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This all makes sense. I needed a complete rebuild when I came home. ![Thumbs Up [thumbzup] [thumbzup]](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_thumzup.gif)
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I guess the most important thing is that you did come home.This all makes sense. I needed a complete rebuild when I came home.![]()
One of the Vietnam era Huey pilots that used to fly us around said they would fly stuff out over Cam Ranh Bay and drop it into the ocean to keep from giving it to the ARVN.
Everything from refrigerators to trucks......it went in the drink...supposedly this was with the approval of the head brass.
When they evacuated Siagon they were pushing choppers over the side of aircraft carriers because they had no room to store them.
I think member Rickv100 has a list of V ship-out dates. Drop him a PM see if he has info which may give you some clues.Wish I could find that kind of info on the E2s.
Jeff
Very well stated, Sir.Wow a thread about history on SS. Guess I need to come out of my hole more often.
Yes we left ALOT of stuff after our departure when it comes to trucks. I know that the bulk of our stuff shipped out for rebuild eventually would return state side and what was still active in RVN, would remain there after the last american stepped on the chopper.
"Eve" was mentioned in the thread and she was a rare case in that she was all cleaned up and overhauled by the 523'rd motor pool, her guns were crated and she was shipped DIRECT from Vietnam to the Museum at Ft Eustes by the unit commander. He had the vision to send her home to represent what she was built to do. Its sad that her reasoning had been forgotten when it came to us going back to war in Iraq.
Helicopters and aircraft were also left but when we pulled out, lots of aircraft that were still active returned home. Most aircraft like our L-19's, F-5's and A-37, T-28's and AD skyraiders were considered obsolete so they were left with the ARVN units. But the bulk of our helicopter force would return home and the bulk of your UH-1's that you will see today at VFW's and Legion posts have a VERY GOOD chance that they were in RVN. So when you see that airframe sitting by the road and looking a bit tired. Go pat her on the nose and say "Job well done" she deserves it.
Well my thought is to say yes that its possible. If a truck was damaged in action that required rebuild. It could have been shipped to one of the overhaul facilities and remained there at wars end. Since the war was over, its possible that it would have been shipped to other locations for contuned service and I would think that Germany would be a higher percentage then lets say the US as they were produced here and if a stateside unit needed one, they would get a factory one. (but that the thought of the govt using rational thinking and not wanting to spend taxpayers money)Dit any trucks (M51a2, m52a2, or M54a2) shipped from Vietnam to Germany?