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Re: BIG BEAR'S REMF AND STUFF |
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Subject: Re: BS BROOKS VIETNAM LIES
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:09:06 -0400
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"Big Bear" <bigbear1wh@nativeweb.net> wrote in message
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"Dai Uy" wrote
: "DGVREIMAN" wrote:
: > Doug Says: I still am not sure you were at that reunion
last
: > year. What was your proof again? Something from Gary
wasn't it?
: > Or photos from the 2005 Vet Day gathering?
:
: This self explanatory photo IS from the 14th Annual
Wolfhound
: Reunion 2005 http://tinyurl.com/l735o
:
: From URL: http://tinyurl.com/r5us2
:
: Introduction:
: Alfred R. Snyder (Big Bear)
: drafted 2/69
: Boot Camp/AIT - Fort Jackson, SC 2/69-6/69
: 30 day leave
: Vietnam 7/69-7/70
: Co. B, 1/27 Wolfhounds, 25th Division, III Corps
: grenadier.
: 30 day leave
: Stateside - Fort Carson, CO
: Discharged - 2/71
:
: > The Vet Day gathering
: > was not the reunion, and why hide your information anyway.
Most
: > Vietnam vets are proud of their service, what are you so
ashamed
: > of?
:
: Come on Bear, why not be as straightforward about your
service as
: Doug had been when he first appeared on AWV?
http://tinyurl.com/khovw
:
: That is a very interesting posting. Does that ring any
alarm bells?
:
:
: > Also didn't you say your former Hound CO would vouch for
: > you? Are you sure of that claim?
: >
: > Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: Bear has voluntarily provided ten times the information
that Doug
: presented. He has not threatened to sue anyone.
Doug Says: Duh, when I was forced into this NG it was because
people were already trying to smear me on the basis of what they
were falsely claiming I said in the past. Only a complete fool
would provide obvious smear merchants and unethical liars and
fraud merchants ANY information. I did not join this NG to
participate in discussions about Vietnam, if I had, I certainly
would have revealed everything asked about that service, but
instead, I was forced here to defend myself. Quite a bit of
difference. Big Bear has posted some information about his
service above that means 50 times more than any photographs.
That is if it is true and he is who he says he is.
:
: If you didn't constantly resort the childish insults "Big
Butt,"
: "Pooh Bear," etc., you could have just asked him. You didn't
ask if he
: were a Wolfhound, you said he was not, that he was a fraud.
You
: wondered if he was a combat vet -- insinuating that he was
not -- but
: why would he answer you after all of your insults.
Doug Says: I only insulted him in response to his insulting me.
And then only after he maliciously libeled me as well based upon
pure ***** from you and BS Brooks. This guy is clearly a BS
Brooks sock puppet and everyone that posts here knows it. Why is
the question if he is truly a Vietnam Vet? Why attack other Vets?
I haven't lied a farthing about my service, and my records prove
that fact. Why enter this NG with attacks and defamation?
:
: I'll ask him.
:
: Bear, are you a "combat" vet? You know what a "combat"
vet is?
Yes. Yes.
Doug Says: A "Combat Vet" designation is someone that has seen
combat in a war. Most people know that, and no doubt that
question probably is not a question you needed to ask any Vietnam
Veteran. However, it is important that this definition be linked
to the DOD's definition, of a "Combat Veteran." For years the
proper definition of a "Combat Veteran" is anyone that received
Combat Pay and has spent more than 90 days in a combat zone
(There are other qualifications if a Soldier was not in a war
zone long enough to earn Combat pay).
It is the DOD's position that it is possible that an 11B at Cam
Rahn Bay, although an infantryman, could experience much less
danger than a Cook at the 25th Infantry base camp. "Danger"
Hazardous" are the two key phrases that describe "Combat
Veterans." It was clearly the position of the DOD that a grunt
that saw little or limited action cannot be deemed more of a
"Combat Veteran" than a First Sergeant that is ducking Rocket and
Mortars while playing "sitting target" in an orderly room back at
base camp. (Big Bear calls these sitting ducks "REMF.")
If any Vietnam Veteran drew combat pay, you can bet he was in
danger, and in a combat area. Some vets were of course in more
danger than others depending upon the dates they were in Vietnam,
and where they were located during their time in Vietnam. But
anyone that went to Vietnam and drew combat pay was certainly in
some level of danger of losing his life and limb.
Actual Combat Defined: (American heritage dictionary)
Com-bat...1. To oppose in battle; fight against. 2. To oppose
vigorously, struggle against.
I would say most men that pulled any kind of combat related duty
in Vietnam, especially during 1968, would certainly qualify as
"to oppose in battle."
Question from Dai Uy:
: Have you been wounded, or watched your friends wounded or
killed?
Big Bear answer:
Yes to all.
Doug Says: Now that is an interesting response. Assuming he
received a Purple Heart for his wounds, (or not) I congratulate
him for his sacrifice of life and limb to his country. But I am
somewhat
confused?http://brownwater-navy.com/guestbook/army-gb.htm
At the above Web Site, Big Bear's CO, Cpt. Henry P. Bergson, (Feb
1969 to March 1970) said that during his entire command of
Company B, 1/27th (Big Bear's unit) he only lost one KIA.
Here is what Cpt. Bergson posted - I have emphasized the key
passage with **:
"Henry Bergson Company Commander: A name found and remembered
Shelby Stover was a member of B Co 1/27 Inf 25th Div. I was his
company commander. For many years after I came to grips with my
Vietnam experience **I had been trying to remember the name of
the only soldier from B Company who was killed when I was the
commander."**
So if Big Bear has watched his friends killed, then I assume he
was friends with "Hillbilly" (Shelby Stover) and he and Cpt.
Bergson were together when Hillbilly was killed? And shouldn't
that be watched a "friend" killed and not "friends?"
However, I will say this Cpt. Bergson must have been one hellva
Company Commander. To lead those men through all that combat and
not lose more than one KIA is an amazing and commendable feat of
leadership if you ask me. I highly respect any officer that takes
care of his men, and clearly Cpt. Bergson was one of those rare
officers that did precisely that.
Yet I wish I could make the same claim as Cpt. Bergson did when I
was involved in patrols for the 25th Infantry. But then my time
in the 25th was at a very different time than Big Bear's. I was
in the 25th during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and the
counteroffensives, and during that short period the 25th lost a
high percentage of its casualties for the entire war:
As just a couple of examples: http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
As the above Web Site confirms, In 1968 US Casualty figures for
US KIA, WIA AND MIA
were 102,158 in total.
In 1969 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 64,916
In 1970 total U.S. Kia, WIA and MIA were 29,157
In 1971 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 19,489
So if Big Bear arrived in Vietnam in July 1969 and left in July
1970, (like he said above) the approximate amount of total KIA,
WIA, and MIA that occurred during his period in Vietnam for all
U.S. units would have been:
47,036
However, for my period in Vietnam, the approximate total KIA, WIA
and MIA for all units was
(92% of 1968's totals =93, 985, and 33% of 1969 = 21,422) or a
total of:
115, 407.
So Big Bear's war produced a total of 46,036 casualties for all
units in Vietnam during his time in Vietnam, and my war produced
a total of 115, 407 casualties for all units in Vietnam during my
time in that country. ***My war produced 2&1/2 times the amount
of US casualties as Big Bear's war.***
It is very clear to anyone objective that Big Bear's war, and my
war, while both occurring in Vietnam, were very different wars.
Also look at Dai Uy's war period: In 1970: 29,157 versus my
115,407. Again two different wars. (That is not to diminish Big
Bear's service nor personal danger, nor Dai Uy's, these figures
are presented to simply show that all Vietnam experiences,
opinions, slang and conclusions can never be the same).
I have often said that your experiences in Vietnam are directly
related to where you were, what you were doing, and at what time
you were there. Nothing Big Bear experienced was anything
remotely like what I saw and experienced during the Tet offensive
period, and the rest of 1968 for that matter, and Dai Uy's
experiences were nothing like mine nor Big Bear's.
During the Tet offensive and counteroffensive periods, (Feb
through June 1968) most of the really good fighting Units in the
25th were down in Saigon or at Hoc Mon defending Saigon. That
left no one to defend the base camps and complete the necessary
sweeps, interdiction and ambush patrols needed to control the
25th's sector of responsibility. The Adjutant of the 25th wrote a
letter and even offered special leave for anyone that did not
have a 11B-11C or other combat related MOS to volunteer for
combat duties, (that letter must still be in the 25th Archives).
Hundreds volunteered. I was one of them. I was assigned to
Company D 1/27th for a very short time, (three weeks I believe
and never had to report) and my combat experiences for the 25th
occurred mostly in a volunteer reactionary force hodgepodge
company that Division controlled. Thank God it was a temporary
assignment, but I saw enough combat to last me a lifetime, and I
suspect more than Big Bear and Dai Uy have seen combined (judging
from what Cpt. Bergson has said and what Dai Uy has said. I of
course could be wrong about that, but that is my opinion).(I
should also mentioned that I did participate in some other Combat
duties after I left the 25th).
Some time in the past I mentioned the names of two men I lost on
one of those RIF patrols I was on when I was in the 25th
Infantry. Their names were Olson and Nelson. Both were in my
squad, and both were wounded on the same night, and both received
their purple hearts the next day. Olson was med evaced out, and
Nelson told me later that he had heard Olson had died of his
wounds. (Yet his name is not on the wall). (They were both either
SP4's or PFC's, at the time and Nelson later made E-5 -and with a
court's help I should be able to easily find them as they were
both wounded on the same day -how many men named Nelson and Olson
could possibly be wounded on the same day in the same unit?) I
also lost another KIA when I was recruiting available men for a
reactionary patrol in May, 1968, while we were under a vicious
Rocket/Mortar attack, and he was not an infantryman either. (I
will need to check the NARA for records to be absolutely sure of
his name, as like Cpt. Bergson, sometimes these kinds of memories
are blotted out. Yet I believe his name was Sp4 Pate or something
similar). I also lost approximately four other men to wounds
later, two others to Convoy duty, and a few of the men on guard
duty or reactionary force duty in the 1969 Can Tho attack that
were killed or wounded were billeted in a barracks in which I was
the senior NCO, and thereby I was partially responsible to make
sure they pulled that duty. And when I was a member of a large
RIF or an Interdiction patrol, I also saw many other casualties
that were suffered by other units working with my patrols.
No doubt Big Bear, from his memories and his perspective, has
developed opinions about the Vietnam war. I on the other hand,
have based my opinions from what I experienced and did, which was
clearly very different from anyone else's experiences that was
not in the 25th and in the other units I was in during my Vietnam
tours of duty.
Big Bear is of course entitled to his opinions, and I to mine.
Question from Dai Uy:
: Have you killed?
Big Bear's Answer:
Fortunately for my consicence, during a firefight in the dark,
there is no
way of telling who really was responsible for the killing.
