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| My name is Jim Lewis. I was with the 71st from September 68 to September 69. I initially was assigned to the 368th and worked at Newport as a port officer for a few weeks, but on 18 October was assigned to the 561st and took over as platoon leader at the railhead in Honai. On Dec 28th, all of the functions and the guys from the 561st were transferred to the 372nd which I believe had been reorganized at Long Binh / Camp Camelot after having been previously located at Cam Rahn Bay prior to Long Binh, but I am not sure of that. So the 372nd took over responsibility for the Honai Railhead, but with all the same personnel. The 372nd also took over the Newport responsibilities that had been the 561st. The railhead would receive tonnage from the ports via the Vietnamese national railroad and we would transfer the cargo onto trucks bound for the Engineer Construction Material Yard next door, but tonnage was slow, so in March 69 my platoon got the enviable job of constructing the Battalion sponsored Orphanage in Honai. SSG Frankie Wilson had a lot of construction experience so he was the NCO in charge and did a great job brobably assisted by many other guys from the platoon, including Sgt Billy Riggs, Sgt Isaac Reid, etc etc. Thus I have some pics from Newport, some from the 368th area, some from Honai railhead and the orphanage, and some from the 372nd area. |
| LT Lewis And LT Fries - When I was With 368th TC |
| Rhimes And LT Lewis At Honai Railhead |
| LT Beattie - 561st TC |
| LT Mayhew - 567th TC |
| Camp Camelot - 372nd Company Area Looking South East - Showers |
| Platoon Party - Reid - Sweet - Tidwell - November 1968 |
Camp Camelot - 372nd Area - Guys On Roof Looking At Air Strike In The Distance
| Camp Camelot - Building 372nd Company Bulletin Board |
| Camp Camelot - Laundry Day |
| Looking At The 368th Company HQ From The Porch Of One Of The Hootches |
| Looking North From The 372nd Area Towards The 368th - USARV HQ On The Hill |
| Looking North From The 372nd With The BN HQ And Mess Hall Across The Rooftops |
| Camp Camelot Looking South At The Perimeter To The West Of The 372nd Area |
| Looking South From The 368th Area Toward The 561st and 372nd Areas - Perimeter In Background |
| Camp Camelot - 372nd Area |
| Camp Camelot - The Trucking Company Located To The West Of The 368th Company Area |
| Camp Camelot - VC Rocket That Fell On The Battalion Area |
| Christmas Eve 1968 - But I'm Not Sure What's Going On Here |
| CPT Mike Malloy Of The 372nd |
308th Engineer Construction Material Yard - Later Cleared Out And Cargo Moved Into Main Yard
| Platoon Party - Morgan Cooking With Grover Looking On - Nov 1968 |
| Platoon Party - Nov 68 - Grover and Unknown Soldier |
| Platoon Party - Nov 68 - Wistrand And Gunn |
| Platoon Party - Nov 10 1968 - Dentdecker - Grover - Wistrand - Reid - Wilson - Tidwell |
| Platoon Party - Sergeants Swanger & Wilson Standing Up - Reid Sitting - Nov 68 |
| Platoon Party - Sgt Reid Sitting - Sak Standing - Nov 68 |
| 372nd Company Area - Guard Tower In The Distance Looks Down At Bear Cat Road - Bunkers Are Being Built Between The Hootches |
| LT Rich Graham - CO Of The 368th TC |
| LT's Beattie And Drinon - I Think |
| LT Scott Toombs |
| Newport Terminal - The Roll On Roll Off |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead - Looking Toward The Village Of Honai |
| The Road Through The Railhead Right After Oil Was Spread To Keep The Dust Down |
| Bunkers Were Built To The West Of The Railhead So We Could Work At Night |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead - LT Lewis |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead - Everybody Needs A Power Nap |
| Honai Railhead - Some Days Were Not As Busy As Others |
| Honai Railhead - One Of The Coolies |
| Honai Railhead |
| Honai Railhead |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| On The Way Home - The 90th Replacement Battalion - 14 September 1969 |
| E-Mail - Jim Lewis |
| Full Speed Ahead |
| The Orphanage At Honai Under Construction - 1969 |
| Sgt Billy Riggs At The Honai Railhead |
| Get Back - The Beatles - Released As A single In 1969 |
