AN-KHE - MORTAR ATTACH ON MAIN BASE AN KHE VIET NAM CO C 228TH ASH BN. FEB 1966 -- Willie Davenport (trying to find my peice of mind), I'm trying to find a GI that was at An-khe between Feb 66 - June 66. I was a door gunner with Co.C 228th 1st Air Cav. I was in Sagion for 8 months, got busted for running over a civilian by a 2nd lt. Put in a 1049 for the 1st Air Cav and was assigned to Co. C 228th assult help. Bn. My mos was 760yz (supply spec]., The 228th put me on a Chinook Helicopter as a door gunner, I didn't even know how to load the M-60. The "only" mission I remember was going out to pick up men from the 2nd. of the 7th. I was about to open fire while we were about 500 ft. All I saw was a bunch of men running around on the ground, no one told me what we were doing when we left the main base. A crew chief dropped a ladder down the center of the chopper, exactly the same time I was about to open up with the M-60. I remember the men climbing up and sitting against the side of the chopper, the expression on there faces I will "NEVER" forget. For some reason I was taken off the chopper as a door gunner & assigned to a Captain as a radio operator & jeep driver. My call sign was Alpa Alpa Charlie 2 indian. There was about 14 of us I think. I remember someone struck a land mine and we were told to hold our positions & not move. I flipped out for some reason. The next thing I remember was a Lt. Colonel leaning over me asking me what was my problem. The next thing I remember was being at Tun-So-Nute air base in Sagion with about 3,000 other GI's waiting for my name to be called out to board a plane to come home. My life has not been the same since that officer asked me what was my problem. I was in the Army 3 yrs. and can remember only four names, all from Sagion. I'm trying to find someone that might remember a "fool" that came to the 228th by way of a 1049 [request for transfer] from Sagion. I'm divorced, live alone, don't have hardly any communications with my 3 kids or grandsons. It's real bad. If someone out there could help me it would make all the difference in the world in the way I live the rest of my life. I do remember my very first night I arrived at An-Khe. We had a mortar attack. It only lasted a few minutes. I remember grabbing my M-16 & running to my bunkard naked and scared beyond belief. The old timers were on top of the bunkerd "drunk" rasing hell like there wasn't nothing going on. I was green, the VC were trying to take out some of our choppers. This happened Feb 1966. If anyone can remember this attack at An-Khe or anything that happened with Co. C 228th asshault helt. Bn. between Feb 1966 -June 1966, please e-mail me at [email protected]. It would mean everything to me to know what happened my last four months in Nam. Your brother WILLIE DAVENPORT.