Doug Says:
A rifleman, M-60 man, and even a Grenadier firing only at flash
points at night would know that he killed the VC/NVA he was
aiming at when the bodies were rounded up for a BC. A patrol,
even at a squad level, would have pre-designed ranges and areas
of fire responsibilities, if not, and especially at night, the
men could end up firing at each other. If a Grenadier pops a HE
round at a flash point at night, and then later a enemy body is
taken from that area with his head or limbs blown off, there is
little doubt in the patrol who was responsible for the kill.
However, for the sake of his conscience, if Big Bear does not
want to admit to killing anyone that is certainly up to him. But
he is wrong about there being no way of telling who was
responsible for the kill "all the time." Sometimes it is
impossible to tell, but most of the time it is not. When I was in
Vietnam BC was a big big deal, perhaps things changed after I
left. Or perhaps tactics changed dramatically.
Question from Dai Uy:
: Do you know what combat is really like?
Big Bear
Definitely.
Doug:
So do I.
: Do you know what the rear is like?
Yes I do. I was witness to it while on stand down, while
attending Tropic
Lightming Leadership Course, Tropic Lightning Demolition
Course, and while
passing through on the way to R&R.
Doug Says: I don't think there was *any* rear areas in the 25th
Infantry Division during the Tet offensive. Charlie was hitting
the mess halls, the airfields, the ***** houses and the showers
almost daily. I don't know how many hits the Alamo took during
that period, but it was more than once.
Question from Dai Uy:
: Did you have to pull guard duties when you were on stand
down? Was
: that combat?
Answer from Big Bear:
Nope. Stand down wasn't combat.
Doug Says: Please now. That is not what he asked you. If you were
really standing down and resting you would not have any duties to
pull, except drink beer. If you believe Bunker line guard duty,
and guard S&D, Eagle Eye, and RIF patrols are not combat,
especially when a base camp is under attack, then you need to
contact the families that were killed performing that duty and
let them know that according to PFC Big Bear, their sons were not
killed in combat like the US Army told them.
In my entire history of dealing with Vietnam Veterans, I have
found only two that claim that fighting the enemy with any MOS
other than 11B-11C etc.., was not "combat." Those two Vietnam
Vets are coincidently (perhaps coincidently) both posting on this
Newsgroup. Big Bear and Nigel Brooks are the two I am talking
about (I haven't heard this from Dai Uy, but after this post no
doubt I will - gang unity and all that).
Frankly, I am amazed at the disrespect PFC Big Bear and the other
PFC draftee Brooks have for those that risked their lives
everyday in and around base camps throughout Vietnam. Anyone that
claims Bunker Line Guard Duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive was
"not combat" disagrees with the DOD, the commanding officer of
the 25th Infantry Division, and I suspect just about every
officer and NCO that was assigned to the 25th Infantry during the
Vietnam war. Of course it was combat! And when I was in Vietnam a
lot more men lost their lives pulling that duty than PFC Big Bear's
unit lost in his entire tour of duty! In Can Tho alone, as just
one example, *all* of the men that lost their lives or were
wounded during the attack on the Can Tho airbase in 1969 were
pulling "guard duty or reactionary force duty." (Not counting the
MP's of course-but then PFC Big Bear calls the MP's REMF).
(Also I do not believe Big Bear was just a PFC like his roster
name states. I don't know anyone that spent an entire year in a
rifle platoon in the 25th that did not at least make SP4. But I
notice above where Big Bear revealed some of his military
information that his rank is conspicuously missing. So all I have
to go on is the name and rank on some mysterious roster his buddy
Andy sent me, and that says PFC - so Big Bear and Brooks should
both correct me if I am wrong -(mysterious roster because I asked
Andy where he got the roster and he never replied).
If a company came in from the field to rest (stand down) and that
unit was not required to pull reactionary force duty, bunker
guard duty, convoy duty, nor any other base camp protection
duty -that meant someone else was pulling those combat duties for
them. But if they were NOT in the field for very long and had
just returned and were not scheduled for rest, then even the men
in these rifle units were required to pull all of those said
combat duties. Moreover, during Tet 1968, including the May 1968
Tet offensive, the US forces were suffering many casualties in
their base camps throughout Vietnam. Does PFC Big Bear also claim
that patrols outside the wire on base camps and in and around
forward fire bases is "rear echelon duty?" Yet, in spite of his
claims of REMF he cannot remember a single firefight in which he
can positively say he shot anyone during his entire time in
Vietnam? What kind of hypocrisy is that?
If PFC Big Bear is claiming that ALL personnel (with rare
exceptions, medical, chaplains etc) at Cu Chi, Dau Tieng and Tay
Ninh were not required to pull combat duty, such as participate
in reactionary force patrols and other similar duties, then
things must have really changed from the time I was at Cu Chi,
Dau Tieng, and Tay Ninh (as anyone that was there at the same
time I was will verify- ask any Company Commander, or higher).
And if he is claiming that reactionary force and Bunker Line
guard duty did not involve combat, then he disagrees with every
officer and NCO ever assigned to the 25th Infantry Division that
I know of- and I suspect he disagrees with every Wolfhound that
ever pulled that duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive as well.
Dai Uy:
: Is that why you suspect that Doug's "quips" are simply
rear echelon
: bull-*****?
Big Bear:
Yep.
Doug Says: The only "rear echelon" in Vietnam during the Tet
offensive of 1968 was Cam Rahn Bay and I think I remember even
that area received a few incoming. This PFC Big Bear cannot even
remember a single firefight in which he killed anyone, and by his
own claim he did not even arrive at Cu Chi until July 1969. July
1969 is not the Tet offensive of 1968, and *ANYONE* that claims
they know about what went on in the 25th during Tet 1968 that was
not there is clearly full of BS.
Moreover, PFC Big Bear's distrain and contempt for all those REMF
he keeps talking about would also include about one third of all
the men that died in Vietnam. Even if we include all Infantryman
MOS's, Helicopter Crewmen, Armor, scouts etc.., a full one third
of the men on the wall DO NOT have those MOS's - and by PFC Big
Bear's account were contemptible REMF that did not die in combat!
(I am sure that will be big news to the families of those
thousands of dead men and the US Army as well, because the DOD
has clearly told their families otherwise).
In fact, Big Bear's own unit commander spent more time in base
camp than he did in the field, so I guess PFC Big Bear is calling
him a REMF, non combat type as well?
When PFC Big Bear goes to the 25th Division Reunion, and to the
Wolfhound reunion, I hope he makes it clear that he believes that
all those non-infantry MOS's that died or were wounded in Vietnam
were "not in combat" and were REMF bull-*****. I hope he brings
this post with him to show all those Wolfhound REMF's and 25th
REMF that were wounded performing such duties his total contempt
for them, and his claim they really were never in combat - which
I assure you will be one hellva surprise to them!
PFC Big Bear seems to have an denigrating opinion about Vietnam
Vets that did not have 11B MOS's, and he is entitled to his
opinion - but I doubt if many real Vietnam Vets will agree with
that strange "opinion."
I respect all Vietnam Vets, regardless of their MOS or actual
duties in Vietnam, and I know that some in the base camps saw
more fighting than those in the field. More fighting occurred in
or around Saigon Ton San Nuht, and the 25th Base Camps when I was
there during Tet than during sweeps in the field. PFC Big Bear's
opinion that during the 1968 Tet Offensive the guards and
reactionary forces located at Cu Chi, Tay Ninh, Dau Tieng, and
the forward Firebase or FOB's, or at Ton San Nuht airbase, and
the MP's, were REMF and were not really in combat, will be a
revelation to hear not only by the men that fought and were
wounded there, but by the families of the men that died there.
I suggest PFC Big Bear, Dai Uy, and the alias MAC, and PFC
Brooks, pay attention to the following statement by Lt. Gen.
Barry R. McCaffrey, provided at the Wall:
"All Vietnam Veterans should be held in high
esteem:http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"
[McCaffrey] Speech by Lt. Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, (reproduced in
the Pentagram, June 4, 1993) assistant to the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Vietnam veterans and visitors gathered
at "The Wall", Memorial Day 1993.
Doug Says: I belive PFC Big Bear and PFC Brooks both owes me and
all those other REMF that fought in Vietnam an apology- don't you
think?
Doug Grant (Tm)
--
Machque (Bear)
Nec Aspera Terrent
"A wannabe is someone who basks in the valor earned by
others." -Norb
"Telling war stories is as old as war itself, but flights of
fancy can also
be shot down." -B.G. Burkett
"Mac" <Mac-NoSpamThankYou@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:47:22 GMT, Dai Uy <Dai-Uy@hawaii.rr.com>
wrote:
I suggest PFC Big Bear, Dai Uy, and the alias MAC, and PFC
Brooks, pay attention to the following statement by Lt. Gen.
Barry R. McCaffrey, provided at the Wall:
"All Vietnam Veterans should be held in high
esteem:http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"
**************
You have claimed I am not a veteran.
You have claimed I was not in Vietnam.
You have been asked to provide your alleged proof.
As is usual with your posting history and your posting antics
and your
threats, you quickly showed you could not substantiate what you
claim.
Doug Says: You were the one that made the claim, you are the one
that needs to post the proof. You can start by posting your name
and unit you were assigned to, and the time you claim you were in
Vietnam. So if you are so desperate to prove this issue, and me
wrong, then what is stopping you? Bear Butt did it - what are
you ashamed of?
Second, I am not an alias.
So your real name is MAC? Now why do I doubt that.
Third, I have respect for anyone who served in Vietnam and has
done so
without spewing forth fabrications about their military
servicel I
have respect for any who served who have done so and need not
to
drastically endeavor to embellish their duties, their actions.
FINALLY; I suspect that the Lt. General McCaffrey never heard
the
likes of you nor read what you have been spewing forth...
Doug Says: I have not embellished anything, I do not lie, have
no need to do so. If you can, without distortions and lies,
which to provide some of your evidence that I embellished
anything, now is the time to do so. Google archives please, no
forgeries, no out of context *****, no lies, no false
accusations, no defaming goofy interpretations. I am presently
answering all of Dai Uy's false accusations, and if you have any
others you might want to add them to that list. Moreover, your
conclusions are always defaming, you actually believe and post
forgeries and claim they are true, and your knowledge about
Vietnam is non existent, so you really need to prove you were a
Vietnam vet.
Doug Grant (Tm)
---Mac
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YAWN!!! Reruns ignored!
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: > Wolfhound
:
: > : Reunion 2005 http://tinyurl.com/l735o
:
: > :
:
: > : From URL: http://tinyurl.com/r5us2
:
: > :
:
: > : Introduction:
:
: > : Alfred R. Snyder (Big Bear)
:
: > : drafted 2/69
:
: > : Boot Camp/AIT - Fort Jackson, SC 2/69-6/69
:
: > : 30 day leave
:
: > : Vietnam 7/69-7/70
:
: > : Co. B, 1/27 Wolfhounds, 25th Division, III Corps
:
: > : grenadier.
:
: > : 30 day leave
:
: > : Stateside - Fort Carson, CO
:
: > : Discharged - 2/71
:
: > :
:
: > : > The Vet Day gathering
:
: > : > was not the reunion, and why hide your information anyway.
:
: > Most
:
: > : > Vietnam vets are proud of their service, what are you so
:
: > ashamed
:
: > : > of?
