| Page 60 Photos And Information From Ken Colucci My name is Kenneth Colucci. I was with HHD 71st Transportation Battalion from July 1967 to July 1968. Some of my responsibilities included OIC Camelot security, civilian labor officer, operations and training officer, intelligence officer and a few more just to make sure I always had something to do. |
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| Lt Colucci Working In Operations Center |
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| Lt Colucci Passing Out Candy To Children In Village Across From Camelot |
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| A Very Proud Chinese Papasan Village Across From Camelot |
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| Another View Of The Village Across From Camp Camelot |
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| Some Of The Local Vietnamese Work Force At Camp Camelot |
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| On the far right is the interpreter for the local Vietnamese work force. |
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| HHD Bar HHD Latrine |
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| HHD Movie Theater - Before The New Battalion Theater Was Built |
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| HHD Shower And Laundry Area |
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| HHD Officer's Quarters - Lt Colucci's Area |
| Bn. HQ S-3 Area |
| Change Of Command |
| Change Of Command From LTC Hagreen To LTC Santry - 1968 |
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| Security Guards At Change Of Command |
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| Aerial View Of One Corner Of Camp Camelot - No Metal Hootches Visible - Photo was probably taken in late 1966. |
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| Couple Of Photos I Took Somewhere In Ben Hoa *************************************************************** Down At Newport Terminal Newport Terminal During Various Stages Of Construction |
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| Opening Day At The New Mess Hall At Newport Terminal - May 1968 - Lt Colucci Standing Up ******************************************************** |
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| Newport Terminal Site Area - Early 1966 |
| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography Another Early Site Photo From 1966 |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography The Start Of Construction On Four Of The Eight Warehouses |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography More Construction On The Warehouses |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography All Eight Warehouses Completed - Early 1967 |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography Ships are now being off loaded. Also one of the three consolidated maintenance buildings is completed. |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography LSU (Landing Ship Utility) Site At Newport |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography The Barge Site Area At Newport Terminal |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography You can see one of the maintenance buildings on the far right of photo. |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography The Main Entrance To Newport Terminal In Late 1966 |
| TDY With The 561st Transportation Company I was assigned TDY with the 561st TC when it left Camelot and was reassigned to Dong Ha in April 1968. |
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| Enroute To Dong Ha On An LCM |
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| On The LCM |
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| 561st Transportation Company Tent At Dong Ha Just After Arriving |
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| Debarking At Dong Ha |
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| One of my jobs at Dong Ha was security officer and Asst S-3 to represent the Bn staff and coordinate any support the company might have needed. |
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| Left - CPT Devito - Right - LT Colucci |
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| Left - CPT Devito - Right - LT Hunt Or Is It LT Hale ************************************************************************* Back To Long Binh Post And Camp Camelot |
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| This must be an early Headquarters sign - Look at all of the tents in the background. Below are some articles from the December 30th, 1967 issue of The Army Reporter pertaining to the 71st Transportation Battalion's operation of Newport Terminal. |
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| Rick Lemons Rick Lemons was the battalion draftsman and often drew caricatures of some of the guys in our battalion. Below is one he drew of me. |
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| Photo courtesy of David McNaught |
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| LT Colucci Surprise Visit On Christmas 1967 At Camp Camelot |
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| LTC Hagreen LTC Santry |
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| A Couple Of Photos I Took Somewhere In Saigon |
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| Donut Dolly I hope you all enjoyed looking at the photos and clippings. I also have some orders and a transportation report to which there are links. If you have any comments or questions, etc., please feel free to email me from here. E-Mail Ken Colucci Read A 1968 Transportation Developments Report From Fort Eustis Read Some Orders From The 71st Bn During August 1967 Read A Sample TCMD And Instructions To Prepare It Next Page |
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| Full Speed Ahead |
| House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals - August 15, 1964 |