HM2 (E5) United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 12. Camp Adenir, East Da Nang. Across Highway 1 from Marble Mountain Air Fac (MAG 16). MCB 12, a reserve battalion from New England, was called to active duty in April, 1968. I was a reservist on active duty with only 9 months left when I was sent to complete their complement of Medical Staff. The Medical Officer was Lt. Gerald Nowak,D.O., of Michigan. HMC Fred Healey, HM1 Charlie Clegg, HM1 Richard (Dick) Lemieux, HM3 John (Jack, my MedCAP partner)Richford were some of the people I served proudly with. At the time, I had been serving on board the USS Raliegh (LPD 1) which has since been stricken from Naval records and sunk by torpedo and Naval gunfire.
I was one of two petty officers who volunteered for Medical Civic Action duty with and without an interpreter, from Covered Storage to Sao Bien Elementary School near Dog Patch.
I spent a lot of off duty time at the Sacred Heart Catholic Orphanage located off the road at the north end of MAG 16's runway. Came home in March '69. My adoptive daughter Xuan was sent from the orphanage with a flight attendant on a Pan Am flight from Saigon in October 69. She is now 36 and has daughter who looks exactly like she did as an infant. She also has a 12 year old son. USN(R)MCB 12 has also been deactivated though I don't have that date.