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Dan, Here is a
bit of history, although not related to the pictures
I sent you taken in Nha Be and Dong Tam (hosted
below - Dan). Its from the
very first MST tour in RVN called "Project Zulu".
The only boats we had were two very slow, LCPL's and
a Mike 6 and a catamaran with two 105 hp. merc.
outboards called the STAB (SEAL Team Assault Boat )
driven by George Bosserdette, a seaman of BSU1. The
Mike boat was driven by BM1 Harrison and one LCPL.
was driven by me and the other one was driven by (I
believe it was) EN2 William Mount. I'm not
positive about that. And let's not forget about the
Boston Whaler that I believe BMSN James Born drove.
Very early into the tour we were on our way to
insert a squad of seals with the Mike Boat and the
STAB. We ran up on a VN outpost that was being over
ran by VC. We had a squad of seals, LCPL boat crew
and the Mike Boat crew all opening fire. In very
short order we had control of the situation. I don't
recall the body count, but it was substantial. Thus
saving the lives of the VN's manning the outpost.
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included a couple of pictures of the boats I
mentioned. There is a picture of the
original STAB some where. I can't remember
if I sent you or Jim the two magazines, GUNS
2001 ANNUAL and VIETNAM MAGAZINE, They have
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I will identify the men in these
pictures. Me, Doug Devoss, Charles (Clutch) Smales
and Billie Stewart had an agreement, that we would
all deploy together as long as the war lasted. We
all did three tours together. So we kept our word on
that. We all made one tour in Nha Be, then the last
two in Dong Tam where we closed out Det. Delta.
Billie Stewart and I escorted a medium and two light
boats back to the States on the USS Monticello LSD
35.
Buck Owen
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Crew members firing off the
bow of MSSC- Det. Delta |
Buck Owen and Billie Stewart
camouflaged for night operation out of Dong
Tam |
Buck Owen, Boat Captain, PO
in Charge Of Det. Delta |
LSSC crew. Det Delta, Ed
Kenney (coxwain) Clutch Smales, Sherman
Olson, and engineman Braun(Brown) sp.? |
Buck Owen and Clutch in
briefing room after night OP. |
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Buck Owen and Howard Rupp in
local watering hole, Nah's Laundry. two
sailors unknown
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Buck Owen and bar owner also
a source of information of local VC
activity. |
Buck Owen "squatting" over a
crocodile shot with 50 Cal. by Howard Rupp
at a range of about 200 Yds. Great shot.
"One shot One kill" Bob Shamburger "shooting
the bird". Shamburger later was killed in
action, I believe in Granada |
Buck Owen with girl friend
Hoa on my lap. Jake Neff And gunnersmate-
(name lost) with Hos younger sister on his
lap. |
Buck Owen and Terry Fletcher
taking a monsoon shower.
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Picture from GUNS 2001 ANNUAL
MAGAZINE. LSSC making high speed run in
Mekong Delta. Buck Owen Coxwain with Clutch
Smales, Doug Devoss and I think the guy
behind ammo box is either Sherman Olson or
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