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FIRETREE LIMA NINER

FOUR PAGES OF PHOTOS AND OTHER INFORMATION.

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I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO CHARLES E. HODGENS AND HIS SON, CHARLES E. HODGENS, JR, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SITE. MANY OF THE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION WERE RECENTLY PROVIDED BY THEM

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Bruce Pritchett, 1966 and 20 years later (Add gray for recent photos)

Original orders cut to send personnel from Phan Rang AB to Phu Cat on 1 August 1966 (Courtesy Charles E. Hodgens, USAF Retired)

The First Kingsmen Emblem, Hand-Made Out of Plywood and Hand-Painted

This is part of an aerial photo I acquired, denoting the location of the first 37th APS campsite

This Buddhist Temple was the first thing we saw as we pulled in to what was to become Phu Cat Air Base

Ten of the Original 53 Members of the 37th APS at Phu Cat (Bruce Pritchett on left of picture;Capt. Sullivan in the Center; SSgt. Newell Swartz, far right; A2C Alexander Kubik, kneeling center)

Unloading our gear the first day.

Our first homes at Phu Cat

The first BOQ, Capt. Sullivan's residence (Capt. Sullivan on left; MSgt ?, NCOIC of the first 819CES Red Horse contingency at Phu Cat)

Firing the "50"; One of the first Outer Perimeter Observation Posts (A2C Daniel J. Barman pictured)

Two secretaries at new compound in front of the "Club"

The first 819CES Compound (Red Horse)

819th CES Area

SSgt Sheffield "playing" with George Sevier's dog (This is how the first K9's were housed, before kennels were built)

A1C Vincent Hamilton at the Phu Cat "Regis Styling Salon"

ROK Capt. Park and his men (Diet Pepsi, now, uh-huh, uh-huh)

A2C Stephan J. McKee (Wonder where he got the nickname "Spanky"). Bottom photo is another pic of SSgt Sheffield and Sevier's dog

More of the original group with Capt. Sullivan (Hey, Karnis! Who showed you how to carry that M16?)

Safe Conduct Pass dropped over VC locations

These and 39 cents will buy you a hamburger at McDonald's on Wednesdays

A1C Hamilton on the gate at new compound; note the sign "Relax, This Area Was Secured 1 Aug 66" (Photo courtesy Robert M. Sullivan, Lt.Col., retired)

These are three generations of VC that we captured attempting to set an explosive device on the railroad tracks on base property (Grandfather, Father, 17 year old son). We turned them over to the Vietnamese Army Intelligence where they reportedly "died during interrogation"

ORIGINAL CADRE, Phu Cat Air Base, 1966 to 1967

On August 1, 1966, Captain Robert M. Sullivan, 53 Air Policemen, and a contingent of 554CES and 555CES personnel from Phan Rang and Cam Ranh Bay set up camp adjacent to a Buddhist cemetery on what would become Phu Cat Air Base. Little is known or written about this original group of personnel and their contribution to Phu Cat Air Base.

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