COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC]
Document Item Number: 120101109111
- Pages
- 43
- 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: December 1968- General Note
- FLC (Force Logistic Command)
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC)
Command Directory
Supporting Art for Press Release - Official USMC Photo with caption:
BEFORE AND AFTER - First Project-10 reconditioned M-54 truck at FLSG-Alpha. (Photo by LCPL G. G. Gunn)
ONLY THING MISSING IS SNOW - Two Marines, PFC D. L. Sickman and LCPL D. G. Linley, of FLSG-Bravo cutting down a pine tree for Christmas near Dong Ha Combat Base. (Phot by LCPL R. K. Nystrom)
THE EYES OF TEXAS - Two Marines (GYSGT Ramiro Garza Sr, PFC Raul Cavazos) and a Navy doctor (LT Charles H. Mims (MC)) from Mission, Texas, serving with FLSG-Bravo, received a Texas state flag for the unit from Governor John Connally. Major James D. Ingram, FLSG-B's commanding officer, presents the flag. (Photo by LCPL Bill Otte)
LOOKS EASY - Photo 2-3036-68 - LCPL Larry R. Biller works out with weight-lifting equipment at the new FOC gymnasium at Camp Books. (Photo by CPL W. A. Jackson)
HOOKING A DONUT - Photo 2-3093-68 - Marines of C Co, 3rd Shore Party Bn, prepare hookup of two 500-gallon rubber fuel donuts to a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion, for airlift from 7th Separate Fuel support Bn, FLSG-Bravo to FSB Charlie-2 near Con Thien. (Photo by LCPL R. K. Nystrom)
VIETNAM VET - U.S. Post Office building was rebuilt for second time after being hit by rockets for the second time in two months. The Navy Seabees, who rebuilt the building both times, awarded the building a Purple Heart Ribbon with gold star denoting a second award, is presented by Builder 1st Class John W. Bevard along with other campaign ribbons: Marine Corps Good Conduct Ribbon, national Defense Ribbon, Vietnaemse Campaign Ribbon and teh Vietnamese Service Ribbon. . SSGT Curtis L. Parkins is postmaster at Camp Books.
SHORE TO SHIP - Photo 1-3194-68 - A FLC truck convoy moves onto pontoon rafts to cross the Thu Ben River on its resupply run to An Hoa in support of Operation TAYLOR COMMON. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers)
LTI TEAM - Photo 3-3194-68 - SGT F. J. Gamdet [?] and CPL E. "Chief" Wheeler conduct Limited Technical Inspection on mortars that will be part of Op Taylor Common. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers)
OPERATION BOUND - Photo 4-3194-68 - After LTI a 105mm howitzer, bound for a mountain top fire support base, is hooked up to a Marine CH-46 helicopter. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers)
LZ ACTIVITY - Marines of FLC's Logistic Support Unit (LSU) and 1st Shore Party Bn at the An Hoa LZ get ready for another external hookup to a 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) CH-46 transport helicopter.
AIRBORN ARTILLERY - Photo 8-3194-68 - Marines at An Hoa LZ look on as 105mm howitzer is hoised by CH-53 transport helicopter of the 1st MAW. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers)
GYRENE GENERATOR - Photo 9-3194-68 - A PU-239 generator is brought in by a CH-53 trnasport helicopter (1st MAW) for repairs by FLC's Logistic Support Unit (LSU) at An Hoa. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers)
DEDICATED TO THE FALLEN - Photo 1-3217-68 - Rear ADM James W. Kelly, Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy during ceremonies dedicating teh Memorial Garden at the FLC headquarters compound chapel. (Photo by LCPL N. W. Myers)
HILLTOP HELOLIFT - Marines of F Co, 2nd Bn, 11th Marines atop LZ Lance, watch as ammunition is brought in by a CH-53 transport helicopter of the 1st MAW in support of Op Taylor Common. (Photo by LCPL Trygg Hansen)
AERIAL RESUPPLY - Photo 2-3196-68 - A Marine at LZ Lance watches as an artillery piece in airlifted into the fire support base by a CH-54A Flying Crane of teh Army's 478th Aviation Co, 101st Airborne Division. (Photo by LCPL Trygg Hansen)
NEARING COMPLETION - The small wood and tin structure of the present Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital is dwarfed by the new all-brick and stone 120-bed facility scheduled to open in January at the headquarters complex of FLC. (Photo by CPL W. A. Jackson)
GIFT TIME - Photo 1-3246-68 - A Vietnamese girl at the Hoa Khanh Children's Hospital digs into a bag of gifts at a holiday party. (Photo by CPL M. Teramoto)
INTERNATIONAL FAVORITE - Photo 4-3229-68 - A Marine serving with the Armed Forces Military Police, Da Nang, feeds ice cream to a child at the Sacred Heart Orphanage, Da Nang. (Photo by SGT Patrick Nixon)
[illegible] - [Marine with Vietnamese child at orphanage]
HAPPINESS IS A WARM SHOULDER - Photo 2-3229-68 - Marine SGT Boodwell L. Simms, Armes Forces Military Police, provides a resting place for a Vietnamese child during a holiday season party at the Sacred Hearts Orphanage. (Photo by SGT Patrick Nixon)
MOVING UP - Photo 2-3222-68 - Tram Phu, a Vietnamese mechanic employed by the Marine FLC, completes his final repair on a five-ton truck. (Photo by CPL John S. Krill)
TAKES MUSCLE - Photo ?-3222-68 - CPL Raymont T. Bruton instructs a Vietnamese civilian employee in the art of repairing flat tires at Truck Co, H&S Bn, FLC. (Photo by CPL John S. Krill)
NO 'MUNSTER' IS HE - Photo 1-3229-68 - A Marine with Armed Forces Military Police entertains children during a holiday party with a Herman Munster puppet at the Sacred Heart Orphanage. (Photo by SGT Patrick Nixon)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=120101109111
- Citation
- COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC], 120101109111. December 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=120101109111, Accessed 21 Dec 2025.
- Pub Credit Line
- 120101109111, 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]
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