Peter Flint:
CLASS OF 1963
New Brunswick High SchoolClass of 1963
New brunswick, NJ
Roosevelt Junior High SchoolClass of 1960
New brunswick, NJ
Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
New brunswick, NJ
Lord Stirling Elementary SchoolClass of 1955
New brunswick, NJ
Burncoat Street Elementary SchoolClass of 1954
Worcester, MA
Peter's Story
Life
Now living in suburb of Hartford, CT, have 2 daughters, and 2 grandsons. Married to wife Paula for past 30+ years, working in insurance, have home in Chatham, MA (cape cod) where I am waiting to retire in the near future. Have gone though a corporate reorganization and another buyout but still working in the same field in the Hartford area.
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Military:
Platoon Leader Bravo Co, 1st Bn 27th Inf Reg "Wolfhounds" 25 th Inf Div.
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During the Late summer of 1969 the mission or the 1st Bn 27th Inf Reg "Wolfhounds" of the 25th Division changed from one of large company sized reconnaissance in force operations to one of small unit (platoon and squad) ambush and interdiction operations. These operations were configured to deny the NVA supply access to the populated areas of Hau Niga Province (west of Cu Chi) and to stem the flow of supplies and troops flowing from the end of the Ho Chi Minh trail in Cambodia into the Saigon Area.
In Late July 1969 the 1 27 "Wolfhounds" relocated and constructed Fire Support Base Chamberlain on the Bao Tri (provincial capital of Hau Niga Province) and the Duc Hua/ Saigon Road, which effectively cut off flow of material moving south along the highway. The battalion then began operations to the west in areas that were former rice and pineapple fields (then overgrown, laced with tunnels, supply caches and booby traps) the area extended to the west to the Vam Co Dong River and from the west banks of the river to the Cambodian border.
To accomplish the mission the combat companies were assigned to various RIF, interdiction and ambush duties throughout the area of operations, the object being to create a maze of ambush and check points between the border and the populated areas that were adjacent to the Bao Tri - Duc Hua road. Part of the process assigned 1/27s troops to duty on the Vam Co Dong River in conjunction with the U. S. Navy and RVN Navy. 1/27 Companies were assigned on a rotating base to Tra Cu naval station, which was at the intersection of the Vam Co Dong and Tui Nau industrial canal. This station was approximately 5 miles from the end of the Parots Beak and the terminus of the Ho Chi Minh trail.
The Tra Cu station contained a real mixed bag of forces and units of U. S. Navy Swift boat (PBR) detachment, RVN Navy with U. S. advisors operating as a River Assault and Interdiction unit with armored landing craft and monitor type vessels, A U. S. Army Infantry Company who opera...Expand for more
ted with the Navy, A Special Forces detachment and a group of Cambodian Mercenaries one of whose mission was planting listening devices along the Ho Chi Minh trail and monitoring NVA base camps in Cambodia, A millitary intelligence from the listening unit who monitored and processed the raw intelligence from the listening device, a 155mm Artillery Battery and a detachment of Air boats similar to the ones seen in the Florida everglades.
The activities along the river for the B Co 1/27 were fairly simple. They worked with the Navy stopping and monitoring river traffic. They were on alert as a rapid reaction force if the Special Forces got into trouble and they conducted RIFs during the day and ambushes at night along the banks of the river at likely crossing points. A typical operation might be looking along the bank for signs of enemy activity, prepping the area with small fire artillary fire mission to clear oththe booby traps, landing a platoon of infantry and conducted reconnaissance of the ara looking for enemy activity, locating supply caches or stirring up a fight. Night operations were similar the Companies were split up and put in ambush patrols at likely crossing points along the bank to lay in wait for enemy troops attempting to move across the river. Enemy contact was frequent but usually small units and resulted in the NVA being redirected back across the Cambodian border. Were we successful? It was thought so. The farmers were seen to move their fields back into former VC areas and reclaim land closer to the river. In addition when arriving at FSB Chaimberain as it was being constructed you needed to go via heavily armed convoy to get to Duc Hua and then on to Ben Hua and Saigon. By the time the endo of 1969 rolled around you thought nothing of taking a jeep and driving into the city like any other tourist.
Bravo Company RTO David William McCormicK wrote a book titled "A Walk on the Sidewalk"
I liken the conditions most closely to the movie Platoon especially the night ambushes in the rain, except we rarely used ponchos becase they reflected light. The movie was actually based on the 25th Division.
After serving the first part of my tour with Bravo Company I later served with 3rd Brigade headquarters as an observer and liason with a "Night Hawk" helecopter gunship operated by the Brigade "Little Bear" Air Bn and later for a short time served as Night Base Camp Defense officer in Tay Ninh durring the Cambodian invasion. For the last month of my tour served as Brigade liason with ARVN, local Phu Cong province police, the army's Phoenix program and a civilian operative who I suspect was CIA
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