154th Transportation Company (Terminal Service)
The 154th Transportation Company (Terminal Service), commonly referred to as the Anchor Team, joined the 4th Transportation Command (TML C) from Okinawa during December 1966. It was initially assigned to the 71st Transportation Battalion, Newport, and operated a portion of the terminal facilities. On 25 May 1969,
the unit was assigned to the US Army Transportation Battalion, Saigon (Provisional). It was charged
with the mission of operating three deep draft berths in the commercial port of Saigon, discharging,
backloading and clearing general and refrigerated cargo, as well as operating the consolidated
MHE maintenance facility and a dunnage yard. On December 31, 1969, United States Army
operations in the port of Saigon were curtailed and on 31 January, after phase-out of the
Provisional Battalion, the Anchor Team was again assigned to the 71st Transportation
Battalion, Newport. The 154th Transportation Company is now operating a river
barge site at Tay Ninh in support of the 25th Division, supplying personnel as
necessary to supervise discharge of USAID cargo and transfer of MASF
cargo in the commercial port of Saigon, as well as operating the
retrograde yard and vehicle wash facilities at Newport
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Members of the 154th Transportation Company in Vietnam
Frank Carletta
Allan Furtado
Wally Peregrine
Authur Poulin
Larry Letterman
William Smith
Donald Dillman
Danny Robinson
Barry Moreland
James Borowski
Ronald Melton
David Chapman Jr
Don Chambers
Chuck Hurst
Tom Brown
Gordon Paul
James L. Lake *****
R. Dale Taylor
Klim Nesmith
Robert Batz
Phil Wright
Ruben Mora
Gregory Farris
David Carpenter
Samuel Cutlip
Ronald Chavez
James R. Krupa
Van Woody Jr
Thomas Gardner
Dean Thome
Ivy R. Willis Jr.
Charles T. Schultheis
Larry Sheffey
Michael C. Walser
Jack Rhodes
John Edward Smith
Gary G. Tabor
Frank Hunter
Joe Drinon
Dan Ireland
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KIA 5/12/68
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klim@alltel.net
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carrian@bellsouth.net
gary_tabor2000@yahoo.com
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jdrinon@comcast.net
direland@frontiernet.net
**James Lee (Jimmy) Lake was KIA during a rocket and mortar attack at Newport Terminal on May 12, 1968**
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     Greg Farris       Allan Furtado   David Carpenter   David Chapman     Frank Carletta        Van Woody          Ronald Chavez      James Krupa     Larry Sheffey      Joe Drinon
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Campaign Participation Credits

Vietnam

Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, PhaseII
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Pahse VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation- 1 July 68 - 31 Mar 69
MHE Maintenance Newport
MHE Maintenance Newport
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Mess Cook
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NCO 1st Ship Platoon
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Newport Barge Site Operations
Security Guard
Newport Stevedore Hatch 5
Mess Cook
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Camelot Security
Newport Stevedore
Longshoreman
LST Site
Longshoreman
Newport Staging Ops
Truck Driver
R/T Maintenance
Cargo Handler / Longshoreman
Jeep Driver for 1sg
1sgt
OIC Newport LST / Barge Operations
Stevedore / Documentation Clerk
Photo Courtesy Of United States Army Transportation Museum At Fort Eustis, Virginia
Allan Furtado - Plymouth, Massachusetts - 154th TC - June, 1967 - June 1968 - Click here to go to first page of photo section.
Gregory Farris - San Jose, California - 368th TC - 154th TC - October, 1967 - December, 1969 - Click here to go to Greg's webpages.
Frank Carletta - Rome, New York - 154th TC - May, 1967 - May, 1968 - Click here to go to Frank's Page.
David Carpenter - Kansas City, MO 154th TC - October, 1967 - November, 1968
David Chapman Jr - Blaine, Washington - 154th TC - October, 1967 - October, 1968
Van Woody - Pembroke, New Hampshire - 154th TC - 1970 - Click here to go to Woody's page.
Ronald Chavez - Fresno, California - Click here to go to  Ron's page.
James Krupa - 154th TC - August, 1966 - December, 1967  click here to go to Jim's memorial page.
Larry Sheffey - Vallejo, CA - 154th TC - August, 1966 - August, 1967
                      The Formation Of The 154th Transportation Company
                                                         
By Larry Sheffey

The 154th Transportation Company (Terminal Service) was formed in July 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Its’ initial members came from other U.S. Army units from all over the world. At Ft. Meade the 154th was on casual duty awaiting unit PCS. In August 1966 the entire 154th TC boarded a commercial airliner in Maryland and flew to San Diego, California, where they boarded a U.S. Navy Troop Ship.

The troop ship carried a few thousand U.S. Army soldiers, there were allot of other military units on board also, including about a thousand U.S. Marines, and a couple hundred U.S. Navy sailors who ran the ship. Life aboard ship was very casual for the army but the marines were up early every morning doing physical training and drill. We slept in hammocks stacked three high and lots of guys got seasick. We were housed according to our unit, and it took 28-days to cross the pacific ocean. No women on board, no entertainment, not even television, and no sight of land for 28-days. This was a unique experience for army guys. The food onboard ship was similar to what you would eat in the field, and the Marines were somewhat upset that the Army was on casual duty, walking around with their shirts open and not tucked in, etc. while they, the Marines, had to go through inspections, etc. Most of the army guys were draftees on their way to Vietnam.

The troop ship arrived in Okinawa in September 1966; the 154th TC was the only unit to disembark. The ship left port while we were still standing on the docks waiting for ground transportation. It is rumored that the ship went on to Vietnam. In Okinawa the 154th TC was again placed on casual duty. We had formations, etc. but we were not working in our MOS. During the approximately three months that we were in Okinawa we inventoried our unit supplies and prepared for deployment to Vietnam. The 154th TC was located at Naha, Okinawa under the 2nd Logistical Command. On New Years Eve 1966 the 154th TC was transported by U.S. Army trucks to Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, and loaded onto C-141 aircraft for deployment to Vietnam.
Everyone aboard the plane was in full combat dress; fatigues, helmets, M-14 rifles, and duffle bags. It was very quiet aboard the plane. At about 5 minutes after midnight someone said “Happy New Year 1967” and we landed at Ben Hoa Airbase, Vietnam. We unloaded from the plane, it was about 2:AM New Years Day, January 1, 1967. We got into company formation on the tarmac with our duffle bags in tow. There were bombs going off in a distance, tracers in the night sky, and a U.S. Air force Sergeant came over and said “Happy New Year and Welcome to Vietnam, the trucks will be here to pick you up shortly.”

We were taken to a big wide open muddy field called “Long Bien.” We worked through the night and into the morning putting up a tent city with GP Large tents. After a few hours sleep we got back at it; building wooden walkways, setting up showers, outhouse, mess hall, orderly room, and building wooden floors for our GP large tents which we sleep in. Building perimeter defenses around the camp, filling sandbags, building bunkers, and putting up gates for road traffic. We did this for about our first week in Vietnam. Our second week in Vietnam we were introduced to the Saigon Docks (Newport), people were assigned jobs and we went to work, commuting back and forth in shifts.

When I left Vietnam they were just putting up “Adams Huts” aluminum type barracks with concrete floors. The operation at Newport had become somewhat more streamline than it was in the beginning. I did not mention anything about the cave-in, and how we first thought it was and attack, sabotage, etc. Also I did not mention how the troop ship rudder got broke while we were out at sea and the ship went around in a circle for the most part of a day until they fixed it.
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Joe Drinon - New Hampshire - 154th TC - Sept 1968 - Sept 1969 - Click here to go to Joe's page.