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COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC]

Document Item Number: 120101109033
Pages
274
Media Type
Document
Credit
Courtesy the Marine Corps History Division
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

120101109033 pdf
Dates
Existence: May 1969
General Note
FLC (Force Logistic Command)
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC)

FLC Command Directory ;
Freightor Cargo Planning Memorandum #2 (re: T-Day Operation Plan 68-69) ;
Memorandum - Security of Club Funds, Consumables and Property ;
FLC Order P4600.3 - Automated Shipping Control System ;
FLC Order 4440.3D - Controlled Items Reporting ;
FLC Order P4600.1A - Standing Operating Procedure for Embarkation ;
FLC Order P1746.16 - Standing Operationg Procdure for Clubs and Mess Central Service Agency ;
Messages ;
Fact Sheet - T-Day Supply Planning ;
Fact Sheet - Identification of Excesses in RVN and PURA Operations ;
Fact Sheet - Reconciliation ;
Fact Sheet - Supply Support Problems ;
Fact Sheet - 5th Echelon Repair (re: programs for WESTPAC forces) ;
Fact Sheet - GAO Review (General Accounting Office) ;
Logistic Summary for May 1969 ;
FLC Hot Items Status ;
FLC Organic LOGSUM 5-69 ;

Supporting Art for Press Release - Photo with caption:
WHEN CAN YOU START WORK? - Photo 6-1203-69 - CAPT Dave Bransome, through a female interpreter, interviews a Vietnamese man for employment at the FLC complex. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myrs) ;
STORED KNOWLEDGE - Photo 1-1206-69 - Leslie Smith, an IBM field engineer assigned to FLC, checks one of the storage cannister of magnetic tape which stores information used by the IBM 360 model 50-I computer system. (Photo by CPL John Krill) ;
LOOK AT IT GO - Gunnery SGT G. A. Hupp monitors the new computer's programmer as it prints out 1,00 lines of information each minute from the IBM 360 Model 50-I system. (Photo by CPL John Krill) ;
FIRST OPERATION - Photo 1-1223-69 - Navy LtCmdr Steward D. Wilson, chief surgeon, 1st Medical Bn, performs the first major surgery at Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital at FLC HQ near DaNang. Assisting is Navy LtCmdr Guido DiBenedetto, FLC command surgeon. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
300,000 A MONTH - Marine SSGT Delmar M. Shiflet sorts a stack of IBM cardsfor the computer used by the Marine FLC Command Communication Center. (Photo by CPL Walter Leetch) ;
THIRSTY BIRD - Photo [illegible] - Crewmen with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing refuel their CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter. (Photo by CPL Bruce Chertkow) ;
MOBILITY IS THE WORD - Photo 4-1315-69 - A U.S. Marine helicopter returns a 105mm howitzer to its mountain-top fire support base following its repair by FLSG-Bravo at Dong Ha Combat Base. (Photo by CPL Bruce Chertkow) ;
IT'S NOT ALWAYS "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN" - Release 337-69 / Photo 2-1326-69 - [A Marine infantryman watching parachutes of] supplies air-dropped by FLC's Air Delivery Platoon. ;
YOU LOAD SIXTEEN TONS AND WHAT DO YOU GET? - Release 337-69 / Photo 1-1326-69 - Forklift operators help keep U.S. Marines supplied. [no photo]
UNLOADING SUPPLIES - Photo 2-1110-69 - A forklift unloads ammunition from a truck convoy at a Marine combat base north of DaNang. (Photo by LCPL John Gentry) ;
FAST ACTION - Photo 1-1121-69 - A U.S. Marine rushes a Vietnamese boy to safety during explosions that ripped through the FLC ammunition dump near DaNang on April 27, which destroyed nearly 2,000 Vietnamese homes. (Photo by SGT Mike Teramoto) ;
GETTING SIGHTED IN - Photo 4-1145-69 - SGT G. A. Gonzales, FLSG-Alpha, makes sight adjustments to a 105mm howitzer of teh 11th Marine Regt. (Photo by SGT Joe Coder) ;
JUST CHECKIN' - [photo info illegible]
JOINT EFFORT - Release 285-69 / Photo 4-1156-69 - Army and Navy ordnance disposal technicians in the massive clean-up campaign following the DaNang ammunition dump explosion. Army Sergeant First Class Floyd Glenn and Navy Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Robert Burger submerge a white phoshorous round in water. (Photo by SGT Mike Teramoto) ;
TEAMWORK - Photo 3-1156-69 - Navy Ordnanceman First Class Robert BUrger teams up with his counterpart from the Army in teh clean-up campaign following the ammunition dump explosion just north of DaNang. The explosions scattered ordnance into the surrounding areas. (Photo by SGT Mike Teramoto) ;
READY TO GO - Photo 1-1228-69 - Marine SSGT H. O. Troop, a member of FLC's Aerial Delivery Platoon, before making a practice parachute jump. In many cases, air delivery personnel will also jump with the resupply cargo. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
