PTF BOAT LINKS
Vietnam era PTF's http://www.ptfnasty.com
Visit a PTF in Buffalo NY
http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-ptf17.htm
Golf of Tonkin Notebook
http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/vwton3.htm
The Deltic Engine http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/delticengine.htm
SPECIAL BOAT UNIT LINKS
MST-2 Det Alpha, 1967, is documented
by Jim Born in his nifty site.
Classmates.com
has a Military division, with BSU-1 listed under Coronado NAB. You can register
there for free, and I recommend it, but it costs something like $36 for a "Gold
Membership," which is what you need to contact the people listed.
US Navy Patrol Gunboat Reunion Association www.gunboatriders.com
East Coast River Rats
http://www.geocities.com/rundogaz
Special Boat Unit home page http://www.blarg.net/~whitet/sbu.htm
Military.com SBU-26 pages:
http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,702007,00.html?home_page_id=702007
U.S. Navy Special Boat Unit
http://www.specialoperations.com/Navy/SBR/default2.html
Special Forces Unit http://www.blarg.net/~whitet/spec_ops.htm
Special Boat Unit 11
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3204/sbu11.htm
Special Boat Unit Twelve,
a component of Naval Special Warfare Command
Special Warfare Sailors
http://pollux.com/defenseweb/1996/july96/swcc!.htm
Special Operations Pages http://www.specwarnet.com/americas/sbu.htm
AIR SUPPORT
Black
Ponies provided air support on
all our operations.
Seawolves
provided SEAL operations with transport, fire support, and medvac
VIETNAM BROWN WATER LINKS
- PBRs and PCFs
Gamewardens of Vietnam Association, Inc. http://www.tf116.org/
PBR Homepage http://www.pbr-fva.org
Swift boat home page http://members.aol.com/SwiftBoat/index.htm
The Riverine Navy in Vietnam
http://www.rivervet.com
The 458th Transportation Company (PBR)
http://www.homestead.com/leeshomesthree/PBR.htm
The ARL-23 in Viet Nam Homepage
http://www.usssatyr.com/Default.htm
Vietnam Veterans on the internet
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=vv&list
Mobile Riverine Sailors
http://www.riverinesailor.com
Brownwater
Navy Pages of Kent Hawley
Patrol Gunboat Association ; www.gunboatriders.com
PEOPLE
Captain
Phil H. Bucklew, WWII hero and Naval Special Warfare pioneer
CDR
Joe DeFloria, USN-Ret, OIC of SEAL Det Golf, '70-'71
Admiral Robert Natter, former MST-2 OIC and
recipient of the Silver Star
CDR Bill Salisbury,
USN-Ret, a 16-year SEAL, and a talented writer
RADM
Steven G. Smith, former MST-2 OIC
Lt. James Thames, SEAL Team
One, killed in action on January 19, 1971.
Darryl Young (Juliet Platoon)
Captain Wendell
E. Webber, Naval Special Warfare Visionary
ORGANIZATIONS
UDT/SEAL
Association, has associate memberships for MST types.
The Gamewardens
of Vietnam Association, Inc. is the “Official Home of Task Force 116”
US
Navy Patrol Gunboat Reunion Association
HISTORY
[From]
By Sea, Air, and Land (An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the War in
Southeast Asia), by Edward J. Maralda
The
Vietnam Archive, at Texas Tech University
Naval
Historical Center
CTF
116 -- 1969 Navy Press Release
MAPS
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
from space
Dung Island/Long Phu
from the air
Long Phu
Map (scroll lower right)
Southeast
Dung Island map (doesn't always work)
MISCELLANEOUS
Creative Diversions
offers the perfect gift -- a 1/6 scale (4' long) LSSC, fully detailed and accessorized,
for $950.00 plus shipping.
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