:
: > :
:
: > : Come on Bear, why not be as straightforward about your
:
: > service as
:
: > : Doug had been when he first appeared on AWV?
:
: > http://tinyurl.com/khovw
:
: > :
:
: > : That is a very interesting posting. Does that ring any
:
: > alarm bells?
:
: > :
:
: > :
:
: > : > Also didn't you say your former Hound CO would vouch for
:
: > : > you? Are you sure of that claim?
:
: > : >
:
: > : > Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: > :
:
: > : Bear has voluntarily provided ten times the information
:
: > that Doug
:
: > : presented. He has not threatened to sue anyone.
:
: Doug Says: Duh, when I was forced into this NG it was because
:
: people were already trying to smear me on the basis of what they
:
: were falsely claiming I said in the past. Only a complete fool
:
: would provide obvious smear merchants and unethical liars and
:
: fraud merchants ANY information. I did not join this NG to
:
: participate in discussions about Vietnam, if I had, I certainly
:
: would have revealed everything asked about that service, but
:
: instead, I was forced here to defend myself. Quite a bit of
:
: difference. Big Bear has posted some information about his
:
: service above that means 50 times more than any photographs.
:
: That is if it is true and he is who he says he is.
:
: > :
:
: > : If you didn't constantly resort the childish insults "Big
:
: > Butt,"
:
: > : "Pooh Bear," etc., you could have just asked him. You didn't
:
: > ask if he
:
: > : were a Wolfhound, you said he was not, that he was a fraud.
:
: > You
:
: > : wondered if he was a combat vet -- insinuating that he was
:
: > not -- but
:
: > : why would he answer you after all of your insults.
:
: Doug Says: I only insulted him in response to his insulting me.
: And then only after he maliciously libeled me as well based upon
: pure ***** from you and BS Brooks. This guy is clearly a BS
: Brooks sock puppet and everyone that posts here knows it. Why is
: the question if he is truly a Vietnam Vet? Why attack other Vets?
: I haven't lied a farthing about my service, and my records prove
: that fact. Why enter this NG with attacks and defamation?
:
: > :
:
: > : I'll ask him.
:
: > :
:
: > : Bear, are you a "combat" vet? You know what a "combat"
:
: > vet is?
:
: >
:
: > Yes. Yes.
:
: Doug Says: A "Combat Vet" designation is someone that has seen
: combat in a war. Most people know that, and no doubt that
: question probably is not a question you needed to ask any Vietnam
: Veteran. However, it is important that this definition be linked
: to the DOD's definition, of a "Combat Veteran." For years the
: proper definition of a "Combat Veteran" is anyone that received
: Combat Pay and has spent more than 90 days in a combat zone
: (There are other qualifications if a Soldier was not in a war
: zone long enough to earn Combat pay).
:
: It is the DOD's position that it is possible that an 11B at Cam
: Rahn Bay, although an infantryman, could experience much less
: danger than a Cook at the 25th Infantry base camp. "Danger"
: Hazardous" are the two key phrases that describe "Combat
: Veterans." It was clearly the position of the DOD that a grunt
: that saw little or limited action cannot be deemed more of a
: "Combat Veteran" than a First Sergeant that is ducking Rocket and
: Mortars while playing "sitting target" in an orderly room back at
: base camp. (Big Bear calls these sitting ducks "REMF.")
:
:
: If any Vietnam Veteran drew combat pay, you can bet he was in
: danger, and in a combat area. Some vets were of course in more
: danger than others depending upon the dates they were in Vietnam,
: and where they were located during their time in Vietnam. But
: anyone that went to Vietnam and drew combat pay was certainly in
: some level of danger of losing his life and limb.
:
: Actual Combat Defined: (American heritage dictionary)
:
: Com-bat...1. To oppose in battle; fight against. 2. To oppose
: vigorously, struggle against.
:
: I would say most men that pulled any kind of combat related duty
: in Vietnam, especially during 1968, would certainly qualify as
: "to oppose in battle."
:
: >Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Have you been wounded, or watched your friends wounded or
:
: > killed?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear answer:
:
: > Yes to all.
:
: Doug Says: Now that is an interesting response. Assuming he
: received a Purple Heart for his wounds, (or not) I congratulate
: him for his sacrifice of life and limb to his country. But I am
: somewhat
: confused?http://brownwater-navy.com/guestbook/army-gb.htm
:
: At the above Web Site, Big Bear's CO, Cpt. Henry P. Bergson, (Feb
: 1969 to March 1970) said that during his entire command of
: Company B, 1/27th (Big Bear's unit) he only lost one KIA.
:
: Here is what Cpt. Bergson posted - I have emphasized the key
: passage with **:
:
:
: "Henry Bergson Company Commander: A name found and remembered
: Shelby Stover was a member of B Co 1/27 Inf 25th Div. I was his
: company commander. For many years after I came to grips with my
: Vietnam experience **I had been trying to remember the name of
: the only soldier from B Company who was killed when I was the
: commander."**
:
: So if Big Bear has watched his friends killed, then I assume he
: was friends with "Hillbilly" (Shelby Stover) and he and Cpt.
: Bergson were together when Hillbilly was killed? And shouldn't
: that be watched a "friend" killed and not "friends?"
:
: However, I will say this Cpt. Bergson must have been one hellva
: Company Commander. To lead those men through all that combat and
: not lose more than one KIA is an amazing and commendable feat of
: leadership if you ask me. I highly respect any officer that takes
: care of his men, and clearly Cpt. Bergson was one of those rare
: officers that did precisely that.
:
: Yet I wish I could make the same claim as Cpt. Bergson did when I
: was involved in patrols for the 25th Infantry. But then my time
: in the 25th was at a very different time than Big Bear's. I was
: in the 25th during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and the
: counteroffensives, and during that short period the 25th lost a
: high percentage of its casualties for the entire war:
:
: As just a couple of examples: http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
:
: As the above Web Site confirms, In 1968 US Casualty figures for
: US KIA, WIA AND MIA
:
: were 102,158 in total.
:
: In 1969 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 64,916
:
: In 1970 total U.S. Kia, WIA and MIA were 29,157
:
: In 1971 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 19,489
:
: So if Big Bear arrived in Vietnam in July 1969 and left in July
: 1970, (like he said above) the approximate amount of total KIA,
: WIA, and MIA that occurred during his period in Vietnam for all
: U.S. units would have been:
:
: 47,036
:
: However, for my period in Vietnam, the approximate total KIA, WIA
: and MIA for all units was
:
: (92% of 1968's totals =93, 985, and 33% of 1969 = 21,422) or a
: total of:
:
: 115, 407.
:
: So Big Bear's war produced a total of 46,036 casualties for all
: units in Vietnam during his time in Vietnam, and my war produced
: a total of 115, 407 casualties for all units in Vietnam during my
: time in that country. ***My war produced 2&1/2 times the amount
: of US casualties as Big Bear's war.***
:
: It is very clear to anyone objective that Big Bear's war, and my
: war, while both occurring in Vietnam, were very different wars.
: Also look at Dai Uy's war period: In 1970: 29,157 versus my
: 115,407. Again two different wars. (That is not to diminish Big
: Bear's service nor personal danger, nor Dai Uy's, these figures
: are presented to simply show that all Vietnam experiences,
: opinions, slang and conclusions can never be the same).
:
: I have often said that your experiences in Vietnam are directly
: related to where you were, what you were doing, and at what time
: you were there. Nothing Big Bear experienced was anything
: remotely like what I saw and experienced during the Tet offensive
: period, and the rest of 1968 for that matter, and Dai Uy's
: experiences were nothing like mine nor Big Bear's.
:
:
: During the Tet offensive and counteroffensive periods, (Feb
: through June 1968) most of the really good fighting Units in the
: 25th were down in Saigon or at Hoc Mon defending Saigon. That
: left no one to defend the base camps and complete the necessary
: sweeps, interdiction and ambush patrols needed to control the
: 25th's sector of responsibility. The Adjutant of the 25th wrote a
: letter and even offered special leave for anyone that did not
: have a 11B-11C or other combat related MOS to volunteer for
: combat duties, (that letter must still be in the 25th Archives).
: Hundreds volunteered. I was one of them. I was assigned to
: Company D 1/27th for a very short time, (three weeks I believe
: and never had to report) and my combat experiences for the 25th
: occurred mostly in a volunteer reactionary force hodgepodge
: company that Division controlled. Thank God it was a temporary
: assignment, but I saw enough combat to last me a lifetime, and I
: suspect more than Big Bear and Dai Uy have seen combined (judging
: from what Cpt. Bergson has said and what Dai Uy has said. I of
: course could be wrong about that, but that is my opinion).(I
: should also mentioned that I did participate in some other Combat
: duties after I left the 25th).
:
: Some time in the past I mentioned the names of two men I lost on
: one of those RIF patrols I was on when I was in the 25th
: Infantry. Their names were Olson and Nelson. Both were in my
: squad, and both were wounded on the same night, and both received
: their purple hearts the next day. Olson was med evaced out, and
: Nelson told me later that he had heard Olson had died of his
: wounds. (Yet his name is not on the wall). (They were both either
: SP4's or PFC's, at the time and Nelson later made E-5 -and with a
: court's help I should be able to easily find them as they were
: both wounded on the same day -how many men named Nelson and Olson
: could possibly be wounded on the same day in the same unit?) I
: also lost another KIA when I was recruiting available men for a
: reactionary patrol in May, 1968, while we were under a vicious
: Rocket/Mortar attack, and he was not an infantryman either. (I
: will need to check the NARA for records to be absolutely sure of
: his name, as like Cpt. Bergson, sometimes these kinds of memories
: are blotted out. Yet I believe his name was Sp4 Pate or something
: similar). I also lost approximately four other men to wounds
: later, two others to Convoy duty, and a few of the men on guard
: duty or reactionary force duty in the 1969 Can Tho attack that
: were killed or wounded were billeted in a barracks in which I was
: the senior NCO, and thereby I was partially responsible to make
: sure they pulled that duty. And when I was a member of a large
: RIF or an Interdiction patrol, I also saw many other casualties
: that were suffered by other units working with my patrols.
:
: No doubt Big Bear, from his memories and his perspective, has
: developed opinions about the Vietnam war. I on the other hand,
: have based my opinions from what I experienced and did, which was
: clearly very different from anyone else's experiences that was
: not in the 25th and in the other units I was in during my Vietnam
: tours of duty.
:
: Big Bear is of course entitled to his opinions, and I to mine.
:
:
:
: Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Have you killed?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear's Answer:
:
: > Fortunately for my consicence, during a firefight in the dark,
:
: > there is no
:
: > way of telling who really was responsible for the killing.
:
: Doug Says:
:
: A rifleman, M-60 man, and even a Grenadier firing only at flash
: points at night would know that he killed the VC/NVA he was
: aiming at when the bodies were rounded up for a BC. A patrol,
: even at a squad level, would have pre-designed ranges and areas
: of fire responsibilities, if not, and especially at night, the
: men could end up firing at each other. If a Grenadier pops a HE
: round at a flash point at night, and then later a enemy body is
: taken from that area with his head or limbs blown off, there is
: little doubt in the patrol who was responsible for the kill.
