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!!! THE VINH TE CANAL !!!
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The operations that I was most familier with on the Vinh Te Canal was border patrol.
Cambodia was a protected zone for the VC and North Vietnamese Army.
Cambodia was just behind the building in the above picture.
At night boats would lie in ambush locations and try to prevent the infiltration
of troops and supplies accross the Canal.
I was told that many of the troops assisting were Tawain Chinese Allied Mercenaries.
Anybody know the whole Story??
Combat Operations mostly occured at night.
Ambushes against us occurred mainly when traveling at night.
I only heard of one daytime ambush while I was on the YRBM 20.
Mines and and occasional mortor round were another story.
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THE VINH TE
OPERATIONS PHOTO ALBUM |
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PBR OPERATIONS ON THE VINH TE CANAL
These 6 photos are courtesy of Gerald Pierce EMAIL: gjpierce[ at ]mindspring.com |
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PHOTO 200 All aboard and ready to move out. |
PHOTO 201 PBRs moving through Tien Binh Area. Same place as PHOTO 501 on Vinh Te Canal Page. |
PHOTO 202 PBRs waiting to load VN troops |
PHOTO 203 Vietnam Officials going to observe an election |
PHOTO 204 PBR Troops on Operations |
PHOTO 205 Tien Binh District Chief's Bodyguards |
PHOTO 2
PBRs pass through the French Built Locks
This photo courtesy of Roderick C. King
EMAIL: rking66555[ at ]aol.com">
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PHOTO 2
PBRs Stop in Tinh Bien
Probable buying Ice, Bread or Produce.
PHOTO 3
The YRBM 20 supplied fuel and ammo at this ATSB.
The Taiwan Chinese Mercenary camp is in the background.
View more of this ATSB
AN ALPHA SUNK BY B40 ROCKETS
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PHOTO 300 A sunken Alpha boat minesweeper north of Sam (Nui Giai) Mountain. The account I heard was that all the crew was above deck when the rocket penetrated inside and fragged the interior. The crew had no casualities when tossed into the Canal. Notice the Banner in the Trees |
PHOTO 301 Behind the Sunken Alpha boat is an active Vietnamese Army Outpost. The wet surviving crew tried to wake the sleeping troops there. Amazing that they could sleep through a B40 rocket attack. |
PHOTO 302 View of the Canal west of the Sunken Alpha boat. Another alpha guards the wreck. The sunken alpha was ambushed during a roving Patrol at night. The preferred operation was to park and ambush at night. |
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