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http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?pos=-6316Attributed to the Shannon-Wright Compound at Vinh Long Airfield. The 114th Assault Helicopter Company (Knights of the Air) and Company A of the 502 Aviation Battery were at the compound. The 114th had 4 platoons--White Knights, Red Knights, Cobras, and Lancers. In their 9 years they went out on 16 campaigns and were awarded 8 unit citations.  Edited by longnine009
06/01/2007 6:23 pm
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longnine that is a cool collection you have there. do you have any duplicates. and also how did you do the reserach on those
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Thanks ScoutJim. Research is really pretty easy. I use Paul Cunningham's reference for military tokens, Shelby Stanton's-- Order of Battle Vietnam and Kelly's --Where we were in Vietnam. Then there's the Internet. Vietnam Vets are a proud lot. Seems like they all have a web site of some kind. Some of them even have photo albums.
I do have a few duplicates. Some issues are very common and come up all the time. Like issues from Da Nang. There's so many of them that collecting Vietnam slot tokens has been called "collecting Da Nang dimes." Most of Vietnam tokens from combat units however just don't come around that often to have duplicates. Some, it would seem never come around at all. I've been trying for years to find anything from Blackhorse--11th Armored Cav.
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if you ever feel like trading for your duplicates Please let me know.
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I'll keep you mine ScoutJim. Right now I want to hold on tight to them.  I did find some more info. Camps and compounds were often named after the first KIA or KIAs. In this case Shannon-Wright was named after Lt. Kenneth Shannon and SP-5 Wyley Wright. What really stinks about this is that SP-5 Wright was killed in a Huey while escorting McNamara on tour.  |
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Without digging out my map of RVN, I don't even remember where Vinh Long was located, but I don't think it was anywhere near me (I was first in III Corps, then I Corps, so it's likely it was in II Corps). Nice find on the token! LN, what percentage of all the RVN tokens have you completed for your collection?
Yeah, VietVets tend to want to keep quiet about our experiences because we were treated so shabbily when we returned home. But, the advent of the internet is daily bringing out more new info on the Vietnam War. It took me three months, but I was able to document a rocket attack on our compound in 1969 to support my claim for increased disability while the VA couldn't find diddly on it.
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Fred: "what percentage of all the RVN tokens have you completed for your collection?" 89 if I counted right. They took 3 years and even a trip to a F.U.N show to get. And Cunningham book lists about 2,200. At this rate I think I'm looking at the rest of my life collecting them. At least I won't have to worry about that marginal decline in utility thingee for about another 25 years.  |
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That's an impressive collection of a difficult series, sorta the Bist Halves of tokens. Think of yourself as the Eliasberg of Vietnam tokens. You will go down in numismatic history, be celebrated and toasted and roasted, and a century from now, your collection will be in the ANA or Smithsonian Museum.  |
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MorganFred quote:
Yeah, VietVets tend to want to keep quiet about our experiences because we were treated so shabbily when we returned home
I DON'T intend to hijack, but "truer words were never spoken"
SEMPER FI
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06/18/2007 10:17 pm
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