The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Patrol Boat Riverines (PBR's) in Vietnam - September 19th, 2003

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[SAMWolf]

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 BROWN FRANK MONROE JR. TUNKHANNOCK PA.

1966 HENRY DAVID ALAN EL CERRITO CA.

1966 PARSONS DON B. FREEPORT NY.

1966 PILKINGTON THOMAS H. MORTON GROVE IL.

1966 WALTMAN DONALD G. KELLOGG ID.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV,DECEASED 5 SEPT 97]
1968 CAPLING ELWYN R. DETROIT MI.
[REMAINS RETURNED 03/18/77]

1968 HOLT ROBERT ALAN READING MA.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/04/99]

1968 LA VOO JOHN ALLEN PUEBLO CO.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 06/04/99]

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning and welcome to the FReeper Foxhole. I understand you are interested in WWII history. We have a few lined up for next week I believe.

To review older threads if you like clic here .

[Samwise]

Yellow Jackets!

Ouch! I hate them. A welt came up the size of skillet when I was stung. Neither Benedryl nor meat tenderizer worked for me. Ice was the only thing that gave me relief. I can't imagine more than one sting.

Hope your doing OK SAM!

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. I'm glad he didn't need it.

[SAMWolf]

They were the meanest bunch of yellow jackets I ever ran into

[w_over_w]

At the risk of dating myself, I remember this.

Okay . . . so you were a 1yr. old genius already reading the newspapers . . . that would put you at 45. Right?

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Jinxy. Thank you so much for welcoming our new FReeper Foxhole guest.

With me in meetings and SAM on the west coast sometimes we do stall a little while but it's nice to know we always have some of our "family" step in for us.

It's Friday Jinxy, yippee!!!

[SAMWolf]

Good thing I'm not allergic to them. But I'm still swollen and itch like crazy this morning.

[snippy_about_it]

I'm surprised there's no mention of the use of landing ships modified to into the "river monitors" with an armored turret at the bow.

Believe me jriemer, I could have done a weeks worth of threads on this. There is a lot of information out there which the Foxhole always encourages our readers to look for if interested and why we enjoy folks posting more information throughout the day that they know or learn.

I would have loved to have posted more but you would have been reading all day!

I may soon do an entire thread on the PBR 750 that was lost.

Thanks for adding this info, there is a lot more out there and I hope to report on it in the future.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning SAM. How's the stingers?

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you SAM for the POW/MIA Recognition Day mention.

[snippy_about_it]

You're so silly. I take it you're feeling better?

[SAMWolf]

Morning Johnny. Boy, todays "Air Power" brings back some memories.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning bedolido.

Welcome to the Foxhole. Nice to see you made it here. Grab a cup of coffee (Watch out for Darksheare's brew) and enjoy.

[Samwise]

Snippy,

G'morning. Is there any way we could alphabetize the old threads by topic and then link to them that way. The only way I can think of to do it would require a lot of work.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks HiJinx.

Nice to know there's someone watching the Fozhole for us when we're gone.

[Valin]

Right! That's my story and I'm stickin with it!

[SAMWolf]

Morning w_over_w.

Good scene when they dropped the boat.

[SAMWolf]

Snippy did a lot of work on looking into the Mobile Riverine Forces.

She cut this tread down to just mainly cover the PBR's. She's planing on covering some of the other craft in another thread.

[Darksheare]

Lucky thing, burns like mad.

If you're feeling hot and cold at the same time, you're having a mild allergic reaction.
Do keep an eye on it, and if you develop hives, seek the closest epinephrine shot you can find.
(The missus is deathly allergic, so I try not to take any chances.)