from 483rd Field Service Company (GS), 7 January 1967 by field phone Capt. The transition to wooden quarters occurred in bits and spurts, as lumber continued to be in short supply and considered a premium commodity. The following enlisted personnel rotating and separating from service were eligible, earned, and should have been awarded a Good Conduct Medal w/Ribbon: SP4 John P. Kema, SP4 Fernando Abad Jr., SP4 Dennis K. Burton, SP4 Nicholas Catania, SP4 Steven Goolie, SP4 Willie C. Harris, SP4 Jesse Heard, SP4 Robert M. Lenzi, SP4 Julius Logan, SP4 Patrick J. Mellon, SP4 Floyd E. Moore, SP4 Spencer L. Nashboo, SP4 Arthur B. Ward and Captain Jerry D. White (AB Ranger), both fine, honest, fair minded officers and gentlemen, with both being a credit to the uniform they wore, there were a few details of factual data that were slightly incorrect as printed. B.A.Kuster} The standard 21/2 ton cargo vehicle can carry 2 full drums (bladders) plus dispensing equipment, providing a bulk fuel delivery capacity of approximately 1,000 gallons. . By mid June of 1967 the entire replacement center of the 90th was operating from Long Binh only.ABN}We were required to attend three (3) formations a day. We only had equipment to operate one (1) Hot shower point, and that was set up and operating in Tay Ninh near the airstrip. For whatever reason, these five additional reefer units were never delivered during my nearly one year tour of duty (November 1966 October 1967) with the 228th. It also tells me, that by that time, George had to have been assigned into the 228th, as all TDY all purpose personnel had relocated back to their original units of assignment by late March 1967.ABN}. No known briefing of any sort had been given to enlisted or officers as to what to expect upon landing. Up to that time (February mid December 1967) we had to clean our own quarters, shine our own boots and so on. Anyway, Eady and I continued to stumble down the dirt roadway toward the Company area, when we literally bump into two GIs who were in about the same condition as as Eady and myself. That night every artillery piece in the base camp was firing away, and the guys on Guard Duty lit up the perimeter berm with flares and rapid fire shooting. The ice-house produced 300 pound blocks of ice approximately 4 foot long, 1 foot wide and 2 feet high (see photo gallery 1966-1967 b of 5 ton truck with ice-block on conveyor provided by 1st Lt. Paul B. Walker). However, it should be noted, that personnel were rotated between Cu Chi to Tay Ninh, Trai Bi, Quon Loi and other forward and Base Camp areas, to set up, run and operate varied laundry and or hot and cold shower points for troops in the field of battle, or otherwise. Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. By early May 1967 he was really short and scheduled to rotate {ETS} out of Tay Ninh.
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