My name is Buzz Adams; welcome to my bunker. I served with "Anglico's in Vietnam.

Short for "Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company"

Click on a thumbnail to enlarge the photo; I can be reached at buzadams@aol.com

My Story

I was with 12th Marines. An opportunity came up for some of us to become spotters ( forward observers for Naval gunfire). I went from Camp Carroll over to Third Marines in Dong Ha and met a naval officer who would train us.

We took a landing craft down the river from Dong Ha to Cua Viet ( the main supply base on the ocean for I Corp.) from there we went up to C4 on amtracs in the surf. There was a forty foot tower at C4 and we learned to call in Naval Guns. We then proceeded up to OceanView, a small, 20 foot, tower on the DMZ, next to the water. It was very isolated and there were two tanks and a platoon of grunts to protect us. Our main purpose was to determine NVA gun positions that were firing south on Cua Viet to disrupt the supply line.

We would find the NVA guns or rocket positions and then call ships off the coast referred to as "On Station" and direct their fire until we either destroyed the targets or at least scared the crap out of them and they stopped firing.

We had some snipers firing at us in the tower and occasionally would spot troop movements and go after them. Mostly it was dueling gunfire; In August of 1968 I recall waking up in the tower and looking out to sea; I saw this long, low, huge ship with a large crane on the stern. It had a very sleek appearance and I figured it must be the New Jersey.

It was not long until we all heard on the radio a call From "ONRUSH" which was the New Jersey's call sign. Ours, the OceanView tower, was "FightingMad26alpha."

The New Jersey's gunfire was so powerful it literally erased football field size chunks of North Vietnamese coast line. Another ship I recall had the call sign "Matador" I think it was a destroyer. Later when I was on the USS Repose hospital ship it came along side and their speakers were blaring the Herb Alpert song "Lonely Bull," Kinda cool I thought and very few people on board would have made the connection.

I have sent some photo's; I ultimately caught Malaria and finally was so weak I fell from the ladder and couldn't climb back up. At that point I was taken back to C4 and then Cua Viet and finally out to the hospital ship USS Repose.

Cau Viet was under an artillery attack when I was dropped off; I laid on the beach unable to walk from Malaria while shells went off around me. Finally someone, believing I had been hit, carried me into the small hospital and they determined it was Malaria. Unfortunately I spent that last few weeks of my tour on the Repose and never got back to say farewell to my team - Until now...

I hope to hear from you,

Buzz Adams - Anglico 1968-69