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4th TC 5th TC 124th TC 125th TC 1st Log USARV 8th Group 48th Trans. Gp. 500th Trans. Gp. 507 Group
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 In Memoriam		 Jim Rose Don Mangus Lee Fields Ralph Grambo
 
Story Title Author Type of Unit
Central Highlands During the Drawdown Dick Roney Medium Cargo Truck
Guntrucks of the Danang Support Command Stars  and Stripes Medium Cargo Truck
Guntrucks of the 444th Jerry Barnes Medium Cargo Truck
Vung Ro Bay Page provided by Len Schwartz Port
The Piece Maker Miniguntruck Jerry Pickett Light Truck
C.O.Remembers SFC Vasquez & Convoy Operations Charlie Thomas Light Truck
Guntrucks Moving Out Tom Szwec Truck Group
ST2122 "El Cid" Incident Bill Edwards Heavy Boat
1099th TC River Rats at Cat Lai 1970-1971 sent in by David Higginbotham Medium Boat
Reefer Kings Roger Ashworth Medium Reefer Truck
Pictures of The Abortion Guntruck JM  Rea S&T Bn
Guntrucks Guard the Convoys William Oliver Light Cargo Truck
Maintenance Report on 8th Group Trucks 1967 sent in by Jack Horvath Truck Group
Prayer of a Trucker's Chaplain Ch (LTC) R. R. Arms Truck Group
One Day Trip Turned into Three Thomas Sexton Medium Cargo Truck
120th TC in Vietnam the start of Camp Redball Larry Lathem Light Truck
Convoy Officer Stephen  Voorhies Medium Cargo Truck
Vietnam experiences applied to Iraq convoys    
Marine Maintenance 82nd Transportation Company Steven James Marine Maintenance
The Firebase Bastogne  Convoy Wayne Chalker Medium Cargo Truck
1LT David R. Wilson Reserve Center   Medium Cargo Truck
Veterans Day Speech Jerry Barnes  
The Birth of Brutus Louis "Pat" Brittingham Medium Cargo Truck
The Attempted Rescue and Salvage of LCU-63 Tony Ey Australian Dive Team
319th TC Georgia Reservists Paul Troxler  
A Tale of Two Truck Tours Jack Horvath Medium Cargo Truck
The 64th Transportation Company Vietnam Jack Horvath Medium Cargo Truck
The Building and Operation of Newport Terminal Thomas F. LeMoine Terminal
Reefer Kings, 379th TC from Tim Procise Medium Reefer Truck
Tet 68 at Camp Red Ball Andrew Ansenberger Air Cargo Terminal
A Snapshot in Time, 512th TC Ray Losey Medium Cargo Truck
Guntrucks Peace Liberty and Freedom Michael Robinson S & T Composite
Ship and Shore Newsletter from 1968 from Allan Furtado Terminal
USAV Page in Action Kerry Myers Army Vessel
 Heavy Boat Operations and Harbormaster at Dong Tam Frosty Frothingham Heavy Boat Company
Convoys Guntrucks, 2nd TC John Brown Medium Cargo Truck
Cat Lai Experiences and Escapades W. Jerry Long III Terminal Battalion
Operation Casey Jones Henry H Poarch Truck Battalion
The 1099th Medium Boat Company in Action from Mike Conway Medium Boat
11th Transportation Battalion History from Mike Conway Terminal Battalion
Larry Dahl Awarded Medal of Honor   Medium Cargo Truck
William Seay Awarded Medal of Honor   Medium Cargo Truck
End of the Guntruck Era Mark Van Ryzin Medium Cargo Truck
 Setting up the Ports--117th TC History from Jim Jenson Stevedore
Hit the Beach! Bruce Heidt Boat Battalion
54 Bn Reenactment at Jamestown from Dennis Belcastro, Robert Bruce,and Ed Pavlick Guntruck
Stories from Cat Lai  Gary Kindred Harbormaster
Floating Marine Repair Shops  Bond Hanson  FMS 
Convoy SOP  James Rose  Medium Cargo Truck 
Guntruck Video Clips  James Rose  Medium Cargo Truck 
Aviation Maintenance The Early Days  Bernie Greer  Aviation Maintenance 
Remembering the 444th  James Rose  Medium Cargo Truck
The Long Tough Road  S4 John Kemp, Army Times submitted by Ed Pavlick  Medium Cargo Truck 
Vietnam's Busiest Port  From the ATAV Newsletter [John Pomponio]  Terminal 
Railway Operations at Tuy Hoa  Henry Statkowski Railroad
The Mysterious Sinking of LCU-63  Robert Garcia, Edmund Sugdinis, Lee Manning and Ralph Grambo  Heavy Boat 
The Army's Largest Boat in Vietnam  Darryl Graney  Terminal 
Major Belch's Bomb Blasters   Roger Hawkins  Truck Battalion 
515 Road Runners   Louis Skender and Photos from T.J. Broussard  Light Truck 
Guntrucks of Ambush Alley  Larry A. Ballard  Medium Cargo Truck 
572nd Transportation Co, Long Binh, Viet Nam, 1967-68 Henry Bechtold  Medium Cargo Truck 
Reunited after 30 Years Larry Agee Heavy Truck
Dollies in Vietnam Rodney Getshman Medium Cargo Truck
TMA Operations in Da Nang and Hue Joel Packman Traffic Management
TC Support of Riverine Operations Ralph Grambo Medium Boat
Cat Lai and the Pineapples Buck Hartman Medium Boat
Getting there is Half the Fun and Orientation Fred Probst Medium Cargo Truck
First Convoy Fred Probst Medium Cargo Truck
Combat Trucking Fred Probst Medium Cargo Truck
Li'l Abner and Heavy Truck Operations from Rick Kouns Rick Kouns Heavy Truck
97th Heavy Boat Company Bill Sadler Heavy Boat
Y-Vessels and Petroleum Distribution in Vietnam Bill Sadler, Ralph Grambo, Dave Brasell Y-Tankers
Petroleum Distribution in I Corps Joe Grillo Medium Petroleum Truck
The GYPSY BANDITS Arrive in Vietnam Jim Donelan Medium Cargo Truck
The GYPSY BANDITS move north to Quang Tri Bill Hampton Medium Cargo Truck
You Guys are Nuts Robert Woods Medium Petroleum Truck
VC Sappers and Rocket Attack Wayne Ferguson PBR
Small Tug ST2110 from Vinh Long Hit by Rocket in Attack at Dong Tam Scott Higginbotham Small Tug
Adjutants Report on 4TC activities for entire years 1968-1969 Ralph Grambo Terminal
Small Ships, Heavy Boats and the Perils of the Long Tau Ship Channel Peter Bayliss Terminal
Small Tug Ambushed while Towing Ammo Barges on the Dong Nai Rod Mitchell Small Tug
The End of U.S. Army Operations at Danang Port Rich Shaffer Terminal
The Army Takes Over Operations at Danang Port Ralph Grambo Terminal
Contact Item from Charles Sims Charles Sims Medium Cargo Truck
Highway Traffic Center David Lupinski Traffic Management
Pipesmoke Bob Morris Aviation Maintenance
The Army's Navy Bob Morris Aviation Maintenance
Avian 34 George Arzente Aviation Maintenance
Pipesmoke Professionalism George Arzente Aviation Maintenance
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My Cat Lai Vacation by Jerry Simmons
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