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Below are the 7
Direct Air Support Flights,
each consisted of about 15 to 20 officers and 12 to 15 enlisted men combined
for a total of about 29+ men to make up the ROMAD / FAC
teams of 2 or 3 men.
The total number of men in the flight is minus motor pool, power, office personnel etc.
Normally this was supplied by the host military base.
All DASF units were
activated on or about the 15th of May, 1965, and were deactivated
around
September 15, 1975.
All 6 DASF's became part of the now the 604th DASS (Except
the
7th DASF), located in Hawaii.
The 604th DASS was
deactivated on May 17, 1976 and became the 604th DASC on the
same date. Years later the 604th DASC was relocated to Osan
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The Pack Rats History
The South Korean TIGER DIVISION
ROMAD's in Vietnam were know as "Pack
Rats", Group #3, 1965 ~ 1974, and were
located mainly at the South Korean
DIVISION HQ and Camp Thunderbolt as well as at
remote locations from these camps. Camp Thunderbolt was
assigned to the 2nd Inf Division South Korean Tiger Cav. Regiment
Division located just West of Qui Nhon, Vietnam on Highway QL-19
near the base of the An Khe Pass. You will also find the South
Korean Tiger Division HQ also known as Tiger Town, was just
South, South West of Qui Nhon, Vietnam, and just West, off of
Highway QL-1 located well South of the QL-19 interchange.
(Note: the QL# = US-# highway
numbering like highway US-95). We also served with the South
Korean Blue Dragon Marines all over the place in the I-COR, II-COR
and Northern III-COR regions.
to the listing of some of the known men in the
Pack Rats that were assigned to the ROK
divisions.
The 7 DASF Pages
 1st DASF Page
Airman
Vince Green's pictures
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2nd
DASF Page
Airman Wood's Korean Pictures
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3rd
DASF Page
Jim Donaldson's Pictures
Phillip De Mars Overseas Orders
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4th DASF Page
Captain Burt Blatter's Pictures
Both in Korea and in Vietnam
Airman
Robin Michael's Pictures
Ragged Scooper 2 Alpha,
Vietnam
RoK Tigers, 2nd Inf. Div. Cav. Reg., Vietnam 1965-66
Original Pack Rat / ROMAD, GP #3
Also Pictures while assigned in South Korea
Airman John Mullaney's
Pictures
Airman Gary Grubb's Korean Pictures
Airman Tony Kristol's Page
Airman Jerry Newsom's Page
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5th DASF Page
Airman Joe Trexler's Vietnam Pictures (Deceased)
Airman Don Schreiner's Vietnam Pictures
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6th DASF Page
No Airman have
checked in that were assigned to this unit.
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7th
DASF Page
which
was changed into the 604th DASS ~ and
later became the 604th DASC
in South Korea.
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A Full Restoration of a
ROMAD's
M151-A1 ~ AN/MRC-108
Radio Jeep and Generator /
Trailer
M151A1 ~ AN/MRC-108 Jeep
This restoration is now on
display at
the Wright Patterson Air Field at the
USAF Museum of
Aviation. This tells the story of the job of
restoration of this unit and the research that went into
it. Not quite all of the equipment that was part of
this jeep has been found and put on display. As such they are
still looking for the various missing parts that will be added as
they are able to located and acquired them.
If anyone out there can
remember what all was stored under the pallet in
relationship to both portable and fixed hardware as well
as backpacks etc. and can even supply the model numbers
of the items, then the crew at the museum would like to
know. Please forward this information to:
KV4AL@charter.net.
ASAP
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Picture of the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS).
Republic of
South Korean, Direct Air Support Center (DASC),
Weonju-si, Republic of South Korea,
taken in 1972.
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DASC / TAC-ROMAD Units and
Detailed Map
Links are below.
These units were all located in South
Vietnam. |
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603rd Direct Air
Support Squadron (DASS) Page
Airman Steven Bowen's Pictures
A narrative by T. P. Woodfork
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MSgt Mike "Harpo" Humphrey, USAF
Ret.
An
Original Pack Rat / ROMAD, GP #3
ROK Tiger Div., CAV REG, Vietnam 1966-68
Harpo replace
Robin Michael in 1966.
Plus a description of how Mike became a ROMAD.
Mike's pictures.
Richard Bullen's Pictures from
the
20th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS)
Allan O'Rear's Pictures
Two different patches for this
unit.A2/c Chuck
Bangert was assigned to the
505th Tactical Control Maintenance
Squadron (TCMS)
located at Can Tho, South
Vietnam from June 65 ~ 66.
Chuck's history and narrative plus his USAF orders.
Chuck's pictures of his time in South Vietnam.
SSgt Kent
Calabrese was assigned to the 19th TASS but sent to various RoK
units. Starting with the 2nd Brigade Korean Marines (Blue Dragons) -Tuy
Hoa Jan 1966-Aug1966, Then same unit in I-Corp until late Dec 1966
when we were replaced by a US Marine ANGELCO team. Came home in a
C-130 to Travis - a very long flight!
