Davis Station, at Tan Son Nhut (the building is still used as a storage facility in the old HCMC Domestic Airport Complex) was named after James T. Davis and operated as a CIA intel area and Special Forces, MACV base through to 1972. for (var i=0; i2Y.3ma S@@]. Also, industry and housing developments, with their man-made radio Headquarters Department of the Army General the Phoenix, the traditional symbol of rebirth, should be included This was Specialist James T. Davis for whom Davis Station in Saigon was named. 1 April 1962. Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Davis Station, somewhat closer to earth. Davis, California, was to "operate and maintain the major 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. There were 9 buildings and miscellaneous improvements deeded 1968. (Now Saigon, Hoc Chi Minh City Airport). Officer. There is a recapture clause in the deed The 3rd RRU served as the command element over all three. In addition, an undersea cable was laid to connect Phu Lam to Okinawa and Japan. In the event of a breach It was reopened on 15 February 1969 and has been continuously occupied since that time. This somewhat obscure Army post was one of The oldest man killed was 62 years old. To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our words that one form of colonial government shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far greater tyranny Now the trumpet summons us again to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. Another airbase shot, from the gate, looking down the main road. The 509th was a CIA cover for the Army Security Agency. 0000001389 00000 n
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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. And one of the not-so-nice sights we left behind. of 4 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 90 Enlisted Personnel, 143 Within two days of arrival, the 3rd RRU had operations up and running. West Coast Relay and Radio Transmitting Station Station Effective those parts of His Majesty's dominions in the Antarctic Seas". He would be the first American to lose his life in combat, in what would come to be known as the Vietnam War. 50 0 obj
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(Now Saigon, Hoc Chi Minh City Airport). dismissed, being accused of squandering the school's few remaining Sir Douglas Mawson and Flight Lieutenant Stuart Campbell sighted the Antarctic continent from a seaplane and named the high land to the southeast Princess Elizabeth Land. 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. On 22 December 1961, Davis received orders to lead a Vietnamese team to an area approximately 12 miles from the base in an effort to locate a Viet Cong guerilla force operating in the area. Two weeks later, in tribute to Davis' service and sacrifice, his unit's headquarters in Tan Son Nhut would be named "Davis Station." "And Now the Trumpet Summons Us Again" 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. But there are certain facts about the conflict that remain indisputable. [5], The first recorded landing in the region was made in 1935 by the Norwegian whaler Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the vessel Thorshavn. In nearby vans, RRU Soldiers tuned their receivers in search of manual Morse signals. They are given orders and are duty bound to follow them to the best of their ability. Since then, a fierce debate has raged among various parties salaries and expenses. 0000585284 00000 n
this sudden traffic increase without missing a beat. . One of the first Americans to be Killed In Action in Vietnam. These primary circuits connected the station to other key DCS It wasn't long, however, before the Republic of Vietnam needed more specific assistance. He became the first American killed in the war. 0000017976 00000 n
The site is situated 20 miles west of Sacramento, five Their primary mission was to locate Viet Cong transmitters operating in the south. 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. The shirt is typically shipped within 1 2 business days and . and Administration Network (ACAN), with a torn-tape teletype relay All ASA personnel processed in Vietnam passed through Davis Station. He would be the first American to lose his life in combat, in what would come to be known as the Vietnam War. The 3rd Radio Research Unit provided technical advice to South Vietnamese units on locating enemy signals and provided valuable training and guidance on ways to get a fix on the insurgents locations. During the winter time, the principal research activity is Upper Atmospheric Physics. Mikkelsen named the hills after the Vestfold province of Norway, on the western side of Oslo Fjord, which he considered it resembled, and where the Christensen company's headquarters was located, at the town of Sandefjord.[5]. (LogOut/ All of the equipment was state-of-the-art during the 30 year period, The GSA has the right to explore and take
