REUNION NEWS! 2010 National Reunion in Suisun
City.
Back to Suisun!
It has been 40 years since the last of our TF-116 brothers left
Suisun City for 1 and IV Corps of South Viet Nam. A lot has
changed in this once “backwater swamp town”. It was actually
used as the backdrop for the 1949 movie “All the King’s Men”
starring Broderick Crawford. The movie and Crawford won two of
the movie’s three Academy Awards. The city has changed immensely
and I witnessed part of that positive change from 1983-2001. In
1987 it was ranked as “the worst place to live” in a San
Francisco Chronicle poll. I now shamelessly consider it to be
the “Gem of Solano County”.
They are
all now Chiefs at one of their training sessions in
Portland
I remember
what it was like was way back in 1968
From left to right is: QMC (EXW) (sel) Kenneth Wofford,
Boat Detachment 932; ITC (sel) Scott Akins Operational Support, NOSC
Eugene; BMC (EXW) (sel) Carl Gifford Jr., Boat Detachment 931; MMC (EXW)
(sel) Mike Uphoff, NAVLSG.
Back
to where it all began!
It's been 40 years since our first Gamewardens of
Vietnam reunion and we're headed right back to where
it all began —
Norfolk Virginia!
The show "PBR Rescue" will be shown as
part of the "Combat Zone" series on the Military Channel on Monday March 26
and on the Discovery Channel on SundayApril 27.
Working parties will be
the 3rd weekend of each month.
January Article in Bay
and Delta Yachtsman about Gamewardens and the NW chapter
The NHC has accepted our proposal that
they use the PBR hull for the static display in Washington DC. This means
that we will put in action a plan to get the PBR into shape for showing at
the National Museum before it departs for the East Coast.
See working parties
The Northwest PBR to become Movie Star.
A TV production company is working
closely with the Northwest chapter to tell the story of PBR's in Vietnam and one of the
battles during the war. After initial contact by John Woody the project
has been turned over to the Northwest Chapter.
The outline of the project is
as follows: They will tell the story of PBR's with stock footage. Then tell
of a specific battle with interviews of the participants and finally do an
re-enactment of the battle using our boat. As more is firmed up you
will be able to read all about it on the
Battle Zone page .
New report from the Front
Brown Water Navy (Marine's Gamewardens) in Iraq
River
Division 551 mini reunion
