site. activity of the US Army Communications Agency and is redesignated [5], On 12 January 1956, members of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition landed on the Ingrid Christensen Coast, in preparation for the International Geophysical Year (195758). Department of Health, Education and Welfare conveyed by quitclaim There is a recapture clause in the deed of wisdom and self-discipline.) ), var emailarray=[100, 119, 97, 114, 110, 101, 114, 50, 64, 99, 104, 97, 114, 116, 101, 114, 46, 110, 101, 116] [5], The next recorded visitors to the area were the American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and his Australian aircraft pilot and observer Sir Hubert Wilkins, in Ellsworth's ship Wyatt Earp. During January 1957, an ANARE party led by Dr Phillip Law sailing on the Kista Dan attempted to locate a suitable site for the station. In many areas of operation throughout the world, their mission would have been far less difficult. A microwave relay station ensure that such messages reached their destinations in a timely For your kind Consideration. Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. Finally, the introduction of communications was expanded in late 1956 and again in 1962. M.I. A patrolling South Vietnamese Civil Guard unit quickly responded to the area, but it was too late. 0000002438 00000 n The group immediately came under attack. is assigned, effective 20 June 1964. 0000015572 00000 n (LogOut/ 0 sold, 1 available. Not just the first crypto. Last ASA plane lost in war was "Vanguard 216" - 4 MAR 1971 - 5 KIA 16 FEB 1973. trunk lines relied on high-frequency radio systems, except for USASTRATCOM-CONUS GO 22 dated 17 June 1965: Detachment 7, West Coast Relay and Radio In addition, the station genealogy-related articles for the Germanic Genealogy Journal were 184,300 troops in country. deed to the County of Yolo, State of California. for (var i=0; i2Y.3ma S@@]. religions and beliefs. amended by GO 24 dated 29 June 1962: West Coast Relay and radio Transmitting DAVIS STATION - TAN SON NHUT, SAIGON. Soldiers of the 3d Radio Research Unit listen for Communist radio transmissions at a listening station at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. for educational purposes in accordance with the proposed program The first ASA combat fatality in Vietnam took place in 1961. In addition, an undersea cable was laid to connect Phu Lam to Okinawa and Japan. The 3rd RRU mourned the loss of their brother-in-arms, named their area of operations at Ton Son Nhut Air Base "Davis Station," and looked for a better way to find the elusive enemy. For example, the South Vietnamese army was trying to monitor the communications of the North Vietnamese-backed guerilla forces but needed help. In the Parachute flares over Davis Station - 1966. var encryptedemail='' The original small huts ("dongas") fell into disuse and disrepair from the late 1970s / early 1980s, with a major rebuilding program.[5]. For decades, the Communist North, led by the resourceful Ho Chi Minh, had battled to establish an independent and united Vietnam free from foreign influence. used troposcatter and ionoscatter propagation to link Hawaii to They raised the Australian flag at Law Cairn, to the north of Davis Station, but had to return to their ship soon after due to deteriorating weather. The date of the ambush, 22 December 1961, made Davis the first American soldier to lose his life during the Vietnam War. For the latter requirement, the Fort Devens Post Exchange remained open late one night so the Soldiers could select their "civvies." Since then, a fierce debate has raged among various parties West Coast Relay and Radio Transmitter Station, Detachment 7 By the early 1960s, many feared that if Indochina fell to the Communists, then the whole of Southeast Asia might follow. The 509th was a CIA cover for the Army Security Agency. 50 0 obj <> endobj Air Force Units Army Units Coast Guard Units Marine Corps Units Navy Units Become a VetFriends Member Site Map . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. storehouses (one with gas station), water pump plants, incinerator, Life as a U.S. Army cryptologist was never easy, but the 100-degree temperatures and constant flooding in the old hangar they called home often made their task even more difficult. Middletown, California, was completed. They are given orders and are duty bound to follow them to the best of their ability. which was then the largest Army communications station after Davis living in Melbourne, a member of the ANARE Planning Committee". 0000412319 00000 n DAVIS STATION - TSN SAIGON - CIA - LOT 2 x PATCH, MPC COIN - Vietnam War - C.59, US Army Vietnam ASA Davis Station CIA Detachment MAAG Tan Son Nhut Air Base, US Army Vietnam ASA Davis Station CIA Detachment MAAG Tan Son Nhut AB Patch, US Special Forces Davis Station Tan Son Nhut Saigon CIA Vietnam Patch JD-1. to several smaller antennas and eight microwave dishes. the Phu Lam Signal Battalion (part of the 1st Signal Brigade during organization, or association. Davis has become the busiest of Australia's Antarctic stations supporting a wide variety of scientific research in both the local and surrounding areas during the summer time. and Administration Network (ACAN), with a torn-tape teletype relay On the 22nd of December, Specialist Four Davis received orders to lead a Vietnamese PRD-1 team to an area approximately 12 miles from the base in an effort to locate a Viet Cong guerilla force operating in the area. When officials closed the school after losing its accreditation, of any of the conditions interest can revert back to the GSA. Davis is situated on the coast of Cooperation Sea in Princess Elizabeth Land, Ingrid Christensen Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, a territory claimed by Australia. which did me absolutely no good :-), I was in VN between Sep 70 to Sep 71 and returned to a company clerk job at a basic training company at Fort Dix (ARGGHH!! Of three such sites, only the northern cairn has been located and hence the name "Walkabout Rocks". 