: However, for the sake of his conscience, if Big Bear does not
: want to admit to killing anyone that is certainly up to him. But
: he is wrong about there being no way of telling who was
: responsible for the kill "all the time." Sometimes it is
: impossible to tell, but most of the time it is not. When I was in
: Vietnam BC was a big big deal, perhaps things changed after I
: left. Or perhaps tactics changed dramatically.
:
: Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Do you know what combat is really like?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear
:
: > Definitely.
:
: Doug:
:
: So do I.
:
: >
:
: > : Do you know what the rear is like?
:
: >
:
: > Yes I do. I was witness to it while on stand down, while
:
: > attending Tropic
:
: > Lightming Leadership Course, Tropic Lightning Demolition
:
: > Course, and while
:
: > passing through on the way to R&R.
:
: Doug Says: I don't think there was *any* rear areas in the 25th
: Infantry Division during the Tet offensive. Charlie was hitting
: the mess halls, the airfields, the ***** houses and the showers
: almost daily. I don't know how many hits the Alamo took during
: that period, but it was more than once.
:
: >
:
: Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Did you have to pull guard duties when you were on stand
:
: > down? Was
:
: > : that combat?
:
: Answer from Big Bear:
:
: >
:
: > Nope. Stand down wasn't combat.
:
: Doug Says: Please now. That is not what he asked you. If you were
: really standing down and resting you would not have any duties to
: pull, except drink beer. If you believe Bunker line guard duty,
: and guard S&D, Eagle Eye, and RIF patrols are not combat,
: especially when a base camp is under attack, then you need to
: contact the families that were killed performing that duty and
: let them know that according to PFC Big Bear, their sons were not
: killed in combat like the US Army told them.
:
: In my entire history of dealing with Vietnam Veterans, I have
: found only two that claim that fighting the enemy with any MOS
: other than 11B-11C etc.., was not "combat." Those two Vietnam
: Vets are coincidently (perhaps coincidently) both posting on this
: Newsgroup. Big Bear and Nigel Brooks are the two I am talking
: about (I haven't heard this from Dai Uy, but after this post no
: doubt I will - gang unity and all that).
:
: Frankly, I am amazed at the disrespect PFC Big Bear and the other
: PFC draftee Brooks have for those that risked their lives
: everyday in and around base camps throughout Vietnam. Anyone that
: claims Bunker Line Guard Duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive was
: "not combat" disagrees with the DOD, the commanding officer of
: the 25th Infantry Division, and I suspect just about every
: officer and NCO that was assigned to the 25th Infantry during the
: Vietnam war. Of course it was combat! And when I was in Vietnam a
: lot more men lost their lives pulling that duty than PFC Big Bear's
: unit lost in his entire tour of duty! In Can Tho alone, as just
: one example, *all* of the men that lost their lives or were
: wounded during the attack on the Can Tho airbase in 1969 were
: pulling "guard duty or reactionary force duty." (Not counting the
: MP's of course-but then PFC Big Bear calls the MP's REMF).
:
: (Also I do not believe Big Bear was just a PFC like his roster
: name states. I don't know anyone that spent an entire year in a
: rifle platoon in the 25th that did not at least make SP4. But I
: notice above where Big Bear revealed some of his military
: information that his rank is conspicuously missing. So all I have
: to go on is the name and rank on some mysterious roster his buddy
: Andy sent me, and that says PFC - so Big Bear and Brooks should
: both correct me if I am wrong -(mysterious roster because I asked
: Andy where he got the roster and he never replied).
:
: If a company came in from the field to rest (stand down) and that
: unit was not required to pull reactionary force duty, bunker
: guard duty, convoy duty, nor any other base camp protection
: duty -that meant someone else was pulling those combat duties for
: them. But if they were NOT in the field for very long and had
: just returned and were not scheduled for rest, then even the men
: in these rifle units were required to pull all of those said
: combat duties. Moreover, during Tet 1968, including the May 1968
: Tet offensive, the US forces were suffering many casualties in
: their base camps throughout Vietnam. Does PFC Big Bear also claim
: that patrols outside the wire on base camps and in and around
: forward fire bases is "rear echelon duty?" Yet, in spite of his
: claims of REMF he cannot remember a single firefight in which he
: can positively say he shot anyone during his entire time in
: Vietnam? What kind of hypocrisy is that?
:
:
:
: If PFC Big Bear is claiming that ALL personnel (with rare
: exceptions, medical, chaplains etc) at Cu Chi, Dau Tieng and Tay
: Ninh were not required to pull combat duty, such as participate
: in reactionary force patrols and other similar duties, then
: things must have really changed from the time I was at Cu Chi,
: Dau Tieng, and Tay Ninh (as anyone that was there at the same
: time I was will verify- ask any Company Commander, or higher).
: And if he is claiming that reactionary force and Bunker Line
: guard duty did not involve combat, then he disagrees with every
: officer and NCO ever assigned to the 25th Infantry Division that
: I know of- and I suspect he disagrees with every Wolfhound that
: ever pulled that duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive as well.
:
: Dai Uy:
:
: > : Is that why you suspect that Doug's "quips" are simply
:
: > rear echelon
:
: > : bull-*****?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear:
:
: > Yep.
:
: Doug Says: The only "rear echelon" in Vietnam during the Tet
: offensive of 1968 was Cam Rahn Bay and I think I remember even
: that area received a few incoming. This PFC Big Bear cannot even
: remember a single firefight in which he killed anyone, and by his
: own claim he did not even arrive at Cu Chi until July 1969. July
: 1969 is not the Tet offensive of 1968, and *ANYONE* that claims
: they know about what went on in the 25th during Tet 1968 that was
: not there is clearly full of BS.
:
: Moreover, PFC Big Bear's distrain and contempt for all those REMF
: he keeps talking about would also include about one third of all
: the men that died in Vietnam. Even if we include all Infantryman
: MOS's, Helicopter Crewmen, Armor, scouts etc.., a full one third
: of the men on the wall DO NOT have those MOS's - and by PFC Big
: Bear's account were contemptible REMF that did not die in combat!
: (I am sure that will be big news to the families of those
: thousands of dead men and the US Army as well, because the DOD
: has clearly told their families otherwise).
:
: In fact, Big Bear's own unit commander spent more time in base
: camp than he did in the field, so I guess PFC Big Bear is calling
: him a REMF, non combat type as well?
:
:
:
:
:
: When PFC Big Bear goes to the 25th Division Reunion, and to the
: Wolfhound reunion, I hope he makes it clear that he believes that
: all those non-infantry MOS's that died or were wounded in Vietnam
: were "not in combat" and were REMF bull-*****. I hope he brings
: this post with him to show all those Wolfhound REMF's and 25th
: REMF that were wounded performing such duties his total contempt
: for them, and his claim they really were never in combat - which
: I assure you will be one hellva surprise to them!
:
: PFC Big Bear seems to have an denigrating opinion about Vietnam
: Vets that did not have 11B MOS's, and he is entitled to his
: opinion - but I doubt if many real Vietnam Vets will agree with
: that strange "opinion."
:
: I respect all Vietnam Vets, regardless of their MOS or actual
: duties in Vietnam, and I know that some in the base camps saw
: more fighting than those in the field. More fighting occurred in
: or around Saigon Ton San Nuht, and the 25th Base Camps when I was
: there during Tet than during sweeps in the field. PFC Big Bear's
: opinion that during the 1968 Tet Offensive the guards and
: reactionary forces located at Cu Chi, Tay Ninh, Dau Tieng, and
: the forward Firebase or FOB's, or at Ton San Nuht airbase, and
: the MP's, were REMF and were not really in combat, will be a
: revelation to hear not only by the men that fought and were
: wounded there, but by the families of the men that died there.
:
: I suggest PFC Big Bear, Dai Uy, and the alias MAC, and PFC
: Brooks, pay attention to the following statement by Lt. Gen.
: Barry R. McCaffrey, provided at the Wall:
:
: "All Vietnam Veterans should be held in high
: esteem:http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"
:
: [McCaffrey] Speech by Lt. Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, (reproduced in
: the Pentagram, June 4, 1993) assistant to the Chairman of the
: Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Vietnam veterans and visitors gathered
: at "The Wall", Memorial Day 1993.
:
: Doug Says: I belive PFC Big Bear and PFC Brooks both owes me and
: all those other REMF that fought in Vietnam an apology- don't you
: think?
:
: Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: >
:
: > --
:
: > Machque (Bear)
:
: > Nec Aspera Terrent
:
: >
:
: > "A wannabe is someone who basks in the valor earned by
:
: > others." -Norb
:
: > "Telling war stories is as old as war itself, but flights of
:
: > fancy can also
:
: > be shot down." -B.G. Burkett
:
: >
:
: "Mac" <Mac-NoSpamThankYou@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
: news:57n342pu9vat1fm1vfu4pg35ln26t4hds7@4ax.com...
: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:47:22 GMT, Dai Uy <Dai-Uy@hawaii.rr.com>
: > wrote:
: >
: >> I suggest PFC Big Bear, Dai Uy, and the alias MAC, and PFC
: >> Brooks, pay attention to the following statement by Lt. Gen.
: >> Barry R. McCaffrey, provided at the Wall:
: >>
: >> "All Vietnam Veterans should be held in high
: >> esteem:http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"
: > **************
: > You have claimed I am not a veteran.
: > You have claimed I was not in Vietnam.
: > You have been asked to provide your alleged proof.
: > As is usual with your posting history and your posting antics
: > and your
: > threats, you quickly showed you could not substantiate what you
: > claim.
:
: Doug Says: You were the one that made the claim, you are the one
: that needs to post the proof. You can start by posting your name
: and unit you were assigned to, and the time you claim you were in
: Vietnam. So if you are so desperate to prove this issue, and me
: wrong, then what is stopping you? Bear Butt did it - what are
: you ashamed of?
: >
: > Second, I am not an alias.
:
: So your real name is MAC? Now why do I doubt that.
:
:
: > Third, I have respect for anyone who served in Vietnam and has
: > done so
: > without spewing forth fabrications about their military
: > servicel I
: > have respect for any who served who have done so and need not
: > to
: > drastically endeavor to embellish their duties, their actions.
: > FINALLY; I suspect that the Lt. General McCaffrey never heard
: > the
: > likes of you nor read what you have been spewing forth...
:
: Doug Says: I have not embellished anything, I do not lie, have
: no need to do so. If you can, without distortions and lies,
: which to provide some of your evidence that I embellished
: anything, now is the time to do so. Google archives please, no
: forgeries, no out of context *****, no lies, no false
: accusations, no defaming goofy interpretations. I am presently
: answering all of Dai Uy's false accusations, and if you have any
: others you might want to add them to that list. Moreover, your
: conclusions are always defaming, you actually believe and post
: forgeries and claim they are true, and your knowledge about
: Vietnam is non existent, so you really need to prove you were a
: Vietnam vet.
