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Boot camp in Great Lakes, IL
Retired at Little Creek, VA

 

60 MM Mortar in the side of a Vietnamese Trooper

60MM Mortar in side of Vitnamese Trooper. Click for larger view!

60 mm Mortar x ray

 

The story about a 60mm Mortar ending up in the side of a South Vietnamese soldier.

The mortar had come down hitting the hatch of the APC the guy was riding in and then glanced off the side of his helmet. There were two scratch marks on the mortar just behind the fuse area. So yes he was a very lucky guy. The doctor was a Navy Capt. Dinsmore I gave him a copy of the original mortar after I inerted it.

I did the job with Shorty Lyons. It was Shorty's first week in country and he begged to go on a job with me. I was Chief of the team in Da Nang and he was TAD from Pearl. So I let him come along. The doctor wanted to operate from behind sand bags with a knife on the end of a broom handle. (you can see the sand bags in the second picture below titled "Ready for Surgery") I asked him, "How fast can you duck when the case starts to swell."

I explained a little about how the fuse might work if we increase or released pressure on it. He understood that if we kept the pressure on the fuse constant it would be safe. While I was going over this with the Capt. Shorty got a gown and gloves on to help in the operation room. He held the mortar steady while the doctor cut around it. He gave it to me and I took it out into a field and unscrewed the mortar from the fuze.

I think Shorty got a bronze star for it later as the newspaper guys all took pictures of him and the Capt. while I was out in the safe area unscrewing the mortar from the fuze. When I got back all the news people had left. grin!

I kept the orignal for use as a training aid. Later at Ft. Story, VA. it was part of the set up for our VC village training area.

 

 

Click the six images below for larger image

60 MM Motar

60 MM Mortar in his side

60 mm mortar

Ready for surgery

After Removal

After removal

After Surgery with the doctor

Doctor Dinsmore did the surgery

Capt Dinsmore and Shorty Click for larger view! Capt Dinsmore and Vietnames soldier click for larger view!
   

Fozen clothes December 1955!

Boot Camp Great Lakes, IL


Gunner Bureker Camp Ten Sha, Vietnam 1966

Pet Snake in Da Nang Vietnam 1965

11 3/4 foot Rock Python (It takes a 12 footer to kill a man?)

On the way to Rota, Spain

CWO2 Rota, Spain

Recieved Navy Accomotadtion medal for Vietnam work

 

Appointed as CWO4 In Rota, Spain
CWO4 Rota Spain

CVA 9 USS Essex

USS Essex CVA 9

USS Independence CVA 62
Med Cruise on the Independence CVA 62 1960 - 1961

USS America CVA 66

USS America CVA 66 World Cruise to Vietnam 1970

 


USS Kearsarge CVA 33
USS Kearsarge CVA 33
 
W Division on the Essex CVA9 first cruise as Nuclear Weapons Assembly!
Top Left on the USS Essex CVA 9 Mediterranean Cruise 1960

AO A School Class 56-27 NAS JAX 9/28/1956

 

Nevada Test Site Spring of 1963

UWSS two classes 1965
Honor Man at Under Water Swimmer School Class January 1965
Link to page

 

Jack Brown in Key West UWSS Warman Creighton Marshall and Peatie
Key West USS Jack Brown
Key West, McVey pushing free assent diving bell!
Key West UWSS

EOD Class October 1965
Honor Man at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Class October 1965

Honor Man EOD School Indianhead, MD October 1965

One Year as Navy EOD team Da Nang, Vietnam

Navy Commendation Medal for Vietnam EOD service

First Technical Escort Class May 1967 brand new WO1 front row 4th from the right.

USS Ability Cruise first Officer in Charge EOD team job!

 

PO 1 Lancaster 120 feet on USS America Anchor!

PO Lancaster on the anchor of the USS America CVA 66 120 feet down

Diving job on the USS America

Gunner trying to get back in the raft!

Screw inspection on the USS America CVA 66

Screw Inspection the Gunner found a cover plate missing could that cause the vibrations?

 

Parachute Packer Certificate Rota Spain

Basic Parachuteists Certificate Rota Spain.

 

Jupmaster Training Certificate Rota Spain
In the door at Rota Spain with full scuba under the shute
Out the door in full scuba Rota Spain


In full Scuba under the Parachute

Tel Aviv, Israel ID card working for Intel Recovery.

American Embassy Honorary Membership Award (Serious).

American Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel Award for Fun!

 

It is hot in this thing!

Rocket fuel handling suit for defueling Scud Missiles

Rocket Fuel Suit for Scud Missiles in Israel

Defuel Scud Missiles

Filling the Rocket Fuel Containers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Link to Navy EOD Association

Link to National EOD Association

Mine Sweeper Cruise

EOD Badges Page

Larry Hart's Page

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