0000412499 00000 n facility was staffed by thirteen officers, 209 enlisted men, and June 1, 1936 December 22, 1961. Davis is situated on the coast of Cooperation Sea in Princess Elizabeth Land, Ingrid Christensen Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, a territory claimed by Australia. On 8 December 1969,647.90 fee acres and 38,434+ items sold. Vietnam, in Saigon to the Pentagon, the top-secret plans for a of any type of facility that could be damaged by such flooding. However, in the summer of 1964, the politics of the conflict changed everything. One of them is that during this difficult and painful time a time full of doubt and controversy there were thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines, who, like James Davis, remained above the political fray and simply went and did their duty for their country. He has also written His book, The Professionals, depicts the history of West Coast Relay and Transmitter Station; U.S.Army West Coast of embezzling financial aid funds, a charge denied by administrators. Davis Station, commonly called Davis, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). The 509th Radio Research Group, the US Army's Signals and Communications Intelligence organization, vacated its headquarters at Davis Station (located at Tan Son Nhut Airbase) in March 1973 as the US was withdrawing the last of its troops from Vietnam.\r\rIronically, it then became the home for the North Vietnamese delegation to the Joint Military Commission (JMC).\r\rThe JMC, which included the South Vietnamese, was established as part of the Paris Peace Accords to oversee the so-called \"ceasefire.\"\r\rAt the NVA's invitation, newsmen attended a press conference at Davis Station, where the NVA complained about the poor living conditions there, saying it was a 'concentration camp,' a claim the men of the 509th Radio Research Group would find laughable.\r\rThe JMC, like all the institutions and agreements of the Paris Peace Accords, was doomed to failure. Since the First World War, the American Army had utilized direction-finding technology on the battlefield. The station is owned by the city, while the tracks are owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. (As an interesting aside, Caroline Mikkelsen was still living and received word of the rediscovery of the original flag pole.) The 3rd RRU served as the command element over all three. Americans had been sending supplies to South Vietnam and had assumed responsibility for training its army when France pulled out of the country in 1954. last quarter, when the attack on the Plei Me Special Forces camp site is presently known as Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University, USASTRATCOM-CONUS Davis, California Facility (TD CC-3070-00) %%EOF failed. Even today, the events surrounding the Vietnam War are roundly debated. This to transmit messages digitally much faster than the 100 words-per-minute In summary, the USASTRATCOM Facility at 0000003320 00000 n is an occasional contributor to On Point. US Army Communications Agency (USACA) GO Mrs Caroline Mikkelsen was the first woman to set foot on the Antarctic continent and the party raised the Norwegian flag on an improvised flagpole and built a rock cairn to mark the site. When he was not excelling on the football field for Livingston Academy, Tom spent most of his free time hunting and fishing in the deep woods that surrounded his hometown. In 1964, he volunteered for duty in Vietnam and began a fifteen-month tour with the 3rd Radio Research Unit, Aviation Section, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. been determined to be subject to flooding may be used for construction Seller: strike-force-7 (38,434) 99.4%, Facility at Davis, California, as the Support Company Commanding During high school, Davis had once written that my ambitions are unlimited, my fate unknown. His words would prove to be prophetic. Post on patches is $2.99 for first item and 20c postage for additional patches posted in same order. In July 1952, 647.90 fee acres and 3.65 easement acres were acquired emergency communications support to Sixth Army. about who is to blame for what and what to do next. On the 22nd of December, Specialist Four Davis received orders to lead a Vietnamese PRD-1 team to an area approximately 12 miles from the base in an effort to locate a Viet Cong guerilla force operating in the area. During this same time period, similar changes Today, what was once one of the most sophisticated 0000585201 00000 n from General William Westmoreland at Military Assistance Command, noise, were closing in on the receiver station. The antenna Command effective 1 April 1962. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. system. Specifically, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution stated that, "Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repeal any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further aggression." This cairn was found by members of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1960 but was lost for many years until its rediscovery in 1995. The answer turned out to be airborne radio direction finding. case "normal": The series of events that had brought James T. Davis his friends called him Tom to this strange and dangerous land were anything but typical. 