:
: Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: > ---Mac
:
:
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: Subject: Re: BS BROOKS VIETNAM LIES
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: Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:09:06 -0400
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: "Big Bear" <bigbear1wh@nativeweb.net> wrote in message
:
: news:BNOdnTd8HL7hM6LZnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
:
: > "Dai Uy" wrote
:
: > : "DGVREIMAN" wrote:
:
: > : > Doug Says: I still am not sure you were at that reunion
:
: > last
:
: > : > year. What was your proof again? Something from Gary
:
: > wasn't it?
:
: > : > Or photos from the 2005 Vet Day gathering?
:
: > :
:
: > : This self explanatory photo IS from the 14th Annual
:
: > Wolfhound
:
: > : Reunion 2005 http://tinyurl.com/l735o
:
: > :
:
: > : From URL: http://tinyurl.com/r5us2
:
: > :
:
: > : Introduction:
:
: > : Alfred R. Snyder (Big Bear)
:
: > : drafted 2/69
:
: > : Boot Camp/AIT - Fort Jackson, SC 2/69-6/69
:
: > : 30 day leave
:
: > : Vietnam 7/69-7/70
:
: > : Co. B, 1/27 Wolfhounds, 25th Division, III Corps
:
: > : grenadier.
:
: > : 30 day leave
:
: > : Stateside - Fort Carson, CO
:
: > : Discharged - 2/71
:
: > :
:
: > : > The Vet Day gathering
:
: > : > was not the reunion, and why hide your information
anyway.
:
: > Most
:
: > : > Vietnam vets are proud of their service, what are you
so
:
: > ashamed
:
: > : > of?
:
: > :
:
: > : Come on Bear, why not be as straightforward about your
:
: > service as
:
: > : Doug had been when he first appeared on AWV?
:
: > http://tinyurl.com/khovw
:
: > :
:
: > : That is a very interesting posting. Does that ring any
:
: > alarm bells?
:
: > :
:
: > :
:
: > : > Also didn't you say your former Hound CO would vouch
for
:
: > : > you? Are you sure of that claim?
:
: > : >
:
: > : > Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: > :
:
: > : Bear has voluntarily provided ten times the information
:
: > that Doug
:
: > : presented. He has not threatened to sue anyone.
:
: Doug Says: Duh, when I was forced into this NG it was because
:
: people were already trying to smear me on the basis of what
they
:
: were falsely claiming I said in the past. Only a complete
fool
:
: would provide obvious smear merchants and unethical liars and
:
: fraud merchants ANY information. I did not join this NG to
:
: participate in discussions about Vietnam, if I had, I
certainly
:
: would have revealed everything asked about that service, but
:
: instead, I was forced here to defend myself. Quite a bit of
:
: difference. Big Bear has posted some information about his
:
: service above that means 50 times more than any photographs.
:
: That is if it is true and he is who he says he is.
:
: > :
:
: > : If you didn't constantly resort the childish insults "Big
:
: > Butt,"
:
: > : "Pooh Bear," etc., you could have just asked him. You
didn't
:
: > ask if he
:
: > : were a Wolfhound, you said he was not, that he was a
fraud.
:
: > You
:
: > : wondered if he was a combat vet -- insinuating that he
was
:
: > not -- but
:
: > : why would he answer you after all of your insults.
:
: Doug Says: I only insulted him in response to his insulting
me.
: And then only after he maliciously libeled me as well based
upon
: pure ***** from you and BS Brooks. This guy is clearly a
BS
: Brooks sock puppet and everyone that posts here knows it. Why
is
: the question if he is truly a Vietnam Vet? Why attack other
Vets?
: I haven't lied a farthing about my service, and my records
prove
: that fact. Why enter this NG with attacks and defamation?
:
: > :
:
: > : I'll ask him.
:
: > :
:
: > : Bear, are you a "combat" vet? You know what a "combat"
:
: > vet is?
:
: >
:
: > Yes. Yes.
:
: Doug Says: A "Combat Vet" designation is someone that has
seen
: combat in a war. Most people know that, and no doubt that
: question probably is not a question you needed to ask any
Vietnam
: Veteran. However, it is important that this definition be
linked
: to the DOD's definition, of a "Combat Veteran." For years the
: proper definition of a "Combat Veteran" is anyone that
received
: Combat Pay and has spent more than 90 days in a combat zone
: (There are other qualifications if a Soldier was not in a war
: zone long enough to earn Combat pay).
:
: It is the DOD's position that it is possible that an 11B at
Cam
: Rahn Bay, although an infantryman, could experience much less
: danger than a Cook at the 25th Infantry base camp. "Danger"
: Hazardous" are the two key phrases that describe "Combat
: Veterans." It was clearly the position of the DOD that a
grunt
: that saw little or limited action cannot be deemed more of a
: "Combat Veteran" than a First Sergeant that is ducking Rocket
and
: Mortars while playing "sitting target" in an orderly room
back at
: base camp. (Big Bear calls these sitting ducks "REMF.")
:
:
: If any Vietnam Veteran drew combat pay, you can bet he was in
: danger, and in a combat area. Some vets were of course in
more
: danger than others depending upon the dates they were in
Vietnam,
: and where they were located during their time in Vietnam. But
: anyone that went to Vietnam and drew combat pay was certainly
in
: some level of danger of losing his life and limb.
:
: Actual Combat Defined: (American heritage dictionary)
:
: Com-bat...1. To oppose in battle; fight against. 2. To oppose
: vigorously, struggle against.
:
: I would say most men that pulled any kind of combat related
duty
: in Vietnam, especially during 1968, would certainly qualify
as
: "to oppose in battle."
:
: >Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Have you been wounded, or watched your friends wounded or
:
: > killed?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear answer:
:
: > Yes to all.
:
: Doug Says: Now that is an interesting response. Assuming he
: received a Purple Heart for his wounds, (or not) I
congratulate
: him for his sacrifice of life and limb to his country. But I
am
: somewhat
: confused?http://brownwater-navy.com/guestbook/army-gb.htm
:
: At the above Web Site, Big Bear's CO, Cpt. Henry P. Bergson,
(Feb
: 1969 to March 1970) said that during his entire command of
: Company B, 1/27th (Big Bear's unit) he only lost one KIA.
:
: Here is what Cpt. Bergson posted - I have emphasized the key
: passage with **:
:
:
: "Henry Bergson Company Commander: A name found and remembered
: Shelby Stover was a member of B Co 1/27 Inf 25th Div. I was
his
: company commander. For many years after I came to grips with
my
: Vietnam experience **I had been trying to remember the name
of
: the only soldier from B Company who was killed when I was the
: commander."**
:
: So if Big Bear has watched his friends killed, then I assume
he
: was friends with "Hillbilly" (Shelby Stover) and he and Cpt.
: Bergson were together when Hillbilly was killed? And
shouldn't
: that be watched a "friend" killed and not "friends?"
:
: However, I will say this Cpt. Bergson must have been one
hellva
: Company Commander. To lead those men through all that combat
and
: not lose more than one KIA is an amazing and commendable feat
of
: leadership if you ask me. I highly respect any officer that
takes
: care of his men, and clearly Cpt. Bergson was one of those
rare
: officers that did precisely that.
:
: Yet I wish I could make the same claim as Cpt. Bergson did
when I
: was involved in patrols for the 25th Infantry. But then my
time
: in the 25th was at a very different time than Big Bear's. I
was
: in the 25th during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and the
: counteroffensives, and during that short period the 25th lost
a
: high percentage of its casualties for the entire war:
:
: As just a couple of examples:
http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
:
: As the above Web Site confirms, In 1968 US Casualty figures
for
: US KIA, WIA AND MIA
:
: were 102,158 in total.
:
: In 1969 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 64,916
:
: In 1970 total U.S. Kia, WIA and MIA were 29,157
:
: In 1971 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 19,489
:
: So if Big Bear arrived in Vietnam in July 1969 and left in
July
: 1970, (like he said above) the approximate amount of total
KIA,
: WIA, and MIA that occurred during his period in Vietnam for
all
: U.S. units would have been:
:
: 47,036
:
: However, for my period in Vietnam, the approximate total KIA,
WIA
: and MIA for all units was
:
: (92% of 1968's totals =93, 985, and 33% of 1969 = 21,422) or
a
: total of:
:
: 115, 407.
:
: So Big Bear's war produced a total of 46,036 casualties for
all
: units in Vietnam during his time in Vietnam, and my war
produced
: a total of 115, 407 casualties for all units in Vietnam
during my
: time in that country. ***My war produced 2&1/2 times the
amount
: of US casualties as Big Bear's war.***
:
: It is very clear to anyone objective that Big Bear's war, and
my
: war, while both occurring in Vietnam, were very different
wars.
: Also look at Dai Uy's war period: In 1970: 29,157 versus my
: 115,407. Again two different wars. (That is not to diminish
Big
: Bear's service nor personal danger, nor Dai Uy's, these
figures
: are presented to simply show that all Vietnam experiences,
: opinions, slang and conclusions can never be the same).
:
: I have often said that your experiences in Vietnam are
directly
: related to where you were, what you were doing, and at what
time
: you were there. Nothing Big Bear experienced was anything
: remotely like what I saw and experienced during the Tet
offensive
: period, and the rest of 1968 for that matter, and Dai Uy's
: experiences were nothing like mine nor Big Bear's.
:
:
: During the Tet offensive and counteroffensive periods, (Feb
: through June 1968) most of the really good fighting Units in
the
: 25th were down in Saigon or at Hoc Mon defending Saigon. That
: left no one to defend the base camps and complete the
necessary
: sweeps, interdiction and ambush patrols needed to control the
: 25th's sector of responsibility. The Adjutant of the 25th
wrote a
: letter and even offered special leave for anyone that did not
: have a 11B-11C or other combat related MOS to volunteer for
: combat duties, (that letter must still be in the 25th
Archives).
: Hundreds volunteered. I was one of them. I was assigned to
: Company D 1/27th for a very short time, (three weeks I
believe
: and never had to report) and my combat experiences for the
25th
: occurred mostly in a volunteer reactionary force hodgepodge
: company that Division controlled. Thank God it was a
temporary
: assignment, but I saw enough combat to last me a lifetime,
and I
: suspect more than Big Bear and Dai Uy have seen combined
(judging
: from what Cpt. Bergson has said and what Dai Uy has said. I
of
: course could be wrong about that, but that is my opinion).(I
: should also mentioned that I did participate in some other
Combat
: duties after I left the 25th).
:
: Some time in the past I mentioned the names of two men I lost
on
: one of those RIF patrols I was on when I was in the 25th
: Infantry. Their names were Olson and Nelson. Both were in my
: squad, and both were wounded on the same night, and both
received
: their purple hearts the next day. Olson was med evaced out,
and
: Nelson told me later that he had heard Olson had died of his
: wounds. (Yet his name is not on the wall). (They were both
either
: SP4's or PFC's, at the time and Nelson later made E-5 -and
with a
: court's help I should be able to easily find them as they
were
: both wounded on the same day -how many men named Nelson and
Olson
: could possibly be wounded on the same day in the same unit?)
I
: also lost another KIA when I was recruiting available men for
a
: reactionary patrol in May, 1968, while we were under a
vicious
: Rocket/Mortar attack, and he was not an infantryman either.