FIRST STEP IS THE BEST - Photo 3-1228-69 - A Leatherneck from FLC's Aerial Delivery Platoon makes a practice parachute jump. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
[Ammunition exchange program / psychological operations] - Photo 1-1355-69 - (Photo by CPL Trygg Hansen) ;
BETTER THIS WAY - Photo 2-1372-69 - A Vietnamese boy at Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital consumes his soft drink with a plastic spoon. (Photo by CPL John Krill) ;
MUTUAL INTEREST - Photo 1-1405-69 - Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee and Rev. W. Pendell, World Relief Commission, visit with a patient at Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital. (Photo by CPL Nick Myers) ;
SYMBOL OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS - Photo 12-1405-69 - Marine BrigGen James A. Feeley Jr. explains the history of a wood carving at Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital. (Photo by CPL Nick Myers) ;
HELPING HANDS - Photo 1-1165-69 - Corrugated metal for reconstruction of Vietnamese homes following an explosion at the Marine FLC's ammunition dump. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
WARD VISIT - Photo 1-1167-69 - MACV surgeon general, Army BrigGen Sturgeon Neal, visits with young patients at the Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital. (Photo by CPL John Krill) ;
LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE - Photo 1-1176-69 - Vietnamese mechanics learn how to repair U.S. military vehicles under the guidance of Navy Seaman Cliff Branhorst at the U.S. Naval Support Activity, DaNang. (Photo by CAPT D. G. Menely) ;
THE BREAD MAN! - Photo 2-1203-69 - Marine CPL A. J. Jonen and two Vietnamese women prepare dough at the FLC's bakery, which will provide bread daily for more than 60,000 allied troops in I Corps. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
TRAINED FOR THE FUTURE - Photo 4-1203-69 - Trained by U.S. Navy doctors and hospital corpsmen, a Vietnamese youth at Hoa Khanh Childrens Hospital analyzes cultural specimens on an electrical microscope. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
IMPORTANT TEAM - Release 337-69 / Photo 4-1341-69 - Scout dog teams like SGT James T. Bolton and Huksy have saved countless Marine infantrymen. (Photo by CPL Bruce Chertkow) ;
IRREPLACEABLE AND UNSTOPPABLE - Release 337-69 / Photo 2-1270-69 - FLC truck convoys as it winds over the dusty mountainous roads of South Vietnam. (Photo by CPL Walter Leetch) ;
SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Photo 1-1257-69 - Five-ton trucks of the 7th Motor Transport Bn as they ford a stream on their run return trip from Vandegrift to Dong Ha Combat Base. (Photo by LCPL Trygg Hansen) ;
JUST LIKE A FREEWAY - Photo 1-1270-69 - Convoy vehicles in support of 1st Marine Division Leathernecks in Operation Oklahoma Hills give the appearance of a military freeway. (Photo by LCPL Walter Leetch) ;
WORKING FOR THE FUTURE - Two Vietnamese women work along with U.S. Marines as key punch operators in teh Automated Services Center. (Photo by LCPL Nick Myers) ;
AT THE READY - Photo 1-1064-69 - Marine PFC Walter M. Kozdranski cautiously searches a marshy area while on an operation with FLC's Provisional Rifle Company. (Photo by SGT Frank Fox) ;
[no title] - Photo 2-1064-69 - Members of the Provisional Rifle Company ford into one of many streams north of DaNang. (Photo by SGT Frank Fox) ;
IT'S NOT SO DEEP - Members of the Provisional Rifle Company ford a stream north of DaNang. (Photo by SGT Frank Fox) ;
ON TARGET - A Marine receives refresher training with the M-60 machine gun at the FLC Non-Commissioned (NCO) Leadership School near DaNang. (Photo by CPL Bruce Chertkow) ;
INSPECTIONS IN VIETNAM? - Marines at the 10-day FLC Non-Commissioned (NCO) Leadership School receive periodic inspections to insure combat readiness. (Photo by CPL Bruce Chertkow) ;
UNIQUE DOGS FOR UNIQUE TASKS - Marine scout and sentry dog handlers graduated from the 3rd Military Police Bn dog handler course. Each dog-handler team will be assigned with Vietnamese Combined Action Platoons (CAP). (Photo by SGT Frank Fox)
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Citation
COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC], 120101109033. May 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=120101109033, Accessed 22 Dec 2025.
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120101109033, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
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