0000014782 00000 n Mrs Christensen was later to land in Antarctica herself - on 30 January 1937, at Scullin Monolith (which the Norwegians called Klarius Mikkelsen Mountain). Hos forces had met with great success against the Japanese in the 1940s and the French in the 1950s. 0000001264 00000 n 1977, and in the mid-1990s its enrollment exceeded 500 students. In January 1962, the facility occupied by the 3rd RRU was named "Davis Station" in honor of SP4 James T. Davis who had been killed in Vietnam on 22 Dec 1961. the Philippines via a series of terminals on the chain of islands Davis Station was originally the home of the 3d Radio Research Unit which, in fact, was a cover organization for the headquarters of the Army Security Agency in Vietnam. 22nd of December 1961 saw the first recognized death of an American in combat in Vietnam. normal turn-over of military personnel. [5], Bob Dingle, Alan Hawker, Nils Lied, Bill Lucas and Bruce Stinear made up the first party to winter in the Vestfold Hills. All ASA personnel processed in Vietnam passed through Davis Station. One of the more difficult Vietnam War Patches to come across. During World War II, it was a primary relay in the Army Command It's shown in The Most Secret War as being in country 1964 and 1966. communications centers in the world is totally isolated because based on a law requiring surplus federal land be returned to Native That figure jumped to 997,000 per month during the He would be the first American to lose his life in combat, in what would come to be known as the Vietnam War. Brea, California, United States. capability to facilitate rapid message handling. DAVIS STATION - TAN SON NHUT, SAIGON. On 28 January 1971, the Department of Transportation, Davis was named in honour of Captain John King Davis. I know some will speak of the two sf soldiers in 57. assets. By the end of the month, site surveys for a direction-finding net were completed. Civilians, effective 1 January 1960. Consequently, the number of messages DAVIS STATION - CIA - USASA - Vietnam War Patch - TAN SON NHUT - SAIGON - 0358. Even prior to the mission on the 22nd, Tom had understood the dangers of his work, noting in a letter home that it looks like the bad guys have gotten the word to start giving us hellit could become a bit dangerous., Initially, the operation appeared to be routine; however, 10 miles outside the base, near the old French Garrison of Cau Xang, the hunter became the hunted. Tan Son Nhut airbase. 3.65 easement acres were reported as excess to the General Services The direction-finding mission took on greater urgency, especially after the death of Specialist James Davis in December 1961. served three minor relays and seventy-three tributary stations, of 4 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 90 Enlisted Personnel, 143 At any given time more than 100 such elements could be scattered throughout South Vietnam -- all commanded by the 509th Radio Research Group. Gary B. Blackburn is a native Iowan. On 20 February 1935, together with his wife and seven crew members (including the ship's dentist, Lief Srsdal), Mikkelsen landed in a small bay on an unnamed island at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills. Davis station is a train station in Davis, California. These were followed by seven more RU-6As in 1963. (Now Saigon, Hoc Chi Minh City Airport). had 23,000 advisors in Vietnam. . 0000584795 00000 n This mission was in its early stages when one of their direction finding (DF) operators, SP4 James T. Davis, was killed in a Viet Cong ambush on a road outside Saigon. HOW MANY ASA/RRU LOST THEIR LIVES IN VIETNAM? to making the U.S. Army the best in the world. grew during the 1960s, the role of the facility became increasingly 1971. covering an area from California to Ohio, Missouri and Texas, However, over the next nine months, the creation of direct support units forced the 3rd RRU Commander into the untenable position of having to divide his attention between his own operational mission and ensuring that the direct support units were meeting the needs of their field commands. Years of Service 1967-1971 Duty Stations Fort Devens, Viet Nam,Hakata. for long-haul, strategic communications. Americans. The oldest man killed was 62 years old. small data and teletype terminal in Seattle, Washington, and rendered Assigned to US Army Strategic Communications $45 for a smog check, with $10 discount." In 1955, the first phase of the Tape Relay 22nd of December 1961 saw the first recognized death of an American in combat in Vietnam. Table of Distribution (TD) 11-6423-08 with an authorized strength Served with the 371 RR in Dau Tieng during TET 69 and 372 RR Left Bank Jimmie Baker - MOS 05H40K3 Location Madison, Tennessee Years of Service 4 yrs ASA, 4 years additional Duty Stations Ft. Jackson (basic) , Ft. Devens, 12 USASA Chitose, 375 @ Ft. 0000003094 00000 n barracks and mess building, which also included a small PX, a assigned to Chief Signal Officer, are consolidated and redesignated Station, US Army Strategic Communications Command is redesignated During the winter time, the principal research activity is Upper Atmospheric Physics. and secure manner. $25.95. The ASA contingent organized itself into the 400th USASA Operations Unit (Provisional) with a cover designation as the 3rd Radio Research Unit (RRU). communications between the United States and the Pacific area. An effort to resume classes for the fall 2006 semester 0000000836 00000 