03-16-2004, 14:24
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Where am I this time?
Again not me, actually. Still in my crib. The following are your bingo clues:
A-105
B-13
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03-16-2004, 14:27
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Southwestern United States
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03-16-2004, 14:41
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Okinawa.
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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03-16-2004, 14:48
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Key date: May 12, 1968.
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03-16-2004, 15:28
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Kham Duc
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03-16-2004, 15:32
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Kham Duc Special Forces camp (A-105), located on the western fringes of Quang Tin ("Great Faith") Province, South Vietnam.
Doggoned dentist beat me to it.
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03-16-2004, 15:36
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For those interested(NOTE: I can NOT guarantee the facts/claims made on this link.) Found it on the web researching...
http://members.aol.com/BlndBat/khamduc.html
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03-16-2004, 15:59
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That is Kham Duc main camp across the runway. The picture was taken from Camp Conroy, a SOG FOB/launch site/training area named after SFC Paul A. Conroy, Jr., of FOB1 (RT Maine), killed at Kham Duc in a training accident in May of 1967.
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03-16-2004, 16:58
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Quote:
Originally posted by Airbornelawyer
Key date: May 12, 1968.
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IIRC, LTC Joe Jackson, USAF won a MoH there that day.
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03-16-2004, 19:42
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