Kent's pictures from the Tuy Hoa
area.
Airman Paul Lee's Page
Assigned: Issued 30 -
#rd. Brigade 25th Inf.; Issue Control - 25th Inf. Div. (Cu Chi);
Rustic Alpha - Nui Ba Den; Rake 20 - 2nd Brigade RTAVF; Rake Control
- RTAVF Bearcat; RTAVF = Royal Thai Army Volunteer Force (Bearcat)
The
following links below have the actual link address shown.
These pages are not part of this web site.
Please click on these links to go there.
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You might want to read about these men that were airborne.
Their story is very interesting and this
is the link to their page:
http://www.sgtmacsbar.com/Articles/KhamDuc/KhamDuc.html
The South Korean Vietnam Veterans Web Site
This site
is located in South Korea.
http://www.vietvet.co.kr
There are
both Korean AND English sections on this link.
Feel free to visit and ask any question that you might have.
Please use the English Section and you will get a prompt answer to you question in English.
Your question(s) will be translated
from the English side and posted into the Korean side
and when an answer is received, it will once again be translated
and post back on the English side.
There is a
great wealth of information on their part of this
war and men
from both sides of the Pacific are exchanging
information and
pictures taken in Vietnam. All are welcome.
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M151
Military Utility Tactical Truck in England
http://m151.btck.co.uk/
This site is located in England
 This
site has been published and is maintained to serve as a point of
reference and meeting place for all those with an interest in the
history, restoration, and use of the M151 MUTT and all of its
variants. It is our hope that enthusiasts, what ever their experience
and specific interest in this amazing machine, will enjoy and gain
from their visit. This group has a large number of these vehicles on
hand. The web site has a lot of useful information on this
vehicle.
We have tried to ensure that all
information on this site is accurate, and that all images are
correctly annotated and credited to the appropriate source. However,
with so many thousands of images available from so many sources,
mistakes can arise, and if you should spot any image or information
that you feel has been published in error, then please let us know
at mudslingers@live.co.uk.
Also, there are images of army
personnel and others included in some photographs. If any individual
would prefer us not to use a photograph of him or herself on this
site, then please contact us so that it can be removed.
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Vietnam War Resources
These are excellent listing of all of the
combat operations within Vietnam. These archives should be a must if you are doing any
kind of research on this war.
Tom Pilsch web page has moved and is now
located at this new address. It was hosted at the Georgia
Tech Research Library but due to his retirement he has move it.
Please visit his web page at this new address. It will prove
to be well worth your time.
http://www.tom.pilsch.com/Vietnam.html
The
Second resource that is highly recommended is that of The Vietnam
Center and Archive of the Texas Tech University. This site also is very large but has
more oral history in it. This site may be found at this address:
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu
Please feel free to check out the FAC /
ROMAD Association's web page and for updates on their big reunion.
This is usually a 4 to 5 day event.
www.fac-assoc.org
The active duty guys hang out
at the TACP Association web page. This is Charlie Heidal's page who
has now retired from the TACP's
www.tacpassociation.org /blog
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Another very good site to
visit for discussions or search for others.
www.1anglico.org
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The Map Section
All Maps in
this section are
scaled at
1 : 250,000
resolution.
That means
extremely large files
that can take a while to download
depending on the speed of your internet
service.
A HIGH SPEED
INTERNET CONNECTION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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The Vietnam War
Area Of Operations
1965 - 1975
Welcome to Jim Henthorn's Vietnam Veterans Page!
Preliminary Map Scanning Completed as of
10/30/2001. Basic Map updates completed on 2012. Large areas of the entire
area are now complete and on line. Additional sections are
currently underway and will be posted shortly.
Indexing of
place names is not complete. "I'll be adding vintage maps of the remaining areas
of Thailand in the near future as I get them done!" Please note that this
is a very large site and the maps of Vietnam are very detailed thus they are
very large files to download.
This is still a work in progress and will be for
many years to come. These maps are excellent for detailed research of / on the
Vietnam War.
Yes, these maps
are printable if your have a large enough printer and paper.
Suggested Paper size should be at least 13" X 17"
but consider triple that size if you really want to read it !
These maps are also in full color.
http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/sea-ao.html
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Ray's Map Room
Vietnam's Areas of Operation
(Battles and Fire Fights).
Topographic Map with
digital images and comments / descriptions
about what you are looking
at.
Scale is 1:250,000 & files size extremely large.
Ray has taken
the maps from Jim Henthorn's map room above and added many key
places, battles and other important points of information concerning the various
battles from this war. Each point
of interest will have a orange diamond marker on the map. This diamond when clicked
upon will
produce a pop up window with pictures and
brief written history for the action that took place at this location. This has been very well done and is a
major work
still in progress .....
As of June, there are over 800 maps available.
http://www.rjsmith.com/topo_map.html
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