(I
: will need to check the NARA for records to be absolutely sure
of
: his name, as like Cpt. Bergson, sometimes these kinds of
memories
: are blotted out. Yet I believe his name was Sp4 Pate or
something
: similar). I also lost approximately four other men to wounds
: later, two others to Convoy duty, and a few of the men on
guard
: duty or reactionary force duty in the 1969 Can Tho attack
that
: were killed or wounded were billeted in a barracks in which I
was
: the senior NCO, and thereby I was partially responsible to
make
: sure they pulled that duty. And when I was a member of a
large
: RIF or an Interdiction patrol, I also saw many other
casualties
: that were suffered by other units working with my patrols.
:
: No doubt Big Bear, from his memories and his perspective, has
: developed opinions about the Vietnam war. I on the other
hand,
: have based my opinions from what I experienced and did, which
was
: clearly very different from anyone else's experiences that
was
: not in the 25th and in the other units I was in during my
Vietnam
: tours of duty.
:
: Big Bear is of course entitled to his opinions, and I to
mine.
:
:
:
: Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Have you killed?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear's Answer:
:
: > Fortunately for my consicence, during a firefight in the
dark,
:
: > there is no
:
: > way of telling who really was responsible for the killing.
:
: Doug Says:
:
: A rifleman, M-60 man, and even a Grenadier firing only at
flash
: points at night would know that he killed the VC/NVA he was
: aiming at when the bodies were rounded up for a BC. A patrol,
: even at a squad level, would have pre-designed ranges and
areas
: of fire responsibilities, if not, and especially at night,
the
: men could end up firing at each other. If a Grenadier pops a
HE
: round at a flash point at night, and then later a enemy body
is
: taken from that area with his head or limbs blown off, there
is
: little doubt in the patrol who was responsible for the kill.
: However, for the sake of his conscience, if Big Bear does not
: want to admit to killing anyone that is certainly up to him.
But
: he is wrong about there being no way of telling who was
: responsible for the kill "all the time." Sometimes it is
: impossible to tell, but most of the time it is not. When I
was in
: Vietnam BC was a big big deal, perhaps things changed after I
: left. Or perhaps tactics changed dramatically.
:
: Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Do you know what combat is really like?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear
:
: > Definitely.
:
: Doug:
:
: So do I.
:
: >
:
: > : Do you know what the rear is like?
:
: >
:
: > Yes I do. I was witness to it while on stand down, while
:
: > attending Tropic
:
: > Lightming Leadership Course, Tropic Lightning Demolition
:
: > Course, and while
:
: > passing through on the way to R&R.
:
: Doug Says: I don't think there was *any* rear areas in the
25th
: Infantry Division during the Tet offensive. Charlie was
hitting
: the mess halls, the airfields, the ***** houses and the
showers
: almost daily. I don't know how many hits the Alamo took
during
: that period, but it was more than once.
:
: >
:
: Question from Dai Uy:
:
: > : Did you have to pull guard duties when you were on stand
:
: > down? Was
:
: > : that combat?
:
: Answer from Big Bear:
:
: >
:
: > Nope. Stand down wasn't combat.
:
: Doug Says: Please now. That is not what he asked you. If you
were
: really standing down and resting you would not have any
duties to
: pull, except drink beer. If you believe Bunker line guard
duty,
: and guard S&D, Eagle Eye, and RIF patrols are not combat,
: especially when a base camp is under attack, then you need to
: contact the families that were killed performing that duty
and
: let them know that according to PFC Big Bear, their sons were
not
: killed in combat like the US Army told them.
:
: In my entire history of dealing with Vietnam Veterans, I have
: found only two that claim that fighting the enemy with any
MOS
: other than 11B-11C etc.., was not "combat." Those two Vietnam
: Vets are coincidently (perhaps coincidently) both posting on
this
: Newsgroup. Big Bear and Nigel Brooks are the two I am talking
: about (I haven't heard this from Dai Uy, but after this post
no
: doubt I will - gang unity and all that).
:
: Frankly, I am amazed at the disrespect PFC Big Bear and the
other
: PFC draftee Brooks have for those that risked their lives
: everyday in and around base camps throughout Vietnam. Anyone
that
: claims Bunker Line Guard Duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive
was
: "not combat" disagrees with the DOD, the commanding officer
of
: the 25th Infantry Division, and I suspect just about every
: officer and NCO that was assigned to the 25th Infantry during
the
: Vietnam war. Of course it was combat! And when I was in
Vietnam a
: lot more men lost their lives pulling that duty than PFC Big
Bear's
: unit lost in his entire tour of duty! In Can Tho alone, as
just
: one example, *all* of the men that lost their lives or were
: wounded during the attack on the Can Tho airbase in 1969 were
: pulling "guard duty or reactionary force duty." (Not counting
the
: MP's of course-but then PFC Big Bear calls the MP's REMF).
:
: (Also I do not believe Big Bear was just a PFC like his
roster
: name states. I don't know anyone that spent an entire year in
a
: rifle platoon in the 25th that did not at least make SP4. But
I
: notice above where Big Bear revealed some of his military
: information that his rank is conspicuously missing. So all I
have
: to go on is the name and rank on some mysterious roster his
buddy
: Andy sent me, and that says PFC - so Big Bear and Brooks
should
: both correct me if I am wrong -(mysterious roster because I
asked
: Andy where he got the roster and he never replied).
:
: If a company came in from the field to rest (stand down) and
that
: unit was not required to pull reactionary force duty, bunker
: guard duty, convoy duty, nor any other base camp protection
: duty -that meant someone else was pulling those combat duties
for
: them. But if they were NOT in the field for very long and had
: just returned and were not scheduled for rest, then even the
men
: in these rifle units were required to pull all of those said
: combat duties. Moreover, during Tet 1968, including the May
1968
: Tet offensive, the US forces were suffering many casualties
in
: their base camps throughout Vietnam. Does PFC Big Bear also
claim
: that patrols outside the wire on base camps and in and around
: forward fire bases is "rear echelon duty?" Yet, in spite of
his
: claims of REMF he cannot remember a single firefight in which
he
: can positively say he shot anyone during his entire time in
: Vietnam? What kind of hypocrisy is that?
:
:
:
: If PFC Big Bear is claiming that ALL personnel (with rare
: exceptions, medical, chaplains etc) at Cu Chi, Dau Tieng and
Tay
: Ninh were not required to pull combat duty, such as
participate
: in reactionary force patrols and other similar duties, then
: things must have really changed from the time I was at Cu
Chi,
: Dau Tieng, and Tay Ninh (as anyone that was there at the same
: time I was will verify- ask any Company Commander, or
higher).
: And if he is claiming that reactionary force and Bunker Line
: guard duty did not involve combat, then he disagrees with
every
: officer and NCO ever assigned to the 25th Infantry Division
that
: I know of- and I suspect he disagrees with every Wolfhound
that
: ever pulled that duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive as well.
:
: Dai Uy:
:
: > : Is that why you suspect that Doug's "quips" are simply
:
: > rear echelon
:
: > : bull-*****?
:
: >
:
: Big Bear:
:
: > Yep.
:
: Doug Says: The only "rear echelon" in Vietnam during the Tet
: offensive of 1968 was Cam Rahn Bay and I think I remember
even
: that area received a few incoming. This PFC Big Bear cannot
even
: remember a single firefight in which he killed anyone, and by
his
: own claim he did not even arrive at Cu Chi until July 1969.
July
: 1969 is not the Tet offensive of 1968, and *ANYONE* that
claims
: they know about what went on in the 25th during Tet 1968 that
was
: not there is clearly full of BS.
:
: Moreover, PFC Big Bear's distrain and contempt for all those
REMF
: he keeps talking about would also include about one third of
all
: the men that died in Vietnam. Even if we include all
Infantryman
: MOS's, Helicopter Crewmen, Armor, scouts etc.., a full one
third
: of the men on the wall DO NOT have those MOS's - and by PFC
Big
: Bear's account were contemptible REMF that did not die in
combat!
: (I am sure that will be big news to the families of those
: thousands of dead men and the US Army as well, because the
DOD
: has clearly told their families otherwise).
:
: In fact, Big Bear's own unit commander spent more time in
base
: camp than he did in the field, so I guess PFC Big Bear is
calling
: him a REMF, non combat type as well?
:
:
:
:
:
: When PFC Big Bear goes to the 25th Division Reunion, and to
the
: Wolfhound reunion, I hope he makes it clear that he believes
that
: all those non-infantry MOS's that died or were wounded in
Vietnam
: were "not in combat" and were REMF bull-*****. I hope he
brings
: this post with him to show all those Wolfhound REMF's and
25th
: REMF that were wounded performing such duties his total
contempt
: for them, and his claim they really were never in combat -
which
: I assure you will be one hellva surprise to them!
:
: PFC Big Bear seems to have an denigrating opinion about
Vietnam
: Vets that did not have 11B MOS's, and he is entitled to his
: opinion - but I doubt if many real Vietnam Vets will agree
with
: that strange "opinion."
:
: I respect all Vietnam Vets, regardless of their MOS or actual
: duties in Vietnam, and I know that some in the base camps saw
: more fighting than those in the field. More fighting occurred
in
: or around Saigon Ton San Nuht, and the 25th Base Camps when I
was
: there during Tet than during sweeps in the field. PFC Big
Bear's
: opinion that during the 1968 Tet Offensive the guards and
: reactionary forces located at Cu Chi, Tay Ninh, Dau Tieng,
and
: the forward Firebase or FOB's, or at Ton San Nuht airbase,
and
: the MP's, were REMF and were not really in combat, will be a
: revelation to hear not only by the men that fought and were
: wounded there, but by the families of the men that died
there.
:
: I suggest PFC Big Bear, Dai Uy, and the alias MAC, and PFC
: Brooks, pay attention to the following statement by Lt. Gen.
: Barry R. McCaffrey, provided at the Wall:
:
: "All Vietnam Veterans should be held in high
: esteem:http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"
:
: [McCaffrey] Speech by Lt. Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey,
(reproduced in
: the Pentagram, June 4, 1993) assistant to the Chairman of the
: Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Vietnam veterans and visitors
gathered
: at "The Wall", Memorial Day 1993.
:
: Doug Says: I belive PFC Big Bear and PFC Brooks both owes me
and
: all those other REMF that fought in Vietnam an apology- don't
you
: think?
:
: Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: >
:
: > --
:
: > Machque (Bear)
:
: > Nec Aspera Terrent
:
: >
:
: > "A wannabe is someone who basks in the valor earned by
:
: > others." -Norb
:
: > "Telling war stories is as old as war itself, but flights
of
:
: > fancy can also
:
: > be shot down." -B.G. Burkett
:
: >
:
: "Mac" <Mac-NoSpamThankYou@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
: news:57n342pu9vat1fm1vfu4pg35ln26t4hds7@4ax.com...
: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:47:22 GMT, Dai Uy
<Dai-Uy@hawaii.rr.com>
: > wrote:
: >
: >> I suggest PFC Big Bear, Dai Uy, and the alias MAC, and PFC
: >> Brooks, pay attention to the following statement by Lt.
