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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. |
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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. |
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STORY 3 - MY WAR, AND WHAT A BEAUTY
Wayne Cowan's story of preparing for
Vietnam and in-country service. |
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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. |
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STORY 5 - THE GROUP PHOTO STORY
Story by Ken Mackenzie on the 104 group
photo taken in Vietnam on the 26 August 1971. |
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STORY 6 - ALBATROSS ZERO FOUR
Chance meeting in Vietnam by 104
Veteran Bob Parkyns in 1968. |
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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. |
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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. |
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STORY 9 - DEPLOYMENT OF RR TO FSPB ANDERSEN
Operation Coburg - Jan 1968.
(104 Sig Sqn and 110 Sig Sqn) |
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STORY 10 - US SIGNAL CORPS
Photos and their brief story by Lin Guthrie, US Army.
(39 Sig Bn/104 Sig Sqn) |
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STORY 11 - TWO SHORT STORIES FROM 1967
'Midnight Movements' and 'Midnight Attack'.
Stories by the first OC of 104 Sig Sqn, Gerry Lawrence. |
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STORY 12 - FAMILY MEMBERS
Details of some 104 Sig Sqn members that served in Vietnam with Family
Members. |
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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. |
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STORY 14 - COMCEN STATS
Communication
Statistics from the 104 Sig Sqn COMCEN in 1971. |
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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. |
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STORY 16 - MEMORIAL FOR OUR 104 WAR DEAD
Memorial to 104 Sig Sqn
losses in South Vietnam - Now in Darwin ! |
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STORY 17 - COSTLY SWIM AT NUI DAT
Guys go swimming in the
drinking water early 1968! |
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STORY 18 - LAST NIGHT IN BRISBANE
104 members in jail before
deployment to the War in South Vietnam
in 1967 ! |
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STORY 19 - F TROOP
The story of the naming of
F (Feral) Troop. |
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STORY 20 - HOA LONG DANCE
Young soldiers first dance
in-country ! |
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STORY 21 - SHORT STORIES by Leo Powning
Stories from CMF soldier Leo Powning detached to 104 Sig Sqn
in March 1969 |
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STORY
22 - VISIT TO 547 SIGNAL TROOP
Visit by US Signal First Lieutenant Ron Estes to Australian Signals Area
at Nui Dat |
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STORY 23 - ARMY NEWSPAPER REPORT
Story from the Army Newspaper detailing visit by entertainers to 104 Sig
Sqn in South Vietnam in early 1968 |
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STORY 24 - GETTING RID OF THEM FLIES
Story by Ian (Bluey) Granland on getting rid of dunny flies |
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STORY 25 - RSL BANS TROOPS
Story by Bill Whitehead on the Gaythorne RSL and the Farewell Supper
Dance in 1967 |
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STORY 26 - VIETNAM 1998 TRIP REPORT
Story by Ralph Schwer, two tour veteran on a visit back to Vietnam
in 1998 |
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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 |
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STORY 28 - A PLEASANT SUNDAY IN VUNG TAU
Story by Ian Granland on a trip to
Vung Tau in 1970 - One tinnie to many! |
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STORY 29 - AUSTRALIAN HERO'S OF THE WAR
Peter Radford, National Service Documents
(Also the Application Form for the National Service Medal) |
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STORY
30 - 104 SIG SQN UPDATE
Brief details on 104 Sig Sqn in Darwin and 36th Birthday Photos
(2001) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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STORY 35 - POSSUM DOWN
Robert Vallance story on being shot down in a Sioux Helicopter
while on a VR mission in February 1969 |
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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 |
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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 |
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STORY 38 - WAS 'STRETCH' LUCKY or UNLUCKY?
Rowan 'Stretch' Gamble was either lucky or unlucky with 104 Sig Sqn
in 1998 |
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STORY 39 - THE HOME COMING
5RAR and 104 Sig Sqn Veteran John Hunter's home coming. |
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STORY 40 - FIELD TRIP TO PHU MY
Field Trip to repair vehicles and line at Phu My by our "Grunt" John
Hunter. |
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STORY 41 - SHORT STORIES FROM 1969/70
Some short stories from 1969/70 by our "Grunt" John
Hunter. |
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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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Reserved for
your 104 story. |
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