Texas Tech University

COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC]

Document Item Number: 120101109110
Pages
39
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
Dates
Existence: August 1968
General Note
FLC (Force Logistic Command)
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC)

Command Directory - 1 July 1968

Supporting Art for Press Release - Official USMC Photo with caption:
THE BIG LIFT - Release 418-68 - FLC forklift class, Camp Books (Photo by PFC R. K. Nystrom)
[?] - Release 406-68 / Photo 2-2236-68 - 1st Military Police Bn on "skimmer" boat. (Photo by SGT M. E. Lafferty)
SOARING HIGH - Release 362-68 / Photo 4-2020-68 - Spano and Lobo ready for the touchdown. (Photo by CPL Paul Oliver)
AWAY THEY GO - Release 362-68 / 5-2020-68 -Soano and Lobo dive out of the plane.
SUCCESS - Release 362-68 / 1-2020-68 - SGT Spano and Lobo after successful first jump. (Photo by CPL Paul G. Oliver)
ENEMY [?] - Release 356-68 - Bravo Co., 1st Military Police Bn and Vietnamese soldiers of 106th Regional Force gather around huge stockpile of enemy arms and ammunition during search and sweep operation. (Photo by SGT M. E. Lafferty)
OVER THERE - Release 358-68 / Phoro 1-2039-68 - SGT R. G. Jackson, commander of Combined Action Platoon 2-7-5, points to a trail used by VC to reach the village of Lien Kim where his CAP unit is stationed. (Photo by CPL Paul G. Oliver)
TEAMWORK - Release 357-68 / Photo 1-2037-68 - Nurse Nguyen Thi Tri and Hospitalman third class John A. Wells treat a Vietnamese child's cut at FLC Maintenance Bn Dispensary. (Photo by Izzy Siev)
SADDLE UP - Release 362-68 / Photo 3-2020-68 - SGT Spano gets into his parachute while as Lobo waits. (Photo by CPL Paul G. Oliver)
WATER - Release 362-7 / Photo 6-2020-68 - SGT Spano shares a canteen of water with Lobo after the jump. (Photo by CPL Paul G. Oliver)
HERMAN THE DETERMINED - Release 359-68 / Photo 1-2086-68 - Pet pig and mascot of the Radio Relay Company, 5th Communications Bn, with CPL Jimmy "Snuffy" Blair. (Photo by PFC Rober K. Nystrom)
JUMPING DOG - [Release 362-68] / Photo 2-2020-68 - Lobo, who hit the ground first, raced to SGT Spano after their first jump. (Photo by CPL Paul G. Oliver)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=120101109110

Citation
COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC], 120101109110. August 1968, 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=120101109110, Accessed 25 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line
120101109110, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 14 Jun 2005 [Updated: 22 Feb 2021]