Gen.
: >> Barry R. McCaffrey, provided at the Wall:
: >>
: >> "All Vietnam Veterans should be held in high
: >> esteem:http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html"
: > **************
: > You have claimed I am not a veteran.
: > You have claimed I was not in Vietnam.
: > You have been asked to provide your alleged proof.
: > As is usual with your posting history and your posting
antics
: > and your
: > threats, you quickly showed you could not substantiate what
you
: > claim.
:
: Doug Says: You were the one that made the claim, you are the
one
: that needs to post the proof. You can start by posting your
name
: and unit you were assigned to, and the time you claim you
were in
: Vietnam. So if you are so desperate to prove this issue, and
me
: wrong, then what is stopping you? Bear Butt did it - what
are
: you ashamed of?
: >
: > Second, I am not an alias.
:
: So your real name is MAC? Now why do I doubt that.
:
:
: > Third, I have respect for anyone who served in Vietnam and
has
: > done so
: > without spewing forth fabrications about their military
: > servicel I
: > have respect for any who served who have done so and need
not
: > to
: > drastically endeavor to embellish their duties, their
actions.
: > FINALLY; I suspect that the Lt. General McCaffrey never
heard
: > the
: > likes of you nor read what you have been spewing forth...
:
: Doug Says: I have not embellished anything, I do not lie,
have
: no need to do so. If you can, without distortions and lies,
: which to provide some of your evidence that I embellished
: anything, now is the time to do so. Google archives please,
no
: forgeries, no out of context *****, no lies, no false
: accusations, no defaming goofy interpretations. I am
presently
: answering all of Dai Uy's false accusations, and if you have
any
: others you might want to add them to that list. Moreover,
your
: conclusions are always defaming, you actually believe and
post
: forgeries and claim they are true, and your knowledge about
: Vietnam is non existent, so you really need to prove you were
a
: Vietnam vet.
:
: Doug Grant (Tm)
:
: > ---Mac
:
:
.
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| User: "Big Bear" |
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| Title: Re: BIG BEAR'S REMF AND STUFF |
16 Apr 2006 04:53:09 PM |
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YAWN!!! Reruns ignored!
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: > : Subject: Re: BS BROOKS VIETNAM LIES
: > :
: > : Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:09:06 -0400
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: > :
: > : "Big Bear" <bigbear1wh@nativeweb.net> wrote in message
: > :
: > : news:BNOdnTd8HL7hM6LZnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
: > :
: > : > "Dai Uy" wrote
: > :
: > : > : "DGVREIMAN" wrote:
: > :
: > : > : > Doug Says: I still am not sure you were at that reunion
: > :
: > : > last
: > :
: > : > : > year. What was your proof again? Something from Gary
: > :
: > : > wasn't it?
: > :
: > : > : > Or photos from the 2005 Vet Day gathering?
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : This self explanatory photo IS from the 14th Annual
: > :
: > : > Wolfhound
: > :
: > : > : Reunion 2005 http://tinyurl.com/l735o
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : From URL: http://tinyurl.com/r5us2
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : Introduction:
: > :
: > : > : Alfred R. Snyder (Big Bear)
: > :
: > : > : drafted 2/69
: > :
: > : > : Boot Camp/AIT - Fort Jackson, SC 2/69-6/69
: > :
: > : > : 30 day leave
: > :
: > : > : Vietnam 7/69-7/70
: > :
: > : > : Co. B, 1/27 Wolfhounds, 25th Division, III Corps
: > :
: > : > : grenadier.
: > :
: > : > : 30 day leave
: > :
: > : > : Stateside - Fort Carson, CO
: > :
: > : > : Discharged - 2/71
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : > The Vet Day gathering
: > :
: > : > : > was not the reunion, and why hide your information
: > anyway.
: > :
: > : > Most
: > :
: > : > : > Vietnam vets are proud of their service, what are you
: > so
: > :
: > : > ashamed
: > :
: > : > : > of?
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : Come on Bear, why not be as straightforward about your
: > :
: > : > service as
: > :
: > : > : Doug had been when he first appeared on AWV?
: > :
: > : > http://tinyurl.com/khovw
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : That is a very interesting posting. Does that ring any
: > :
: > : > alarm bells?
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : > Also didn't you say your former Hound CO would vouch
: > for
: > :
: > : > : > you? Are you sure of that claim?
: > :
: > : > : >
: > :
: > : > : > Doug Grant (Tm)
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : Bear has voluntarily provided ten times the information
: > :
: > : > that Doug
: > :
: > : > : presented. He has not threatened to sue anyone.
: > :
: > : Doug Says: Duh, when I was forced into this NG it was because
: > :
: > : people were already trying to smear me on the basis of what
: > they
: > :
: > : were falsely claiming I said in the past. Only a complete
: > fool
: > :
: > : would provide obvious smear merchants and unethical liars and
: > :
: > : fraud merchants ANY information. I did not join this NG to
: > :
: > : participate in discussions about Vietnam, if I had, I
: > certainly
: > :
: > : would have revealed everything asked about that service, but
: > :
: > : instead, I was forced here to defend myself. Quite a bit of
: > :
: > : difference. Big Bear has posted some information about his
: > :
: > : service above that means 50 times more than any photographs.
: > :
: > : That is if it is true and he is who he says he is.
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : If you didn't constantly resort the childish insults "Big
: > :
: > : > Butt,"
: > :
: > : > : "Pooh Bear," etc., you could have just asked him. You
: > didn't
: > :
: > : > ask if he
: > :
: > : > : were a Wolfhound, you said he was not, that he was a
: > fraud.
: > :
: > : > You
: > :
: > : > : wondered if he was a combat vet -- insinuating that he
: > was
: > :
: > : > not -- but
: > :
: > : > : why would he answer you after all of your insults.
: > :
: > : Doug Says: I only insulted him in response to his insulting
: > me.
: > : And then only after he maliciously libeled me as well based
: > upon
: > : pure ***** from you and BS Brooks. This guy is clearly a
: > BS
: > : Brooks sock puppet and everyone that posts here knows it. Why
: > is
: > : the question if he is truly a Vietnam Vet? Why attack other
: > Vets?
: > : I haven't lied a farthing about my service, and my records
: > prove
: > : that fact. Why enter this NG with attacks and defamation?
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : I'll ask him.
: > :
: > : > :
: > :
: > : > : Bear, are you a "combat" vet? You know what a "combat"
: > :
: > : > vet is?
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : > Yes. Yes.
: > :
: > : Doug Says: A "Combat Vet" designation is someone that has
: > seen
: > : combat in a war. Most people know that, and no doubt that
: > : question probably is not a question you needed to ask any
: > Vietnam
: > : Veteran. However, it is important that this definition be
: > linked
: > : to the DOD's definition, of a "Combat Veteran." For years the
: > : proper definition of a "Combat Veteran" is anyone that
: > received
: > : Combat Pay and has spent more than 90 days in a combat zone
: > : (There are other qualifications if a Soldier was not in a war
: > : zone long enough to earn Combat pay).
: > :
: > : It is the DOD's position that it is possible that an 11B at
: > Cam
: > : Rahn Bay, although an infantryman, could experience much less
: > : danger than a Cook at the 25th Infantry base camp. "Danger"
: > : Hazardous" are the two key phrases that describe "Combat
: > : Veterans." It was clearly the position of the DOD that a
: > grunt
: > : that saw little or limited action cannot be deemed more of a
: > : "Combat Veteran" than a First Sergeant that is ducking Rocket
: > and
: > : Mortars while playing "sitting target" in an orderly room
: > back at
: > : base camp. (Big Bear calls these sitting ducks "REMF.")
: > :
: > :
: > : If any Vietnam Veteran drew combat pay, you can bet he was in
: > : danger, and in a combat area. Some vets were of course in
: > more
: > : danger than others depending upon the dates they were in
: > Vietnam,
: > : and where they were located during their time in Vietnam. But
: > : anyone that went to Vietnam and drew combat pay was certainly
: > in
: > : some level of danger of losing his life and limb.
: > :
: > : Actual Combat Defined: (American heritage dictionary)
: > :
: > : Com-bat...1. To oppose in battle; fight against. 2. To oppose
: > : vigorously, struggle against.
: > :
: > : I would say most men that pulled any kind of combat related
: > duty
: > : in Vietnam, especially during 1968, would certainly qualify
: > as
: > : "to oppose in battle."
: > :
: > : >Question from Dai Uy:
: > :
: > : > : Have you been wounded, or watched your friends wounded or
: > :
: > : > killed?
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : Big Bear answer:
: > :
: > : > Yes to all.
: > :
: > : Doug Says: Now that is an interesting response. Assuming he
: > : received a Purple Heart for his wounds, (or not) I
: > congratulate
: > : him for his sacrifice of life and limb to his country. But I
: > am
: > : somewhat
: > : confused?http://brownwater-navy.com/guestbook/army-gb.htm
: > :
: > : At the above Web Site, Big Bear's CO, Cpt. Henry P. Bergson,
: > (Feb
: > : 1969 to March 1970) said that during his entire command of
: > : Company B, 1/27th (Big Bear's unit) he only lost one KIA.
: > :
: > : Here is what Cpt. Bergson posted - I have emphasized the key
: > : passage with **:
: > :
: > :
: > : "Henry Bergson Company Commander: A name found and remembered
: > : Shelby Stover was a member of B Co 1/27 Inf 25th Div. I was
: > his
: > : company commander. For many years after I came to grips with
: > my
: > : Vietnam experience **I had been trying to remember the name
: > of
: > : the only soldier from B Company who was killed when I was the
: > : commander."**
: > :
: > : So if Big Bear has watched his friends killed, then I assume
: > he
: > : was friends with "Hillbilly" (Shelby Stover) and he and Cpt.
: > : Bergson were together when Hillbilly was killed? And
: > shouldn't
: > : that be watched a "friend" killed and not "friends?"
: > :
: > : However, I will say this Cpt. Bergson must have been one
: > hellva
: > : Company Commander. To lead those men through all that combat
: > and
: > : not lose more than one KIA is an amazing and commendable feat
: > of
: > : leadership if you ask me. I highly respect any officer that
: > takes
: > : care of his men, and clearly Cpt. Bergson was one of those
: > rare
: > : officers that did precisely that.
: > :
: > : Yet I wish I could make the same claim as Cpt. Bergson did
: > when I
: > : was involved in patrols for the 25th Infantry. But then my
: > time
: > : in the 25th was at a very different time than Big Bear's. I
: > was
: > : in the 25th during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and the
: > : counteroffensives, and during that short period the 25th lost
: > a
: > : high percentage of its casualties for the entire war:
: > :
: > : As just a couple of examples:
: > http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
: > :
: > : As the above Web Site confirms, In 1968 US Casualty figures
: > for
: > : US KIA, WIA AND MIA
: > :
: > : were 102,158 in total.
