| Newport Terminal Vietnam |
| My Tour With The 154 TC "The Anchor Team" At Newport Terminal RVN June 1967 To June 1968 Sgt Allan Furtado - US Army - Camp Camelot, Long Binh |
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| Newport Bridge After VC Hit - May 1968 |
| Bill took this pic of me and then I took his to the right. |
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| Bill - It was great to talk to you after thirty-two years. Hope to see you someday. Bill was with the 551St Trans |
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| Left - Bill Siller & Don't Remember His Name - Right Me & Frank.. We took these photos just before the Tet 68 Offense and the battle at the Newport Bridge. We weren't smiling for long. Frank, it was great to talk to you after almost 33 years. |
| Another Look At Bridge |
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| Last Updated July 18, 2010 |
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| I think the sun was in my eyes. |
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| 71st Trans BN work formation at Camp Camelot-Getting ready to head for Newport. |
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| Guard House on Outer Perimeter of Camelot |
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| Me Working on Our Duce & 1/2 at Newport |
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| Some Friends Playing Cards |
| This is the photo section of the website. There are many photos of Newport Terminal, Camp Camelot and the surrounding area. They were taken by me and many other Vets from the 71st and sent to me to be added to the site. Thank you all for making this the most informative website about the 71st Transportation Battalion in Vietnam. Keep them coming. Finally, I would like to thank all the Vets for the sacrifices they made. |
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| We all remember what's happening here. |
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| The 154 TC was one of the companies of the 71st Transportation Battalion which was under the 4th Transportation Command. We were located at Camp Camelot, Long Binh. It was headquarters for the 71st Bn at that time. I understand that it later moved to Newport Terminal. We convoyed the 25 miles or so from Long Binh to Newport Terminal every day. The primary duty of the 154 TC was off-loading cargo at Newport. I worked directly with the 71st Trans Bn Maintenance operation at Newport. At the time I was there, Newport was a 24/7 operation with two 12-hour shifts. Maintenance was a big problem and anyone who had mechanical skills was needed to maintain and repair equipment used to off-load the ships. About a month after I was there, the new consolidated maintenance building was completed and the maintenance group split up into two shifts. I volunteered for the 12-hour night shift. It was a little cooler at night, less brass around, and we were able to get a lot done. The only thing, Charlie was usually a little more active at night, especially during the Tet 68 Offense, which I will talk about later on in the site. |
| 71St Transportation Battalion |
| POW Camp in Bien Hoa |
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| Overhead view of the Newport Terminal Complex. Part of the Newport Bridge is visible on upper right side.The 71st Bn maintenance building, where I worked the night shift, is in center of picture about a third of the way down. Looks like three buildings attached. |
| The Road Leading Out of Camp Camelot |
| More Construction of Camp Camelot |
| Photo Courtesy of Wayne Ferguson 528th & HHC 4TC |
| Photo Courtesy Of ATAV Website |
| Looking to the left going out, there was a TC company there but don't remember the name. |
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| These two are in the photo to the left. Can you find them? |
| The guy sitting in the lawn chair with his back to us was in the same unit I was in at Fort Eustis, VA. He arrived in the 154th the day before I did. I had no idea he would be there. The first thing he said to me was SHORT. |
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| Update Photo |
| Photo courtesy of Patsy Brown-Snipes from her December 2000 trip to Vietnam. Patsy's husband, LTC Norman Brown, was BN Cdr of the 11th Trans BN in 1967 operating out of Cat Lai. |
| Newport Bridge December 2000 |
| Page One Of Website Photo Section |
| As of now, the photo section of the site contains 3918 photos on 91 pages. First-time viewers, please be patient. Slow Dial Up Connections may have to refresh/reload pages for all the photos to download. |
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| 71st Transportation Battalion In Vietnam-1966-1972 |
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| My Unit History |
| Somewhere on Long Binh Post |
| Allan Furtado 154Tc - Owner And Webmaster |
| Below are photos I took, Al Furtado, unless otherwise noted. |
| Full Speed Ahead |
| Full Speed Ahead |
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| Al Furtado Christmas 1967 |
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| Memories - From The Broadway Musical, Cats |
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| Welcome To Newport Terminal |
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| Newport Bridge - Morning Of February 2nd 1968 |
| Photo Courtesy of SP/4 Frederick W. "Rick" Kreidler, B Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, Long Binh Post, Vietnam, October 1967-January 1969. |
| The photo abouve shows my exact location during the battle of the Newport Bridge. If you look just above my initials you will see a chain link fence, which is blurry because of the moving jeep the photo was taken from. I was right at the fence during most of the battle. During a lul in the fighting I could clearly hear the VC yelling down to us saying they were going to kill us and send us home in body bags. A night I will never forget. |
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| Charles T Schultheis - 154th Transportation Company - 1966 - 1967 - (1947 -2006) If anyone was a friend of Charlie, or knew him could you please contact me. Al Furtado |
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| Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army Photography |