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COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC]

Document Item Number: 120101109027
Pages
52
Media Type
Document
Credit
Courtesy the Marine Corps History Division
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Box 01, Folder 109,
Copyright Statement
Declassified by the USMC History Division
Language(s)
English
Collection
US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection
120101109027
120101109027 pdf
Dates
Existence: February 1969
General Note
FLC (Force Logistic Command)
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC)

FLC Command Directory

Supporting Art for Press Release - Official USMC Photo with caption:
GOING AFLOAT - Release 5-0328-69 - Convoy trucks board ferry to cross the Song Thu Bon River near An Hoa CB to resupply USMC units in Operation Taylor Common (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
TUBE TEST - Release 6-0328-69 - CPL Dan Whitaker travels to remote artillery batteries and tests a 105mm tube for worn parts while making repairs and adjustments (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
VAN GUARD - Release 8-0328-69 - Repair vans get escort from tanks of the 1st Marine Division. (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
LONELY VIGIL - Release 2-0331-69 - Member of 1st Military Police Bn on watch on a Danang bridge. (Photo by CPL Mike Teramoto) ;
ENGINE REPAIR - Release ? - A mechanic with FLC's Maintenance Battalion tightens oil cooler bolts on a five ton engine. (Photo by CPL Mike Teramoto) ;
TEAMWORK - Release ? - A Republic of Korea soldier assists FLC forklift operator as he loads supplies. ;
CONVOY GUARDIAN - Release 1-0393-69 - Tank with Bravo Co, 1st Tank Bn, 1st Marine Division chaperones FLC convoy to An Hoa Combat Base. (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
A "DIFFERENT" ENGAGEMENT - Release ? - SSGT Jack E. Wettig, FLSG-Bravo's civil affairs section, makes final adjustements to a newly installed hand pump as part of a "self-help project to better Vietnamese living conditions. (Photo by LCPL Trygg Hansen) ;
ORPHANS TOUCH MARINE'S HEART - Release ? - SSGT Jack E. Wettig spends time with children at a small orphanage near Dong Ha Combat Base that is provided for solely by FLSG-Bravo's civil affairs section and concerned Leathernecks. (Photo by LCPL R. K. Nystrom) ;
PORT CALL IN LEATHERNECK SQUARE - Release 1-3125-68 - A Navy landing craft, military, on Song Cua Viet River pulls into Dong Ha Combat Base ramp. (Photo by LCPL R. K. Nystrom) ;
READY FOR ACTION - Release 1-3143-68 - LCPL John M. Rodenborn, Small Arms section, Maintenance Bn, makes adjustments on a 106mm revoilless rifle. (Photo by LCPL G. G. Gunn)
MASKED MARINE - Release 2-3194-68 - CPL L. J. Sanders works on a "mechanical mule" starter bracket at FLC's Logisic Support Unit (LSU) at An Hoa in support of Operation Taylor Common. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers) ;
HOA KHANH VISIT - Release ? - The U.S. Navy's Chief of Chaplains, Rear Adm. James Kelly, greets two Vietnamese boys hospitalized at the Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital. (Photo by CPL A. Jackson) ;
HELPING HAND - Release ? - LCPL David B. Taylor pours a soda for a young patient during a Tet (Vietnamese New Year) party at the FLC's new Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital. (Photo by CPL John A. Gentry) ;
HEART OF SUPPLY CAN NEVER STOP - Release ? - FLSG-Bravo Supply Co. turns on their lights for after dark loading of roughrider convoy trucks, Vandegrift Combat Base. (Photo by LCPL Roger K. Nystrom) ;
HO HUM - Release 1-0139-69 - LSU 3 forklift driver at Chu Lai waits to load pallet of ammunition bound for Marines taking part in Operation Mariner Thrust. (Photo by CPL John Krill) ;
BELLY BOUND - Release 2-0139-69 - 1st Shore Party load ammunition and c-rations into CH-46 helicopter from LSU 3 at Chu Lai to 2nd and 3rd Bn 26th Marine Regt marines participating in Operation Mariner Thrust. (Photo by CPL John Krill) ;