: > :
: > : In 1969 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 64,916
: > :
: > : In 1970 total U.S. Kia, WIA and MIA were 29,157
: > :
: > : In 1971 total U.S. KIA, WIA and MIA were 19,489
: > :
: > : So if Big Bear arrived in Vietnam in July 1969 and left in
: > July
: > : 1970, (like he said above) the approximate amount of total
: > KIA,
: > : WIA, and MIA that occurred during his period in Vietnam for
: > all
: > : U.S. units would have been:
: > :
: > : 47,036
: > :
: > : However, for my period in Vietnam, the approximate total KIA,
: > WIA
: > : and MIA for all units was
: > :
: > : (92% of 1968's totals =93, 985, and 33% of 1969 = 21,422) or
: > a
: > : total of:
: > :
: > : 115, 407.
: > :
: > : So Big Bear's war produced a total of 46,036 casualties for
: > all
: > : units in Vietnam during his time in Vietnam, and my war
: > produced
: > : a total of 115, 407 casualties for all units in Vietnam
: > during my
: > : time in that country. ***My war produced 2&1/2 times the
: > amount
: > : of US casualties as Big Bear's war.***
: > :
: > : It is very clear to anyone objective that Big Bear's war, and
: > my
: > : war, while both occurring in Vietnam, were very different
: > wars.
: > : Also look at Dai Uy's war period: In 1970: 29,157 versus my
: > : 115,407. Again two different wars. (That is not to diminish
: > Big
: > : Bear's service nor personal danger, nor Dai Uy's, these
: > figures
: > : are presented to simply show that all Vietnam experiences,
: > : opinions, slang and conclusions can never be the same).
: > :
: > : I have often said that your experiences in Vietnam are
: > directly
: > : related to where you were, what you were doing, and at what
: > time
: > : you were there. Nothing Big Bear experienced was anything
: > : remotely like what I saw and experienced during the Tet
: > offensive
: > : period, and the rest of 1968 for that matter, and Dai Uy's
: > : experiences were nothing like mine nor Big Bear's.
: > :
: > :
: > : During the Tet offensive and counteroffensive periods, (Feb
: > : through June 1968) most of the really good fighting Units in
: > the
: > : 25th were down in Saigon or at Hoc Mon defending Saigon. That
: > : left no one to defend the base camps and complete the
: > necessary
: > : sweeps, interdiction and ambush patrols needed to control the
: > : 25th's sector of responsibility. The Adjutant of the 25th
: > wrote a
: > : letter and even offered special leave for anyone that did not
: > : have a 11B-11C or other combat related MOS to volunteer for
: > : combat duties, (that letter must still be in the 25th
: > Archives).
: > : Hundreds volunteered. I was one of them. I was assigned to
: > : Company D 1/27th for a very short time, (three weeks I
: > believe
: > : and never had to report) and my combat experiences for the
: > 25th
: > : occurred mostly in a volunteer reactionary force hodgepodge
: > : company that Division controlled. Thank God it was a
: > temporary
: > : assignment, but I saw enough combat to last me a lifetime,
: > and I
: > : suspect more than Big Bear and Dai Uy have seen combined
: > (judging
: > : from what Cpt. Bergson has said and what Dai Uy has said. I
: > of
: > : course could be wrong about that, but that is my opinion).(I
: > : should also mentioned that I did participate in some other
: > Combat
: > : duties after I left the 25th).
: > :
: > : Some time in the past I mentioned the names of two men I lost
: > on
: > : one of those RIF patrols I was on when I was in the 25th
: > : Infantry. Their names were Olson and Nelson. Both were in my
: > : squad, and both were wounded on the same night, and both
: > received
: > : their purple hearts the next day. Olson was med evaced out,
: > and
: > : Nelson told me later that he had heard Olson had died of his
: > : wounds. (Yet his name is not on the wall). (They were both
: > either
: > : SP4's or PFC's, at the time and Nelson later made E-5 -and
: > with a
: > : court's help I should be able to easily find them as they
: > were
: > : both wounded on the same day -how many men named Nelson and
: > Olson
: > : could possibly be wounded on the same day in the same unit?)
: > I
: > : also lost another KIA when I was recruiting available men for
: > a
: > : reactionary patrol in May, 1968, while we were under a
: > vicious
: > : Rocket/Mortar attack, and he was not an infantryman either.
: > (I
: > : will need to check the NARA for records to be absolutely sure
: > of
: > : his name, as like Cpt. Bergson, sometimes these kinds of
: > memories
: > : are blotted out. Yet I believe his name was Sp4 Pate or
: > something
: > : similar). I also lost approximately four other men to wounds
: > : later, two others to Convoy duty, and a few of the men on
: > guard
: > : duty or reactionary force duty in the 1969 Can Tho attack
: > that
: > : were killed or wounded were billeted in a barracks in which I
: > was
: > : the senior NCO, and thereby I was partially responsible to
: > make
: > : sure they pulled that duty. And when I was a member of a
: > large
: > : RIF or an Interdiction patrol, I also saw many other
: > casualties
: > : that were suffered by other units working with my patrols.
: > :
: > : No doubt Big Bear, from his memories and his perspective, has
: > : developed opinions about the Vietnam war. I on the other
: > hand,
: > : have based my opinions from what I experienced and did, which
: > was
: > : clearly very different from anyone else's experiences that
: > was
: > : not in the 25th and in the other units I was in during my
: > Vietnam
: > : tours of duty.
: > :
: > : Big Bear is of course entitled to his opinions, and I to
: > mine.
: > :
: > :
: > :
: > : Question from Dai Uy:
: > :
: > : > : Have you killed?
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : Big Bear's Answer:
: > :
: > : > Fortunately for my consicence, during a firefight in the
: > dark,
: > :
: > : > there is no
: > :
: > : > way of telling who really was responsible for the killing.
: > :
: > : Doug Says:
: > :
: > : A rifleman, M-60 man, and even a Grenadier firing only at
: > flash
: > : points at night would know that he killed the VC/NVA he was
: > : aiming at when the bodies were rounded up for a BC. A patrol,
: > : even at a squad level, would have pre-designed ranges and
: > areas
: > : of fire responsibilities, if not, and especially at night,
: > the
: > : men could end up firing at each other. If a Grenadier pops a
: > HE
: > : round at a flash point at night, and then later a enemy body
: > is
: > : taken from that area with his head or limbs blown off, there
: > is
: > : little doubt in the patrol who was responsible for the kill.
: > : However, for the sake of his conscience, if Big Bear does not
: > : want to admit to killing anyone that is certainly up to him.
: > But
: > : he is wrong about there being no way of telling who was
: > : responsible for the kill "all the time." Sometimes it is
: > : impossible to tell, but most of the time it is not. When I
: > was in
: > : Vietnam BC was a big big deal, perhaps things changed after I
: > : left. Or perhaps tactics changed dramatically.
: > :
: > : Question from Dai Uy:
: > :
: > : > : Do you know what combat is really like?
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : Big Bear
: > :
: > : > Definitely.
: > :
: > : Doug:
: > :
: > : So do I.
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : > : Do you know what the rear is like?
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : > Yes I do. I was witness to it while on stand down, while
: > :
: > : > attending Tropic
: > :
: > : > Lightming Leadership Course, Tropic Lightning Demolition
: > :
: > : > Course, and while
: > :
: > : > passing through on the way to R&R.
: > :
: > : Doug Says: I don't think there was *any* rear areas in the
: > 25th
: > : Infantry Division during the Tet offensive. Charlie was
: > hitting
: > : the mess halls, the airfields, the ***** houses and the
: > showers
: > : almost daily. I don't know how many hits the Alamo took
: > during
: > : that period, but it was more than once.
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : Question from Dai Uy:
: > :
: > : > : Did you have to pull guard duties when you were on stand
: > :
: > : > down? Was
: > :
: > : > : that combat?
: > :
: > : Answer from Big Bear:
: > :
: > : >
: > :
: > : > Nope. Stand down wasn't combat.
: > :
: > : Doug Says: Please now. That is not what he asked you. If you
: > were
: > : really standing down and resting you would not have any
: > duties to
: > : pull, except drink beer. If you believe Bunker line guard
: > duty,
: > : and guard S&D, Eagle Eye, and RIF patrols are not combat,
: > : especially when a base camp is under attack, then you need to
: > : contact the families that were killed performing that duty
: > and
: > : let them know that according to PFC Big Bear, their sons were
: > not
: > : killed in combat like the US Army told them.
: > :
: > : In my entire history of dealing with Vietnam Veterans, I have
: > : found only two that claim that fighting the enemy with any
: > MOS
: > : other than 11B-11C etc.., was not "combat." Those two Vietnam
: > : Vets are coincidently (perhaps coincidently) both posting on
: > this
: > : Newsgroup. Big Bear and Nigel Brooks are the two I am talking
: > : about (I haven't heard this from Dai Uy, but after this post
: > no
: > : doubt I will - gang unity and all that).
: > :
: > : Frankly, I am amazed at the disrespect PFC Big Bear and the
: > other
: > : PFC draftee Brooks have for those that risked their lives
: > : everyday in and around base camps throughout Vietnam. Anyone
: > that
: > : claims Bunker Line Guard Duty during the 1968 Tet Offensive
: > was
: > : "not combat" disagrees with the DOD, the commanding officer
: > of
: > : the 25th Infantry Division, and I suspect just about every
: > : officer and NCO that was assigned to the 25th Infantry during
: > the
: > : Vietnam war. Of course it was combat! And when I was in
: > Vietnam a
: > : lot more men lost their lives pulling that duty than PFC Big
: > Bear's
: > : unit lost in his entire tour of duty! In Can Tho alone, as
: > just
: > : one example, *all* of the men that lost their lives or were
: > : wounded during the attack on the Can Tho airbase in 1969 were
: > : pulling "guard duty or reactionary force duty." (Not counting
: > the
: > : MP's of course-but then PFC Big Bear calls the MP's REMF).
: > :
: > : (Also I do not believe Big Bear was just a PFC like his
: > roster
: > : name states. I don't know anyone that spent an entire year in
: > a
: > : rifle platoon in the 25th that did not at least make SP4. But
: > I
: > : notice above where Big Bear revealed some of his military
: > : information that his rank is conspicuously missing. So all I
: > have
: > : to go on is the name and rank on some mysterious roster his
: > buddy
: > : Andy sent me, and that says PFC - so Big Bear and Brooks
: > should
: > : both correct me if I am wrong -(mysterious roster because I
: > asked
: > : Andy where he got the roster and he never replied).
: > :
: > : If a company came in from the field to rest (stand down) and
: > that
: > : unit was not required to pull reactionary force duty, bunker
: > : guard duty, convoy duty, nor any other base camp protection
: > : duty -that meant someone else was pulling those combat duties
: > for
: > : them. But if they were NOT in the field for very long and had
: > : just returned and were not scheduled for rest, then even the
: > men
: > : in these rifle units were required to pull all of those said
: > : combat duties. Moreover, during Tet 1968, including the May
: > 1968
: > : Tet offensive, the US forces were suffering many casualties
: > in
: > : their base camps throughout Vietnam. Does PFC Big Bear also
: > claim
: > : that patrols outside the wire on base camps and in and around
: > : forward fire bases is "rear echelon duty?" Yet, in spite of
: > his
: > : claims of REMF he cannot remember a single firefight in which
: > he
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