AS I HAD WRITTEN BEFORE TO SOME OF LTG DUSSAULTS
FRIENDS, I MET HIM IN THE LATTER PART OF APRIL 68.
HE REPLACED LTG GALLAGER AS OIC AT MST--3. I BELIEVED I
TOOK HIM OUT ON A WHALER OP FOR TRAINING PURPOSES.
I ONLY KNEW HIM FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS BECAUSE WE ROTATED
BACK TO CONUS AND THEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LLSC
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT GRAFTON BOAT COMPANY IN IL.
RICK SHEPARD AND I TOOK THE FIRST TWO LSSC"S INTO
CAN-THO IN THE LATTER PART OF 68. ALSO I RECALL THAT
BSU-1 HAD THE FIRST SWIFT BOATS AT CORANADO, IT
WAS PCF-103 THAT WE USED AS A TRAINING PLATFORM FOR THE
FIRST SWIFT CREWS TO GO TO VIETNAM. I WAS PART OF
THAT TRAINING TEAM PRIOR TO GOING TO THE SPOOK BASE IN
DANANG ON THE PTF"S SOMETIME IN THE 66-67 TIME FRAME.
AFTER BEAR and I LEFT NHA-BE, MST-3 WAS MERGED INTO
MST-2 AND ALL THE MST ASSETS BECAME UNIFIED UNDER ONE
COMMAND AT CAN-THO.