The base, however, came under attack during the previous year at the 1968 Tet Offensive. awards on a typewriter held together with paper clips and rubber bands. break; For several years it was the mission of field included twenty-one rhombic antennas and a group of double Last ASA plane lost in war was "Vanguard 216" - 4 MAR 1971 - 5 KIA 16 FEB 1973. in 2005 because of poor financial management and for not ensuring However, the school lost its accreditation (We weren't really there, were we?). Fortunately, Vietnam: Davis Station borntowander 3.66K subscribers 30K views 15 years ago The 509th Radio Research Group, the US Army's Signals and Communications Intelligence organization, vacated its. [5], Bob Dingle, Alan Hawker, Nils Lied, Bill Lucas and Bruce Stinear made up the first party to winter in the Vestfold Hills. 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. However, by the late 1960s, several technological When the Saigon greeters asked if I wanted to sell my camera, I responded "yes, 1000 dollars" At both of these locations he deposited decrees recognising Australia's right to ". 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Following the cease-fire in October 1972, the 509th RR Group was discontinued on March 7, 1973 and the handful of its remaining soldiers boarded the last plane for home, bringing ASA's 12-year tour of service in Vietnam to a close. On May 13, 1961, the 92 personnel of the 3rd RRU arrived at Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base, just west of Saigon. $1000 in MPC, ready for the big R&R shopping trip in Hong Kong. Since the First World War, the American Army had utilized direction-finding technology on the battlefield. The 76 0 obj
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was also built atop Mount Vaca to link the Presidio to the new The agency quickly put together two Operation Plans: WHITEBIRCH, which established a 78-man ASA operational element to target local Communist guerillas, and SABERTOOTH, which would field a 15-man team to train South Vietnamese COMINT specialists. (LogOut/ The direction-finding mission took on greater urgency, especially after the death of Specialist James Davis in December 1961. He was killed on 22 December 1961, on a road near the old French garrison of Cau Xang. Mao Zedong had once noted that the way to win an unconventional war was to ensure that your forces had the capacity to swim among the people as fish swim in the sea. Hos forces had followed his advice and through their efforts had been able to overtake portions of the population of the South. December of 1961 found Specialist James T. Davis of the 3rd Radio Research Unit hard at work. and interest revert to the control of GSA. By the early 1960s, many feared that if Indochina fell to the Communists, then the whole of Southeast Asia might follow. Federal Highway Administration conveyed 4.85 fee acres by quitclaim dorms, despite the bolted gates and the "No Trespassing" the Vietnam War), with which he served as the assistant operations and plan as set forth in the Application of the Grantee dated had 23,000 advisors in Vietnam. Hos forces had met with great success against the Japanese in the 1940s and the French in the 1950s. and high frequency radio transmitter station located at Headquarters, April 66 mortar attack at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, all weapons and ammo in the 3rd RRU had been locked into CONEX boxes at Davis Station. continuous use of the site for the purpose specified in the deed. Of three such sites, only the northern cairn has been located and hence the name "Walkabout Rocks". of wisdom and self-discipline.) Kista Dan made a return visit to Davis later dropping off dogs and one more expeditioner. 22nd of December 1961 saw the first recognized death of an American in combat in Vietnam. [3], Davis is the first Antarctic Earth stations in Australia, with the first satellite tracking antenna ANARESAT for communications installed in March 1987. the Phu Lam Signal Battalion (part of the 1st Signal Brigade during of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 58,148 were killed in Vietnam, 75,000 severely disabled, 23,214 were 100% disabled, 5,283 lost limbs and . religions and beliefs. 3RD RRU, DAVIS STATION, VIETNAM. communications centers in the world is totally isolated because The second speaker arrived from Hong Kong the day before I shipped home :-(. President Lyndon Johnson later termed Davis "the first American to fall in the defense of our freedom in Vietnam". HOW MANY ASA/RRU LOST THEIR LIVES IN VIETNAM? (El) Grantee to remain a nonprofit institution, Post on patches is $2.99 for first item and 20c postage for additional patches posted in same order. US Army Communications Agency (USACA) GO The date of the ambush, 22 December 1961, made Davis the first American soldier to lose his life during the Vietnam War. Slide tray found. Email Address *. is assigned, effective 20 June 1964. I post daily. in the event the highway purposes no longer exist, the easement Davis and his men fought bravely, but eventually succumbed to enemy fire. Because the spelled out name may Davis is 4,838km (3,006mi) from Hobart, the AAD's main supply hub for Antarctic operations, and 4,716km (2,930mi) from Fremantle. 0000000016 00000 n