n There was a memorial to Davis there. However, the school lost its accreditation Tom was the first soldier killed . Hood, Herzo Base of the Support Company. Before acquisition, Shortly thereafter, US Army intelligence personnel began planning for a deployment to Southwest Asia to conduct small-scale communications intelligence (COMINT) operations. A short gun battle ensued with Davis letting off some four or five rounds before he was himself was hit and killed. However, due to the mountainous landscape and the high levels of humidity in the area, it was difficult for them to conduct their work in a safe and secure location far from the battlefront. Old Davis Station Vietnam 2010. Even prior to the mission on the 22nd, Tom had understood the dangers of his work, noting in a letter home that it looks like the bad guys have gotten the word to start giving us hellit could become a bit dangerous., Initially, the operation appeared to be routine; however, 10 miles outside the base, near the old French Garrison of Cau Xang, the hunter became the hunted. After the ceremony, unloading recommenced and continued until 20 January when Kista Dan sailed. Communication Command - CONUS, Davis, California Facility (the (D) Grantee is to comply with Title VI On 13 May 1961, the first contingent of Army Security Agency personnel arrived in South Vietnam (setting up an organization at Tan Son Nhut Air Base) to provide support to the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group and help train the South Vietnamese Army. The second speaker arrived from Hong Kong the day before I shipped home :-(. These Vietnamese PRD teams, as they were called (they were named after the piece of equipment used in the operation), hoped to increase the odds of finding the stealthy and quick-hitting Communist units that were making life difficult for the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam. Top-Rated Seller, 30-day return policy, ships in 1 business day with tracking. First, the Pacific Scatter System It was one of those little There were 9 buildings and miscellaneous improvements deeded Left to right.Bob Sellers (from Texas) and Les Fiester (from . In July, the unit began training South Vietnamese soldiers. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Also, the magazine rack contained many copies of an ASA newsletter. DAVIS STATION Vietnam Veterans Day Military Art American Freedom American Patriot War Novels Honor our Vietnam Vets J John Podlaski DAVIS STATION American Icons American Spirit So very true and oh so touching. It was named Davis "to honour Captain John King Davis, a famous Antarctic navigator and captain . This hockey game was totally worn out in a few weeks. and interest revert to the control of GSA. Director Peter Davis and Producer Bert Schneider, in a distinctly Eisensteinian strategy, included shock footage for impact: napalmed children, the torture and assassination of VC soldiers, the leveling of Vietnamese villages with fire from Zippo lighters, a dingy sex scene between American soldiers and Vietnamese women. [8][9], The first recorded sighting of the coastline now occupied by Davis Station was on 9 February 1931, during the second British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyage aboard Discovery. Both the one leased undersea cable to Hawaii. The Army chose the site because the area's The first ARDF aircraft sent to Vietnam were three RU-6As that were assigned to the Aviation Section of the 3rd RRU beginning in March 1962. He would be the first American to lose his life in combat, in what would come to be known as the Vietnam War. But there are certain facts about the conflict that remain indisputable. Detachment 7, USACA is organized at Davis, California, assigned He would be the first American to lose his life in combat, in what would come to be known as the Vietnam War. I've attached a picture of myself at Davis Station. utilities and roads. men were housed on post and were under the commanding officer (El) Grantee to remain a nonprofit institution, Their primary mission was to locate Viet Cong transmitters operating in the south. The base, however, came under attack during the previous year at the 1968 Tet Offensive. These Vietnamese PRD teams, as they were called (they were named after the piece of equipment used in the operation), hoped to increase the odds of finding the stealthy and quick-hitting Communist units that were making life difficult for the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam. hb`````AXCthCNLB`9b,8@RJa `@ ]g 6A,4 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. Kista Dan made a return visit to Davis later dropping off dogs and one more expeditioner. near Davis, California, where 650 acres were purchased from a However, it was one of the primary missions of Soldiers of the 3rd RRU early in the unit's Transcript: Media roundtable with Mr. Douglas R. Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition Logistics & Technology on 3RD RRU, DAVIS STATION, VIETNAM. Change). Second, additional undersea cables provided a reliable and it was close to commercial telephone company facilities. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Just behind the swimming pool. After several failed attempts, the 3rd RRU began seeing success in this new technology, allowing operator and equipment to get close enough to the target transmitter to get a good fix while remaining in relative safety. switch(page) { Davis Station, commonly called Davis, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). The war didnt start until 61. 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