Any 7th RRFS Ramasun Station alumnae on the forum??

Post by **jnland** » May 15, 2010, 2:56 am

FrazeeDK wrote:I reckon I know of several dozen 7th RRFS guys that married Thais.. It makes me wonder some times what the total number of ASA types that married Thais was.... You're right on the assignment.. I ended up doing 21 1/2 years in the Army and Swing shift in the box for 26 months was by far the best (and easiest) job I ever had in my career.. Add to that the exotic life of living in Thailand and t'was heaven for a young man..

Interesting to me that I did almost exactly that length of time in the Army. Retired as an E8 74Z. See where there was a 74F at the box. Didn't know any of those guys were there. Course I wasn't really paying attention either. I heard at one time that the total number of guys who married Thais was far more than the Army ever wanted to admit. Uh, BTW, 'twas heaven indeed.

Post by **FrazeeDK** » May 15, 2010, 3:14 pm

let's see.. Just off the top of my head, other guys stayed 20 too.. A far cry from the DILLIGAF, FTA youngsters we were while at the 7th:
Joe McClane, O5H at 7th, ret. E-8
John Soper, O5H at 7th ret at least E-8 stayed MI.
Al Vieherstahler, 98C at 7th ret. E-8
Ken Gebhardt. O5H at 7th ret. E-8
Don Halsey, O5H at 7th ret. as E-9
Kirby Hoffman 72G at 7th, ret. as E-8
I've also run into a lot of ex ASA types in State Deparment communications...

I'm sure there are many others.. We were, the "top 10%" and those guys that stayed in usually moved up the enlisted ladder to at least E-8/E-9.. Many who married Thais, got out of MI and moved to Signal..

Post by **jnland** » May 16, 2010, 10:14 pm

That last little bit is kind of a kicker. I was reassigned as a Teletype Op at Ft Gordon (Signal Corps), reenlisted for computer programming (AG) thinking I'd never see the signal corps again. In Japan in 1987, got a letter from Ft Gordon welcoming me to the United States Army Signal Corps. Signal had pulled all data processing, along with some other information processing activities, away from the AG Corps. From Japan, yeah, I went to Ft Gordon.

Post by **psfingers** » July 11, 2010, 12:27 pm

I was at ramasum station in 73 and 74. I just found several sites today about the 7th rrfs. I was surprised to find anything. I was also at Det-J in Ubon for part of my tour. Great memories. I was looking for some friends also stationed there. Any help qsl k

Post by **slmldm** » July 13, 2010, 2:16 am

i was station at the 7th RRFS in 1970 - 1971 and trying to locate members that were there at that time. Capt. Parry, Dave Clark, SP6 Morrison or anyone else.you can contact me at [email protected]

Post by **slmldm** » July 14, 2010, 10:14 pm

Whiskeybravo wrote:I was stationed at Ramasun from May '68 - Mar '69 and July '70 - Feb '74. USAF 202 (98C for you Army types). Another nickname for the place was 7th Recon Ranger Field Station. I think quite a few old Non Soong GIs will be heading back to Udon in the next few years.

I notice that you were stationed at the 7th between 70 and 71. I also was therre and am trying to remember some of the names.
1sgt
I believe the commander was col. powell
Capt Perry, usmc
Norm Gray, us army
if you can help i would appreciate the assistance

thanks

Post by **Shutterbug77** » July 23, 2010, 8:59 am

Was stationed there from 02/70 to 02/71. I would still be there if the Army would let me stay. Was 05h, working swing shift 1400hrs to 2200hrs. Then worked in MARS station until freques. went away. Best duty station in the world. Best people in the world. Most beautiful girls in the world. Best Commander was Col. Wm Powell (Bill on the athletic fields. Best sargent major in the world. Can't remember his name. Since we worked swing shift the softball field was always dark when we got off work. One o our guys went to him and asked if the lights could remain on while we practiced. That night not only were the lights on, butr he had several coolers of beer iced down for us. So many great memories.

Was anyone else there when the monsoons got real bad and Udorn flooded. We had to get around by those little boats because all the streets were flooded.

Post by **Shutterbug77** » July 23, 2010, 9:00 am

usa wrote:i was a mars operator from 73-75. best duty i ever had in my 10 yr army career. would do it again in a ny minute if i could go back to the 70s thailand. love the people.

Did they still have the QRZ QRZ Where the hell is my stateside? drawing posted there?

Post by **glenne** » September 14, 2010, 7:04 am

I was stationed at the 7th RRFS in 1967. Lived in tents & worked out of vans.
72B40 E-6 Training NCO Commcenter. I sent the 1st Critic out of Thailand.