A FIRE? - Release 1-0142-69 - PFC D. G. Markson, Communication Co., 3rd Marine Division is using the new steam cleaning unit at FLSG-Bravo, Dong Ha Combat Base, to clean mud, grease and road tar from trucks. (Photo by LCPL Bill Otte?) ;
"YOU LEAD'EM, WE FEED'EM" - Release 1-0151-69 - PFC R. L. Davis does his weekly "shopping" for 3rd Marine Division Operations section. FLSG-Bravo Supply Co. delivered 38,000 tons of "chow" in December to feed more than 45,000 American troops in northern I Corps. (Photo by LCPL Roger K. Nystrom) ;
ARTERY OF MOBILITY - Release 2-0151-69 - Part of the 18 miles of FLC Supply Co. fuel lines stretching across I Corps. (Photo by LCPL Roger K. Nystrom) ;
ENEMY DETERRENT COMES IN COILS - Release 5-0151-69 - Concertina wire is offloaded at Supply Co's storage lot at Quang Tri Combat Base. (Photo by LCPL Roger K. Nystrom) ;
BRASS RANCH CULTIVATES BUMPER CROP - Release 59-69 / 6-0151-69 - Shell casings are reusable and fall into the retrograde category. FLSG-Bravo's Supply Col, returns brass casings to the U.S. PFC D. R. Williams, LCPL R. K. Dean and LCPL D. J. Smith. (Photo by LCPL Roger K. Nystrom) ;
[text missing] Release 2-0201-69 - [text missing] instructs a perimeter defense mortar section on the techniques of shooting a night illumination mission. (Photo by GYSGT Edward Moore) ;
KING OF THE ROAD - Release 1-0197-69 - FLC "War Wagon" is a converted five-ton cargo truck that is readied for daily convoy security runs with armor plating radio equipment and a .50 cal. machine gun. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers) ;
VIETNAMESE GAL HELPS BUILD A NATION - Release 1-0229-69 - A young Vietnamese engineer , part of a civilian construction crew, works with a transit preparing new roads. (Photo by CAPT D. Menely) ;
ON PATROL - Release ? - PFC Lamar Lambett, a radio man with B Co., 1st Military Police Bn, FLC, treks through the island village of Da Me, on the Song Han River. (Photo by Trygg Hansen) ;
LOCAL FAMILY SEND CLOTHING TO VIETNAMESE ORPHANS - Release 4-0260-69 - Clothing is distributed by SSGT J. E. Wettig, FLSG-Bravo, Dong Ha Combat Base. The clothing was sent by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ingram (Morganton, North Carolina). Their son, Major J. B. Ingram, is CO of H&S Co., FLSG-Bravo. (Photo by LCPL Roger Nystrom) ;
THIS WAY.... - Release ? - A Marine radio operator of FLC's Provisional Rifle Co. gives to Vietnamese villagers during a recent search and clear operations near DaNang as they are temporarily moved to clearing points. (Photo by CAPT D. G. Menely) ;
ON THE MOVE... - Release 2-0322-69 - A patrol of FLC Marines utilize teh services of a scout dog and handler, members of the FLC's 3rd Military Police Bn. (Photo by CAPT D. G. Menely) ;
MARINE CATERING SERVICE - Release 1-0328-69 - A Marine CH-46 helicopter hovers over the LZ at An Hoa Combat Base as a "combat cling" is filled with supplies for Operation Taylor Common. (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
TANK SURGERY - Release 2-0328-69 - LCPL Earnest Castro, Maintenance Col, performs a little "open tank surgery" on a tank that provides convoy security from FLC HQ to An Hoa Combat Base in support of Operation Taylor Common. (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
TEAM EFFORT - Release 3-0328-69 - After repairing a 105mm barrel at An Hoa Combat Base, a Marine artillery repair team gets a helping hand in replacing it. (Photo by LCPL John Volpe) ;
Perma Link
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Citation
COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC], 120101109027. February 1969, Box 01, Folder 109, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=120101109027, Accessed 01 Mar 2026.
Pub Credit Line
120101109027, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 12 Jun 2005 [Updated: 04 Feb 2021]

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