This afternoon, on my two-mile walk, I determined I would find the answer when I returned to the computer.
The answer to my question is interesting enough to share with you, my blog-friends.
09 January 2013
Camp Enari
My first post in Viet Nam was with the 4th Infantry Division's general support aviation battalion at "Camp Enari", Pleiku. I've often wondered how the camp got its name, and was never in a position to research it when the question came to mind.
This afternoon, on my two-mile walk, I determined I would find the answer when I returned to the computer.
The answer to my question is interesting enough to share with you, my blog-friends.
Heroes, ALL.
This afternoon, on my two-mile walk, I determined I would find the answer when I returned to the computer.
The answer to my question is interesting enough to share with you, my blog-friends.
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Was at Pleiku from April 70-71 with a 4 month stint at AhnKhe. Long ago, far away . . .
Thanks for the story.
Pleiku and Benwa...spelling? Haven't heard those names in 44 years. My brother made friends with a monkey. It bit him and was found to have rabies. How he ever made it back is beyond me, since he worked re-building bridges that were being blown up.
Bien Hoa, D...
Monkeys, BIG lizards, elephants, and tigers.
You could see them all there.
Sounds like a dangerous place to be named Collins.
Bob was also in Pleiku. 69-70.
Interesting backstory, and yes heroes all!
And Lotta it was Bien Hoa...
As you know, I was down the road from you at Camp Holloway. Here's THAT backstory...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Camp_Holloway
Seems a lot of your readers have ties to the Central Highlands...
FSB-Hill 411 was where my platoon rested between missions(1970)....pretty mundane name for a place, eh?
But most folks seen to recall the name My Lai just a few clicks from 411
I was infused from the 4th Division to the Americal Division in December of '68. There, I joined "B" Company, 123rd Aviation Battalion... the "Warlords".
A pilot in my company, Hugh Thompson, was the guy who landed his helicopter and stood between Lt. Calley's troops and the Vietnamese, putting a stop to the My Lai massacre.
Small world.
Yeah, it's a small world, brother!
I found out how small when I started going to the Vet's reunion here in Brevard county.
I'm always amazed as to who I trip across there every year.
Bob was with the 10th cav attached to the 4th Infantry. He said he barely remembers Camp Enari because he was only there about four days before they sent him out.
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