Sp5 Terry L. Stuber
TOUR OF DUTY
Terry Stuber, Viet Nam
Log
11Aug67
(San
Francisco to Hawaii)
0740: to Travis AFB
1150: boarded plane
1205: take-off
1705: landed in
1825: took-off for
12Aug67
0400: land in
0510: (8:10PM local time) depart Guam for
0945: land in CRB
13Aug67
Cam
14Aug67
CRB – 114deg F at noon
15Aug67
Arrive in Pleiku (PlayCoo) Monsoon Season
19Aug67
Classes, rifle range (M-16), more classes (how to call in air strikes)
Sunday, rain, mud.
22Aug67
Went on an over-night patrol for FNGs. Rain, mud, etc.
Got orders for 2/9 Arty
23Aug67
Near Duc Pho
One other replacement is FDC. I am assigned to B/2/9 Arty, 3rd Bde, 4th
Inf Div.
24Aug67
Classes in POWs, K-9 scouts, fired M-16.
26Aug67
HQ Btry 2/9. Scheduled to leave for B Brty @ 1600 so went to USO show. Returned
@ 1430 and others were gone so stayed another night.
Arrived B 2/9 Arty (near Chu Lai) Can see
1Sep67
Got first mail from home
9Sep67
Battery moved and will move again tomorrow.
18Sep67
Building LZ (?) only 2-3 kilometers from Chu Lai.
Scheduled to move back to Duc Pho on the 25th and then maybe to
Pleiku.
23Sep67
Move to Duc Pho?
2Oct67
Got CONEX for FDC (painted pink inside)
LZ Thunder (10km from Duc Pho)
Guys in FDC: Switzer (Sp5 section chief), John, Ed Rogers (Indianapolis,
{aside: BC & XO are good folks, FDO (called fido) suffers from egomania.}
8-9Oct67
Typhoon hit with winds over 50mph and rain.
10Oct67
Sunshine after the storm, beautiful day.
11Oct67
0630: 76 deg F. not bad for October. I’m missing the fall
colors and harvest (just a farmer at heart).
24Oct67
LZ Thunder?
26Oct67
“Ed” leaves for stateside. I move to “computer”.
28Oct67
12 hours on and 12 off (shift schedule).
Mess hall at bottom of hill (1 km away).
8km south of Bn HQ at Duc Pho.
6Nov67
Moved again
18Nov67
Incoming…..mortar fire from a hill about 1km away. Nothing landed inside our perimeter.
Lt. Stout (old FDO?) came into FDC to shoot the bull.
25Nov67
Camera finally arrived. Now I can shoot some pics.
30Nov67
Sent 1st roll of film in, people in
Still supporting 1st Bn. of the 14th Inf.
FADAC broken again.
3Dec67
Back to LZ Thunder. Took pics of the move, FO’s (Lt. Bob Fuller) mustache,
conex, choppers, guns in “fire mission”, then the move back to LZ Thunder.
7Dec67
pics of “our bunker” w/ Carl (Chicago). Pics inside FDC and FADAC. Pics of land and beach, north are some rice
paddies, lake where chopper shot at small boat.
11Dec67
Decorated Christmas tree w/ Danny & Carl and took pics.
18Dec67
Move from LZ Thunder to LZ Liz (5 miles north and built up as good as Thunder).
22Dec67
LZ Liz
25Dec67
New BC, XO & 1st Sgt.
FDC Section Chief – John
30Dec67
Back to LZ Thunder
1968
6Jan68
LZ Uptight (near An Ky, 40mi. south of Chu Li, on the
coast)
Carl, Danny (Fort), Lt Fuller (FO)
21Jan68
John (section chief) DEROS a week early!
23Jan68
Move to “hill 54”, near Chu Lai
28Jan68
pics of battery & guys, also tls with “Freddy”
(FADAC).
About 30 miles south of Da Nang
29Jan68
Made Sp4
Fired all night (400+ rounds)
30Jan68
Fired 1200 rds in 10 hrs.
2Feb68
LZ Baldy (30-40 mi. north of Da Nang) has airstrip
12Feb68
Carl Swarz(?) from Chicago wounded
16 Feb68
Back to LZ Baldy
22Feb68
LZ English (Bong Son) 20 mi. south of LZ Thunder, has air
strip
28Feb68
Move to LZ Geronimo
4Mar68
Made Sp5
Pic: Lt. Fuller standing by ammo boxes w/ tape on fingers
to prevent blisters.
Pic: village?. Light area is LZ Zulu, large Arty base.
Pic: “dancing” (boxing?) Lt. Moyer, FDO & Lt.
Strickland, XO (l to r)
2Apr68
Moved to LZ? (30 mi. north of Pleiku)
4Apr68
Kontum
12Apr – 17Apr68
R&R Hawaii
19Apr68
Cam Rahn Bay, returning from R&R
23Apr68
Got back to Btry from R&R
Now on LZ Swinger (10 mi. from Cambodia)
2May68
LZ Plei Kleng
26May68
Moved from LZ Roberts to Plei Kleng then to Alamo
Fired 600 rounds last night
4Jun68
LZ Brillo Pad (alt. 1240 meters)
6Jun68
0300hours; friendly fire! Two 155 rounds landed inside our
perimeter, 1 killed, 3 wounded (infantry on the perimeter).
20Jun68
LZ Alamo (shoot for Brillo Pad & Bunker Hill)
24 Jun68
LZ Alamo (for a
month), move 25th
26Jun68
BC replacement: Capt. Donnivan moved to a job in Pleiku,
the new BC is Capt. Starkey. I (and 5 others) was awarded the Army Commendation
Medal by Major McCallister.
30Jun68
Plei Kleng again (3rd time for me, 4th
time for the battery). Working on problems w/ FADAC and comparing them w/ “the
sticks” w/ FDO Lt. Ness. Monsoon season?
6Jul68
LZ Alamo, moving to: LZ Mary Lou (Kontum); Camp Enari
(Pleiku); Duc Co; LZ Karen.
10Jul68
LZ Karen
13Jul68
TLS, Chris Henry, Ron Dietrich (Detroit) – short!, 27
days
14Jul68
26 days
24Jul68
Malaria! I can’t have malaria, I only have 2 weeks to
DEROS.
91st Evac hospital, Ban Me Thuot (south of
Pleiku)
4Aug68
Still in hospital but better
10Aug68
DEROS?
11Aug68
On the freedom bird to the world
367 days in country (leap year & 1 day late)
LZs
Alamo - Baldy - Brillo Pad - Cacti - English - Fire Support Base 12 (Kontum) - Geronimo (10 mi. north of Bong Son) - Hardcore -
Hill 54 - Hill 18 - Hill 218 - Karen - Liz - Mary Lou - Plei Kleng (3 times) - Plum - Roberts - Swinger - Tempest - Thunder (3 times)
Uptight (near An Ky, 20mi. north of Tam Ky) - Zulu