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Photo by Sp5 Robert
Minutello, 1st- IQ, Patients of the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon get some
excellent therapy as they watch Nancy Sinatra share a dance with PFC Patrick
J. Kunz. Nancy later visited bedridden patients a the 44th Medical
Brigade Hospital
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Date with Chris and
Nancy Sinatra
Saigon, Feb 7 (UPI) Singer Nancy
Sinatra, in a mini-skirt, put on a show Monday for wounded servicemen.
She kissed some of them on the cheek and said she would carry messages
to wives and sweethearts at home.
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Miss Sinatra showed up at
a field hospital to Saigon about an hour before show time. She walked
through the wards, sat on the edge of patients' beds and introduced herself.
"Hi, I'm Nancy Sinatra, " she told Airman 2.C Barry Jones of Little Rock
Ark.
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Officers to Call
She asked him if there was
anyone she could telephone for him when she returned to the United States
and he said to call his girl friend. She promised and jotted down
his name and the name of his girl in a notebook.
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Before she left Jone's bedside,
she bent over and planted a big smudge of lipstick on his cheek.
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Sfc. Murel Blevins of Welch
W. VA, turned down her offer. "Home?" he said, "Shucks, man, I got a duffle
bag and lie out of it. ''Spec Jim Moore of Auburn, MA attached to the 25th
Infantry Division medical detachment at the hospital, whistled as Nancy
walked past and said: "Wow! She's great."
Sfc, Robert Lee of Methuen,
MA thought so too. "She's not only great, has a great figure, and
all, but has a great voice." he said..
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Vietnam Veterans
Yesterday and today
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notes are in honor of Nancy's visit to Vietnam in February of 1967.
The following comments are proof-positive of how highly thought of Nancy
became, and still is, to the GI's who saw her or just heard that she had
been in Vietnam. We are honored to print them here in this newsletter. |
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.DICK
DETRA - Door Gunner - 188th Artist Hey Now - This story
is about a couple of crew chiefs in the 188th Assault Helicopter Company
Black Widows and the GunShip Platoon Spiders. We were located at
a place called Dau Tieng, in the midst of the Michelin rubber plantation
of Binh Duong Province, III Corps Area of Operations. Dau Tieng was
also known as Camp Rainier, home of the 3rd Brigade of the Funky Fourth
and later the Electric Strawberry. Being out in the middle of nowhere,
our base camp only had a couple of Phillipino groups play for us.
None of the big USO shows played there. Only the more secure base
camps got those shows. I'm sure there were exceptions. We had
one for the 188th one-year anniversary - after being formed at Fort Campbell,
Kentucky on November 1, 1966. When Bob Hope came to CuChi for Christmas
1967, the only people who went were part of the flight crews of our Commanding
Officer and staff. The rest of us were just SOL. At that time
we were painting a lot of door art on our assigned helicopters, so a bunch
of us used the names from hit songs of 1967. John Moore, a second
platoon crew chief and my hootch mate, asked me to paint "Summer Wine"
on the doors of his huey. Since I was in the business of painting
names for others in the unit, how could I say no? John relayed how
he enjoyed listening to Nancy Sinatra and that's why he wanted his huey
to have that name. There was another crew chief in the unit who had
me paint "Boots" on both of his doors, which immortalized Nancy as
part of our unit. I was a door gunner in the unit and was truly freaked
out most of the time, as were the rest of our flight. Getting used
to combat is a very hard thing to do, especially under fire. Those
brave souls who performed for us in a combat zone did more than they can
ever know. We salute Nancy, Bob, Martha and every performer who made
us laugh and forget for a few short moments where we were.
PAUL MASI - Chapter 82, Nassau
County, Vietnam Veterans of America 1st V.P. USMC RVN 1966-1967
1st MARINE DIVISION, 7th ENGINEERSI recently read about your interest in
those who saw Nancy perform in Vietnam. I am one of them as Nancy
came to my camp back in 1967. We set up a small wooden stage and
she performed. The pictures I had of her and other places, including
Bangkok, Thailand, are gone. Nancy was right there with the late
Martha Raye and, of course, Mr. Bob Hope. What a trio of great entertainers
who gave a lot to so many of us.
Walt Maxam I was
in Cam Rahn Bay when Nancy did a show there in late '66 or early '67 (not
sure of the dates). At any rate, we were way back and the pics I
took that night were quite small. I did take a picture of a bunch
of Navy guys on a "mike" boat on our way over to the show that evening.
My point is that I met Nancy at the Viet Nam Veterans of America convention
this past August in Anaheim. My pic of her was way too small to even
see, but she did autograph the pic of the guys on the boat. I found
her to be an exceptional and gracious lady. I mentioned that I had
seen her and her band ("Gordian Knot") during my tour in Nam. She
was quite surprised that I remembered the name of the band. I gained
a whole new respect for her that day as I felt she really cared and took
the time to interact with vets in that long autograph line. Don't
care if this makes it n the salute to Nancy - just wanted to say "Thanks,
Nancy. The Navy guys love ya."
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Newspaper article
just before Nancy left for Vietnam
The 60's These
Boots Are Made for Walkin'Bikini
clad vocalist Nancy Sinatra can't seem to make up her mind which pair of
boots to take along when she leave the U.S. for a tour of Vietnam in February.
Nancy recently made a hit recording of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" |
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and credit is given to all the officers and enlisted men on board the SAR
ships who braved the savage seas and enemy torpedoes, none of which struck
a ship. |
In Loving Memory - Ed Holdren
- YN3, Comservron Seven Staff
Dedicated to a pilot
we never knew - on behalf of all who tried to find and rescue our brave
young hero. PILOT LOST AT SEA
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"Where he be?" we
shouted chopping thru the sea so mean
In '66 after that brave
young man in his flying machine
Flew danger close
over a POL for a mere fee
Only to have a samsite
make him a pilot lost at sea
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Chopping slowly as
we crept along
Our Lat and Long much
too close to Haiphong
Peering overboard
our hope his buoyant life to see
A vigil desperately
searching for the pilot lost at sea
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An A-4 is an awesome
merchant of death
Die commie bastards,
today you draw your final breath
For you are the pitiful
target of this rare breed
Wanting nothing but
to do his patriotic deed
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Seven sleepless nights
on the prowl
Commie torpedo boats
dead ahead someone howled
Damn the torpedoes
for now, later we can bleed
For that brave young
pilot lost at sea.
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veterans today and yesterday |
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