| 71st Transportation Battalion Vietnam Veterans First Reunion - Day Two Our Tour of Fort Eustis Third Stop Of Our Tour - 10th Trans. Bn. Third Port Thank You Captain Stull |
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| CPT Stull meets our bus at the gate to Third Port. We are cleared to go. |
| The bus arrives at the Third Port dock. |
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| The LT 805 (Large Tug ) - If it floats on water, this can move it, the MG Windfield Scott. |
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| First Stop - The Wheelhouse - Very Impressive |
| The Large Tug (800 Series) Specifications |
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| I'm sure for most of us, this is our first time on this type of boat. |
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| The troops are coming through. Is that Rich saluting someone? |
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| WO Cassidy Explaining How The Ship's Controls Work |
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| Jack & Mary Park - Taking A Little Break |
| Heading Down To The Galley |
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| Quite Interesting In The Galley |
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| Entering The Windfield Scott David Talking With A Very Young First Sargent |
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| Looking Up At The Windfield Scott From A Lower Deck |
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| Jack, Mary, Dave And Charles Talking With The First Sargent |
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| Enduring Freedom - ST-911 |
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| Couple More Of The Windfield Scott - Bob Looks Pretty Small Standing There |
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| Bernie & Bob |
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| I Like Your Name Badge Jack Bob Looking Things Over |
| Continuing On To Some Of The Other Boats At Third Port |
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| LCM-8 Mike Boat Small Tug And More LCM s |
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| Looking Out Front Of An LCU On The Cargo Deck Of An LCU |
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| Al Looking Around At The Ship's Controls |
| WO Explaining Some Of The Ship's Capabilities |
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| LCU Area |
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| It was a great afternoon at Third Port. |
| More Looking Around The Cargo Area |
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| Al & Holly Greg & CPT Stull |
| Moving On To The BD Crane (Barge Derrick) |
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| BD Crane Area |
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| Getting On & Off The Crane |
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| CPT Stull & WO Explaining The Crane Operation |
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| Learning More About The Crane |
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| 73rd Motto Rose & Holly |
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| Nice View Looking Out At The James River |
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| Even A Huey Flew Over For Us |
| Getting More Info On The BD Crane |
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| Al & Carol Randy & Jan |
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| Kay & John Another View Of The Crane |
| Carol & Al (Little Frankie) & Nilla |
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| Jim - Joe - Mike Greg - Jim - Mike |
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| Third Port Harbormaster Building - 558th TC 6th Trans. BN Sign |
| Moving On To Our Last Stop At Third Port - The Land Ship |
| The Land Ship - Where Soldiers Learn The Art Of Off-loading Cargo |
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| The Land Ship's Hold - Not A Pleasant Place To Be - Off-Loading ships in Vietnam was not a very pleasant job. |
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| Ship's Bomb Case |
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| In the landship's hold, there is a cross-section model of a cargo ship. |
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| Walking On The Top Deck Of The Landship Osprey Nest On The Top Of The Pole - Look But Don't Touch |
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| Looking Down At The Barges From The Top Deck Of The Land Ship |
| This concludes our tour of Fort Eustis. Again, we want to thank everyone who made it possible. If anyone remembers the names of the two gentlemen who took us through the landship, please let me know. They did a great job and I would like to credit them here. |
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| Leaving Fort Eustis After A Great Tour |
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| On Our Way Back To Williamsburg On I-64 |
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