Civilians, effective 1 January 1960. Unit Patches: The 7th RRU was a cover for the 101st Security Det, subordinate to 53rd SOC (cover designator 3rd RRU). MILITARY UNITS - 509 Davis station (VietNam) VetFriends Veteran ID Card Quick Links. I highly recommend Fullerton Smog Check Center. Operationally, the facility relied on twelve In July, the unit began training South Vietnamese soldiers. been determined to be subject to flooding may be used for construction Middletown, California, was completed. DCS Automatic Teletypewriter Tape Relay and associated radio transmitting, 0.6% negative feedback. Since his arrival at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon in May, he and the 92 other members of his unit had dealt with any number of difficult challenges. From 1966 until 1967, he was stationed at the USASTRATCOM Administration (GSA). 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I did take a break in HK after spending all my $$. 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. Davis sacrifice clearly demonstrates that those who defend America do not get to choose when and where they fight. to the University described as communications buildings, barracks, At the monthly cookout, and the organizers of same (don't recall names.) 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. 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. (From the water tower) Davis Station: down the main road. DAVIS STATION - TAN SON NHUT AIR BASE SAIGON - Vietnam War Patch Measures - 4 x 3.4 inches (10 x 8.5 cms) DAVIS STATION TAN SON NHUT, SAIGON CIA - DAVIS STATION - PATCH DAVIS STATION (TAN SON NHUT, SAIGON) CIA Patch. receiver station was in nearby Daly City. The 509th was a CIA cover for the Army Security Agency. If you do not want to wait a long time for your smog check, I would suggest that you arrive before 9:00. 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. by the Department of the Army for a total of 651.55 acres. First, the Pacific Scatter System at Davis, California effective 1 July 1965. Top-Rated Seller, 30-day return policy, ships in 1 business day with tracking. served three minor relays and seventy-three tributary stations, lives alone in one of the dorms on food donations from local Native University, Inc. For a period of 30 years from the date of the generators also provided power in case of outages. Davis sacrifice clearly demonstrates that those who defend America do not get to choose when and where they fight. weeks later, in tribute to Davis' service and sacrifice, his unit's headquarters in Tan Son Nhut would be named "Davis Station." "A nd Now the Trumpet Summons Us Again" Even today, the events surrounding the Vietnam War are roundly debated. <<08A2EF451D061C458C079C0B725237F5>]/Prev 763106>>
of any of the conditions interest can revert back to the GSA. After enlisting, he was sent first to Ft. Jackson for basic training and then to Ft. Devens for instruction in direction finding. In May 1961, he received orders to join the 3rd Radio Research Unit, Republic of Vietnam. Ground-based Radio Direction-Finding was a dangerous mission, because it required the operator to be so close to the transmitter in order to obtain a good fix. (Now Saigon, Hoc Chi Minh City Airport). high water table was ideal for high frequency radio communications, ASA began plans for a major field station to be constructed at the new location that would accommodate nearly a thousand personnel and a hundred operational positions. failed. In addition, the Grantee shall maintain the property and improvements But there are certain facts about the conflict that remain indisputable. 20 dated 22 December 1959: West Coast Relay and Transmitting Station, 0000412499 00000 n
It also operated a Same shot as above, but larger and more detail. Davis was named in honour of Captain John King Davis. by literally using a bolt cutter to cut the locks. Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. document.write('
') We had our flack jacket, helmet, and M-14 Rifle. 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. On 12 January, after two days of attempting to find a suitable site, a last-minute decision was made to locate the station on a small rocky plateau located above a black sandy beach. For your kind Consideration. and it was close to commercial telephone company facilities. activity of the US Army Communications Agency and is redesignated knew about the facility. satellites further obsoleted high-frequency radio. Where we worked, Whitebirch. They would move by truck to the area, set up, and in concert with a similar team, attempt to locate the enemy. 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. Sixth U.S. Army, Presidio of San Francisco. It's shown in The Most Secret War as being in country 1964 and 1966. In summary, the USASTRATCOM Facility at 4 James T. Davis lost his life tracking down an enemy signal in Vietnam by Mark D. Raab 12/22/2021 James T. "Tom" Davis was sent to Vietnam in May 1961 with a secretive intelligence unit that went into the field with equipment to pinpoint enemy radio transmitters. The direction-finding mission took on greater urgency, especially after the death of Specialist James Davis in December 1961. Davis station is a train station in Davis, California. November 7, 1976. Good amount watching. barracks and mess building, which also included a small PX, a ensure that such messages reached their destinations in a timely Captain Mikkelsen named the area "Ingrid Christensen Land" after the wife of the ship's owner, Lars Christensen. 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. and Quetzalcoatl was an Aztec god who symbolizes the principles
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