James Garner April 7, 1928 - July 19, 2014

James Garner April 7, 1928 - July 19, 2014
James Garner April 7, 1928 - July 19, 2014 He wanted to be remembered with a smile.

The Garner Files

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Visiting The Troops - 809th Engineer Battalion, Camp Ruam Chit Chai, Thailand


Photo Gallery - 809th Engineer Battalion, Camp Ruam Chit Chai, Thailand


809th Elephant Mascot



Photo Credits:   12  
Richard McBrien,
Co C - 809th Engr Bn

James Garner












"Flew in from Korat, stayed a few hours with the Troops, ate with us and shook hands!"



















James Garner visits Troops in Troops in the North!
"One of the nicest movie stars anywhere in the world!
Shook hands with every Trooper!"



20 Photo Credits:
Bill Sweeney, 281st MP Co












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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    Fuuny one. I am Rich M was looking/searching the net for things about the 809th. Saw the pics and said shit those are some of the pics I took. I have a bunch of other ones also. Not sure if I have any that I scanned saved or not.Scanner has a problem and does not scan very good any longer. Curious how you got the pics. Sure no problem you are using them just wonder where you got them from. Use to be on the TLC Brotherhood site maybe 10 years ago. tat2edsd@yahoo is my email.. Been trying to find some that were in C Company of the 809th when I was there. March 1968 to July of 1970. Had an incident that got my ears hurt bad and nothing was ever put in my medical records that I was treated. Can not get a disability rating unless can find someone that was there. VA rep told me lots of ones that got injured when went on sick call it was never recorded and unless they can prove it are out of luck with putting in a claim.. Rich

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    1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2013 at 9:49 PM

      I can tell you that records were not kept in those outpost and there were no Dr.'s there anyhow. Tim Mitchell

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    2. AnonymousJune 8, 2015 at 5:35 PM

      Just ran across this. June 8, 2015. I was in C Co 809th Eng Camp Ruam Chit Chai, Sakon Nakhon, Aug 69-Jun 70. Mechanic on road construction equipment. I can probably help you. Don Meredith. dwmeredith@mail.com

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    3. AnonymousNovember 10, 2016 at 9:26 PM

      As the pharmacist of 809th, both in Sakhon Nakhon and Phanom Sarakham, I assure you there was always a doctor there.

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    4. UnknownMarch 11, 2019 at 3:08 PM

      I was the lab tecnection June 1969 thru April 1970

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  2. MorganLvrAugust 12, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Hi Rich ~ I wish I could be of more help. I got this at this site: http://www.geocities.com/usarsupthai2002/809thengrbn.htm which is in a clickable link just under the main title of the post.

    Unfortunately, that link is no longer there. It was on GeoCities which no longer exists. However, there are several archives of the old GeoCities sites. I ran a search:

    http://www.oocities.org/index.html?cx=partner-pub-8275911301592484%3A3sqpsplc0mo&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fusarsupthai2002%2F809thengrbn.htm&sa=Search&siteurl=www.oocities.org%2F#793

    Copy this link and you will find several pages besides this one with other information. I don't know how well the links will work, or if there is anything there that can help you, but it seems worth a try.

    And by the way, I think you got a rotten deal here. I guess nothing ever changes. I hope there's something here that's helpful.

    If there's anything else I can do, don't hesitate to let me know.

    Suzanne

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    I was in Camp Ruam Chit Chai in april of 69 to april of 70, in C company , still have a few pics from there

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    1. MorganLvrJanuary 13, 2013 at 1:25 PM

      Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. This page is no longer on the Web, so I'm glad I saved it.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 2:51 AM

    Hi

    I'm a local national and was with the 809th Bn and 561st Co when they were building the road boht at Phanomsakrakarm and sakolnakorn

    Bool

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    1. AnonymousJuly 16, 2016 at 10:15 AM

      Godfrey Alleyne C company 809th 1964-1965 proodish@yahoo.com

      914-906-9613

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  5. UnknownDecember 30, 2014 at 2:47 PM

    I WAS WITH CO. C 809TH ENGR. BN. FROM JAN. 19 1967 TO DEC. 23, 1967 I GOT TO GO HOME EARLY ON OPERATION SANTA CLAUS. I RAN A ROAD GRADER MOST OF THE TIME..

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  6. UnknownJune 11, 2017 at 11:22 AM

    I was with C Co both in the jungle building the road over the mountain and with the company on the move up north to the Bn headquarters. I have no idea as to what the name of the area was where the camp was prior to the move north. I was in the unit from 5/1968 thru 12/1968. I also remember the hooch spraying every night and dead vegetation around both camps and also along the road construction site. I had a malignant bladder tumor removed in 2013, go figure.
    Jim Gebhardt

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  7. AnonymousAugust 23, 2017 at 5:14 PM

    Anyone still looking for folks from Thailand based units, check out www.usarsupthai.webs.com (USARSUPTHAI ASSOCIATION) and on Facebook: USARSUPTHAI FB (154849561231642) group, and on Yahoo Group USARSUPTHAI all are active. Come by and check us out as of 8/23/2017 - Joe Wilson - President USARSUPTHAI ASSOCIATION

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