Texas Tech University

COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC]

Document Item Number: 120101109120
Pages
44
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: September 1968
General Note
FLC (Force Logistic Command)
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC)

Supporting Art for Press Release - Official USMC Photo with caption
Press Release 430-57 / Photo 1-2383-68
[?] - 2-2309-68, 1-2309-68, 4-2369-68 - German Shepherd scout dog with Marine dog handler
AN EXPLOSIVE JOB - Photo 1-2458-68 - Joseph G. Pavao, project general foreman, explains new packaging machine to LtCol Vernon Jones, FLC officer in charge of G-3. FPC B. F. Crowley operates the machine to fill rebuilt mortars. (Photo by LCPL Roger K. Nystrom)
NEW LOOK FOR MARINES - Photo 1-2315-68 - Assisted by SSGT Kenneth H. Parr, LCPL Eddie D. Phipps dons the first set of camouflage utilites which are wind-resistant and tear-proof, and will replace the current solid green uniform. (Photo by SGT F. B Nixon)
OLD HAND - Photo 1-2232-68 - Fixing a truck transmission FLSG-Alpha's Maintenance Shop are retired French Foreign Legion Major Ngu Te and U.S. Marine LCPL Robert G. Gray. (Photo by SSGT J. Baker)
SACRED SHIPMENT - Photo 2-2482-68 - Chaplain Anthony C. Vols and Father Peter Hung examine a gold chalice sent by John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia. A shipment of linens, vestments and other sacred articles are for four churches in the Hoi An - Tam Ky area. (Photo by LCPL Trygg Hansen)
THE GENTLE WARRIOR - Release 445-68 / Photo 2-2470-68 - A Vietnamese girl digs into a bag of candy held by Marine LCPL Roscoe A. Newson. The 3rd Military Police Bn sponsored a picnic for nearly 500 Vietnamese youth southwest of Da Nang. (Photo by SGT J. S. Addington)
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT - Photo 1-2398-68 - Bennet receives his higher education degree in Vietnam, through the University of Maryland's Overseas Program.
HIGHEST AWARD - Photo 1-2286-68 - Marine 1LT James Uhl receives the Medal of Honor for his leadership during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
various newspaper articles for press release
SMILES OF THANKS - Photo 1-2421-68 - Captain Joseph F. Mahoney, civil affairs officer for FLSG-Bravo, with Vietnamese children at the newly constructed Dong Ha Orphanage. (Photo by J. S. Addington)
[?] Medcap with Vietnamese civilians.
[?] Marine dog handler SGT Dave Lajoie with scout dog, Taddy.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=120101109120

Citation
COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [FLC], 120101109120. September 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=120101109120, Accessed 22 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line
120101109120, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 16 Jun 2005 [Updated: 23 Feb 2021]