84th Engineer Battalion (Construction)
Association Viet Nam


Thanks go out to
Henry C Ashburn Jr.
D Company


I was assigned to the 84th after returning from a tour with the 809th Engineers in Thailand. I went to Fort Ord to hook up with the 84th only to find out that they were in Needles Ca. On Operation Desert Strike, I was quickly deployed to Needles where we stayed untill returning to Fort Ord. We left Fort Ord in mid 65 fron San Francisco on the General Leroy Eltinge. I only had about 6 months left in the service when we were activated to Viet Nam so I left Nam in November of 65. I was a Spec 4 and my MOS was 622.20. After arriving at Camran Bay, D company off loaded from the Elting onto LCUs, headed for Na Trang, we spent a day or two at Na Trang and then flew on C 130s to Vung Tau where I spent the remander of my tour.



Eltinge

C-130

C-130

Landing Craft

Loading Landing Craft

Executive Washroom

Hilton Accommodations

Na Trang

Monsoon

Monsoon

Monsoon

Above Deck

Pig Feast

D Company Street

Duce n Half

Guitar Playing

Road Work

Sp4 Ashburn

Sp4 Ashburn Sept 65

The Break Room

Sp4 Ashburn

Wahine Truck

Above Deck

River Boats

Eltinge

Sp4 Ashburn

Viet Boat

Above Deck

Above Deck

The Guys

Below Deck

Ammo Issuing

Corrigidor
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