I run a webste for the 7th: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UdornVets/

We have approximately 200 ASA/AFSS/NSG folks there and have a ton of fun & photo's.
Please join us and tell war stories and probably meet some of your buddies.
Please provide you name MOS or AF equivlent and when stationed at Udorn.

Glenn Eckfeld

Post by **Texasjoe0452** » September 22, 2010, 5:49 pm

Hello all--new to the site. I was in Ramasun in 73-74 and at Det j (DJWAR) mostly 73. I recently hooked up with Dave F again--we were stationed together in 73-74 and again in the early 90's in Germany--and now I am on a job in Bangkok and here he is! Small world. I have also kept in touch with Glen Courtney (the godfather of Det J)--he is in California--and for many years was in touch with Harve "Chief" Howard, who settled in the Tulsa area. I also have emails for Fred Schmitt. If anyone wants to give a shout I am at [email protected] I am trying to build a house in Udorn area this year.

Post by **jsteel** » May 11, 2011, 4:14 am

Hi gang. I was stationed at the 7th RRFS in 1970-71. My mos was translator/interpreter and I was in a rock group called FOUL PIE. I remember the large wat, 5 Sisters restaurant, massages, jewelers, tilocs, artesian crappers and the town fairs featuring monkey ball soup. Anyone there during my time?

Post by **fuzzykjun** » June 9, 2011, 9:15 am

hello asa. i was there from74-75,,,,john fuselier, 31j teletype repair. I would like to talk to anyone who married a thai and visits the noung song area. i am still looking for my t-loc who had my child. i would like info and maybe to send information to the locals who could pass the info and pictures around,, maybe someone would remembeer or the info would get to her. i know she left after i did and never remarried. her ville was up east of chiang mai! any help would be super appreciated!!

Post by **fuzzykjun** » June 9, 2011, 9:59 am

if you can't find the email to fuzzykjun its [email protected] thanks,,,,

Post by **FrazeeDK** » June 9, 2011, 10:36 pm

Fuzzykjun.. in tracking down a thai you'd need her full real Thai name (no nicknames) and hopefully the name of the village near Chiang Mai she came from.. Now, in saying she came from Chiang Mai, are you sure she came from Northwestern Thailand "Chiang Mai" or possibly she came from Sri Chiang Mai located in Nong Khai Province about 100km from Udon by road and on the Mekong River..?? I never saw too many non-Issan around Udon/Non Soong back then..

Post by **fuzzykjun** » June 11, 2011, 7:25 am

now you got me confused~! haha I thought I had something going. we went to her homeonce in a hired cab, we drove all day,, stopped at a river were they jumped in then at a big lake they said was a chiang mai tourist site but it was winter and out of season,, we drove more and spend the night at her familys village,, this was north and east of udorn,,when we left we went another girls house and spent the night and I think we came back along hywy 22,,, its been 35 years.. I am hoping to find someone in Non sung,, the town across from the 7th,, hopefully by email,,that I could send pictures too. anyone who was these at the time knew me well,, I had made myslef well liked among the whole area.. even if one of the bar girls from that time saw the pictures she would know me and Penn,,,,the someone I would hopefully get in contact with might be able to post in newspapers and such,,, penn might even have come back to the area as she had nothing going in her jungle village and a baby to take care of....anyway thanks for the feed bacck

Post by **fuzzykjun** » June 11, 2011, 7:28 am

she came from north eastern thailand,,, we had to cross into either cambodia or laos by bribing the guards on both sides of a bridge and then again when we left that country... kinda scary since ASA guys were prime meat for the Commies! just looking for a way to post pics in newspapers or online,,,,,

Post by **maaka** » June 11, 2011, 11:35 am

am i gettin this right..your saying you crossed a bridge over the Mekong in 70's...if she was from NE Thailand, what was the reason for going into Laos with her..sure she wasnt Laotian ??..how many hours after the bridge did you travel, was it hill country or flat lands, where her village was?

Post by **papaguido** » June 11, 2011, 11:49 am

Fuzzy,

Maybe this will help. Sri Chiang Mai is NE of Udon near the Mekong. Grid C-2 on the map (click on the map for a larger view).

Here's a link to photo up loader, easy to post picks using this:

http://www.postimage.org/

Post by **papaguido** » June 11, 2011, 12:13 pm

papaguido wrote:Fuzzy,

Maybe this will help. Sri Chiang Mai is NE of Udon near the Mekong. Grid C-2 on the map (click on the map for a larger view).

Here's a link to photo up loader, easy to post picks using this:

http://www.postimage.org/

Dammit where's that edit button

meant to write NW....not NE

Post by **maaka** » June 11, 2011, 3:03 pm

just as well we are not jumping in on your grid refs papa, we'd be in India...hahaha