104 SIG SQN - Veteran Stories

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Click for Veteran Story    STORY 1 - RETURN VISIT TO VIETNAM - JAN 1999   
Vietnam in January 1999 by Trevor (Blue) Hopper.  Photos and visit details to the Horseshoe, Nui Dat and Long Tan Cross.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 2 - MONTY'S CAKE   
Details of Stan (Monty) Montefiore 21st Birthday in Vietnam, as told by Mrs Coral Shields in the local Nambucca Heads newspaper.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 3 - MY WAR, AND WHAT A BEAUTY   
Wayne Cowan's story of preparing for Vietnam and in-country service. 
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 4 - THE KEN MACKENZIE STORY   
Story of service in Vietnam by Major Ken Mackenzie one of the last 104 Veterans still serving in the Australian Army.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 5 - THE GROUP PHOTO STORY   
Story by Ken Mackenzie on the 104 group photo taken in Vietnam on the 26 August 1971.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 6 - ALBATROSS ZERO FOUR   
Chance meeting in Vietnam by 104  Veteran Bob Parkyns in 1968.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 7 - THE CREAM OF HER YOUTH   
Review of the STUART WELLER BOOK on service with 104 Signal Squadron in SOUTH VIETNAM in 1967/68.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 8 - THOUGHTS ON EAST TIMOR   
Les Crutchfield, 104 Veteran, spur of the moment thoughts on East Timor after watching the 'TOUR OF DUTY' TV in December 1999.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 9 - DEPLOYMENT OF RR TO FSPB ANDERSEN   
Operation Coburg - Jan 1968.
(104 Sig Sqn and 110 Sig Sqn)
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 10 - US SIGNAL CORPS   
Photos and their brief story by Lin Guthrie, US Army.
(39 Sig Bn/104 Sig Sqn)
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 11 - TWO SHORT STORIES FROM 1967   
'Midnight Movements' and 'Midnight Attack'.
Stories by the first OC of 104 Sig Sqn, Gerry Lawrence.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 12 - FAMILY MEMBERS   
Details of some 104 Sig Sqn members that served in Vietnam with Family Members.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 13 - SERVICE IN VIETNAM   
Graham Lee's story starting on the flight deck of HMAS Sydney in Vung Tau Harbour until first deployment with 2RAR in 1968.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 14 - COMCEN STATS   
Communication Statistics from the 104 Sig Sqn COMCEN in 1971.
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 15 - ON THE NEXT JEPARIT   
Nui Dat sign, now in the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.  Painted in Vietnam by 104 Veteran Denis (Rabbit) Hare in 1968.
 
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 16 - MEMORIAL FOR OUR 104 WAR DEAD  
Memorial to 104 Sig Sqn losses in South Vietnam - Now in Darwin !
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 17 - COSTLY SWIM AT NUI DAT   
Guys go swimming in the drinking water early 1968!  
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 18 - LAST NIGHT IN BRISBANE   
104 members in jail before deployment to the War in South Vietnam
in 1967 ! 
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 19 - F TROOP    
The story of the naming of F (Feral) Troop.  
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 20 - HOA LONG DANCE    
Young soldiers first dance in-country !  
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 21 - SHORT STORIES by Leo Powning   
Stories from CMF soldier Leo Powning detached to 104 Sig Sqn 
in March 1969
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 22 -  VISIT TO 547 SIGNAL TROOP    
Visit by US Signal First Lieutenant Ron Estes to Australian Signals Area at Nui Dat
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 23 - ARMY NEWSPAPER REPORT   
Story from the Army Newspaper detailing visit by entertainers to 104 Sig Sqn in South Vietnam in early 1968
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 24 - GETTING RID OF THEM FLIES    
Story by Ian (Bluey) Granland on getting rid of dunny flies
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 25 - RSL BANS TROOPS  
Story by Bill Whitehead on the Gaythorne RSL and the Farewell Supper Dance in 1967
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 26 - VIETNAM 1998 TRIP REPORT    
Story by Ralph Schwer, two tour veteran on a visit back to Vietnam in 1998
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 27 - THE SLAB ON NUI DAT HILL 
Story by Ken Hopkins, return to Vietnam in 1997, to check the name 'HOPKINS' on a slab on Nui Dat Hill
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 28 - A PLEASANT SUNDAY IN VUNG TAU  
Story by Ian Granland on a trip to Vung Tau in 1970 - One tinnie to many!
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 29 - AUSTRALIAN HERO'S OF THE WAR  
Peter Radford, National Service Documents
(Also the Application Form for the National Service Medal)
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 30 - 104 SIG SQN UPDATE  
Brief details on 104 Sig Sqn in Darwin and 36th Birthday Photos (2001)
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 31 - PANDANUS PARK  
104 Veterans Geoff Sanders and Mal Johnson at the Park for Long Tan Day 2002.
Update on Pandanus Park from Geoff's visit on Long Tan Day 2003
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 32 - TWO STORIES FROM US ARMY SIGNALS  
US Army Signals Veteran, Robert Stephens short stories from his time working at VC Hill, Vung Tau with US Army Signals Corps
Click for Veteran Story     STORY 33 - TASK FORCE SIGNALS IN SOUTH VIETNAM  
The original paper prepare for the Australian & NZ Defender Magazine No 41 article 'Vietnam Chooks' by Denis Hare.  Published March 2003
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 34 - GENERATOR BURNS ON NUI DAT HILL  
The details from Geoff Morgan on the loss of the two generators and the radio remote cables from Nui Dat Hill to HQ 1ATF in 1968
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 35 - POSSUM DOWN  
Robert Vallance story on being shot down in a Sioux Helicopter while on  a VR mission in February 1969
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 36 - GUNSHIP EXPLODES ON KANGAROO PAD   
Details and photos of the US Army "Bandit" Huey Gunship that exploded at
Nui Dat early on the morning of the 12 August 1968
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 37 - ROBERT 'SCOTTY' WILSON  
Scotty served his first tour with 104 Sig Sqn and was AK on his second tour with 1 Fd Sqn (RAE).  Lest We Forget
   
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 38 - WAS 'STRETCH' LUCKY or UNLUCKY?  
Rowan 'Stretch' Gamble was either lucky or unlucky with 104 Sig Sqn in 1998
   
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 39 - THE HOME COMING  
5RAR and 104 Sig Sqn Veteran John Hunter's home coming.
   
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 40 - FIELD TRIP TO PHU MY  
Field Trip to repair vehicles and line at Phu My by our "Grunt" John Hunter.
   
Click for Veteran Story    STORY 41 - SHORT STORIES FROM 1969/70  
Some short stories from 1969/70 by our "Grunt" John Hunter.
   
Click for Veteran Story   STORY 42 - VC HILL - US SIGNALS  
Short overview on VC Hill antennas and 2005 visit  by Jim Jacobson, US Army Signals.
   
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