Teams/Camps in SE ASIA: MACV ADVISORY TEAM 31
PHU BON
1969-1971

VISITED A-226 ON MANY OCCASIONS

Comments: AFTER MEETING WITH ED, HE ARRANGED A MEETING WITH DR GERALD HICKEY. HE SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY/EVENING TELLING ME ABOUT THE TRIBES IN THE HIGHLANDS; THE HISTORY, THE LOCATIONS, CUSTOMS AND CULTURE. AFTER THAT I WAS FOREVER "HOOKED". GEN. WESTMORELAND GOT ONE BRACELET. HELL, I HAVE TWELVE!! (BUT I NEVER ATE A RAT, DID I)

If you worked w/SF: I WAS A USAID LOGISTICS ADVISOR AND MET, AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH, ED SPRAGUE A YEAR OR SO AFTER HE RETIRED. HE BECAME MY MENTOR,AND FRIEND,IN SUPPORTING THE MONTAGNARD (JARAI AND BAHNAR)IN PHU BON PROVINCE. I GOT MANY LEADS FROM THE TEAM AT A-226. I JUST (12/24/02) LEARNED OF ED'S PASSING AND AM TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH COL FRANCIS KELLY. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, AS I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY RESPECTS TO EVE.

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