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From John Brooks 5/26/2011
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Ernie,

I ran across your Dak To site this evening while I was surfing around some of the places I had been in 1968.  It was a surprise to see someone had found so much info and posted it up.  Many thanks , man, I have been curious about Dak To for years and your webpage is a great resource.

I started in country in Camp Halloway also, that was September of '67.  I had just finished training as an RTO [radio telephone operator] and was assigned to the 4th Inf Div, Co B, 4th Medical Batt. at Pleiku.  I recall the fall of '67 being pretty quiet in that area, but after the New Year TET hit and I was shipped north to Dak To via Kontum.   I worked right off the airstrip in an underground bunker that did double duty as Commo center and Triage station.  I don't recall where exactly and if anyone can spot it on your excellent photo, I'd be grateful.  I and 3 other operators handled the Dustoff traffic in and out of the valley, so if you were doing ATC during the same time, we probably exchanged traffic with each other....pretty strange.   I can't recall many of the old callsigns, but I do remember our landline was always "forceps"  I do recall some heavy firefights during that spring (Mar 68?) that involved the 173rd in the hills above the camp.  Nasty stuff as I remember.

Dak To was an odd little half acre of Hell, I'm glad it is not being forgotten.

Thanks Bro,
John Brooks
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  • Home
  • Battles
    • Operation Hawthorne
    • Battle Of The Slopes
    • November Action Hills 823, 875
    • Defenders of Dak To 1969
    • Special Forces Camps >
      • Ben Het
      • Dak Seang
      • Dak Pek
    • Fire Bases
  • Photos
    • AirfieldPhoto
    • Airfield Landmarks & Map
    • 125 ATC >
      • List-1 >
        • Arrival, June 1967
        • Airfield Attack 671115
        • ATC facilities
        • ATC Team Members >
          • ATC Roster
          • Bartlett
          • Camacho
          • Saveski
          • Scott
          • Short
          • Other Team Members
          • Christmas 1967
        • Runway
        • Runway Ramp
        • Road
        • Shooting Range
      • List-2 >
        • Aircraft
        • Vehicles
        • Weapons
        • Soldiers
        • EOD - Explosive Ordinance Demolition
        • Fuel Fire
        • A1E Skyraider Emergency landing
        • Rope Extraction
      • List-3 >
        • Air Strikes, Artillary
        • Arc Light Bombing Run
        • Around The Field
        • Local Folks
        • Outside Dak To Area >
          • Nearby Countryside
          • Trip to Pleiku
          • Holloway Airfield, Pleiku
          • Around The Country
          • Vung Tao USO show
          • Qui Nhon
    • 4th ID-HQ
    • 4th ID - Norm Spaulding >
      • Norm Spaulding
      • 2nd_Indochina_War
      • Dec. 1967
      • Jan. 1968
      • Mar. 1968
      • Apr. 1968
      • May 1968
      • June 1968
      • July 1968
      • Sept. 1968
    • Casper Aviation - Tony Bolivar
    • 4th ID - Chris Ross >
      • SwampFox
    • Misc Photos
  • Documents
    • Ivy Leaf - 4th Inf. newsletter >
      • Nov. 19, 1967
      • Nov. 26, 1967
      • Dec. 17, 1967
      • Dec. 24, 1967
      • More Issues
    • Pacific Stars and Stripes >
      • Nov. 11, 1967
      • Nov. 15, 1967
      • Nov. 16, 1967
      • Nov. 22, 1967
      • Nov. 24, 1967
      • Nov. 25, 1967
      • Nov. 26, 1967
      • Nov. 29, 1967
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      • 18 December 1967
      • 29 February 1968
      • 18 March 1968
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