ED GRAY

Last updated Aug 14, 2008

ED GRAY'S "RVN" ALBUM

My tour in Viet Nam began on March 28, 1967, just ten days after Major General Bruno A. Hochmuth assumed command of the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced). As the Division Food Service Officer and member of the General Staff I often traveled with the General aboard his chopper or on the chase plane assigned to ferry he and his Staff throughout the 3rd Divisions TAOR. With virtually no land based transportation available between camps, we relied almost completely on air transport as a means of travel from Division Headquarters to the outlying camps scattered along the DMZ. from the coast West to Khe Sanh and the Laotian border and many points in between. Names like Con Tien, Phu Bai, Gia Le, Gia Lin, Camp Carrol, Quang Tri, Camp Evans, Dong Ha, Tan Mai, Colco Island and Hue City became part of our vocabulary at the morning and evening briefings conducted each day by the Division Staff.

During the nine month period leading to his death on November 14, 1967, I and most other members of his staff developed a profound respect for our Commanding General and his "straight forward, in your face leadership style" and mourn the loss of this Marine even to this day..

Major General B. A. Hochmuth, Commanding General, 3rd Marine Division killed in Copter Crash on November 14, 1967.

HEADQUARTERS 3rd MARINE DIVISION (REINFORCED), I CORPS, PHU BAI, RVN 1967

PHU BAI AIRFIELD

SE ASIA HOOCH'S, PHU BAI, RVN 1967

CAPT. ED GRAY, 3rd MarDiv FSO, PHU BAI, Northern I CORPS, RVN 1967-68

CWO ANGELO CIAMPA, 3rdMARDIV FSO (FORWARD) DONG HA, RVN 1967

ANGIE CIAMPA & HIS DRIVER AT DONG HA, 1967

LUNCH WITH ONE FOOT IN HIS HOLE, DONG HA, RVN, 1968

LTCO. BILLY D. BRIDGES, IIIMAF FSO, DA NANG,RVN 1967-68

1stLt. JIM WEAVER DA NANG, RVN 1967-68

"A" RATIONS ARRIVING AT TAN MAI, COLCO ISLAND, FLSG ALFA, 1968

GYSGT MEEKS 3rd MARDIV FORWARD FOOD TECH DONG HA ,RVN 1967-68

LUNCH TIME AT CON TIEN, RVN IN THE DMZ, 1967

DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS? GIA LEI, RVN IN THE DMZ, 1968

ED GRAY WAITING FOR A HOP TO KHE SANH, FROM PHU BAI, RVN 1968

CAPT. NICK ANGELO, DA NANG, RVN, 1967

CAPT'S. ED GRAY (LEFT) AND RAY HESTER, DANANG, 1967

GYSGT. SAM SAWYER, NCOIC, SPECIAL PROJECTS, FOOD SERVICE, HQ 3rd MAR DIV PHU BAI, RVN 1967

GYSGT. SAM SAWYER 3rd MarDiv. Phu Bai, RVN, 1967

Gunny Meeks building a Bunker, 3rd MarDiv Food Service, Dong Ha, 1968

Pretty good bunker Gunny.

Ed Gray & Driver on Coffee Break, Phu Bai RVN, 1968

"Till the last landing's made,
and we stand unafraid
on a shore no mortal has seen...
'til the last bugle call
sounds taps for us all, it's
Semper Fidelis Marines!"