MACOI, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Office Of Information. BiographiesBios are in Alphabetical Order Click Picture to EnlargeBarry Abrams     Barry Abrams in Saigon, at left, with his good friend, John Mikesch then Barry in later life in Paris. Barry Abrams, born in Amarillo, Texas in 1. University of Nebraska. When he arrived in Saigon in December 1. AFVN, he was quick to learn how to operate the cramped control room, and to handle the somewhat primitive equipment he found there. He and AFVN colleague, John Mikesch, became fast friends, and their friendship continued until Barrys death in 2. Johns memories of Barry follow. We both ended up living at the Dia Nam BEQ for the first month or so. We celebrated Christmas Eve together eating Chinese food in a little restaurant that had French music playing. We enjoyed a bottle of Liebfraumilch wine to continue the international theme. By month two we were both in the Ambassador BEQ, sharing a room. Rosser-50s-Bill-Hillman-collection.jpg' alt='A Peacetime Boom Rarity' title='A Peacetime Boom Rarity' />It was a routine to always head up to the roof of any building we were staying in after we got home from the station. It was amazing to watch and hear all the nighttime activity, mortars and rockets which we hoped would never fall short they often flew overhead of our position, flares, and that constant siren with the sound of explosions every so often. Several times we were spotted by the MPs and they were most unhappy, but amazingly we never got caught. Barry and I spent hours debating logic, ethics, and what this is really all about. Barry was a very bright man. At the station I was able to show him some of the tricks of television, and once out of the building we shared great meals and wonderful discussions. Later Barry also found a little apartment near Cholon. He had purchased a motorcycle, so we did a few day trips to Long Binh and a few other nearby communities. There were also a few evenings when Barry picked me up at the Ambassador and we spent the night. It was all highly illegal and dangerous, which made it all the more fun. By late 1. 96. 7 Barry had worked out a deal with JUSPAO to do some media relations with their unit. When his first wife came to Vietnam at one point, Barry was busy with his JUSPAO responsibilities, so I became her host. We were able to eat dinner at Mike Turpin and Lilis apartment, then a little tour of the station. Got her back to her hotel before curfew. After Barrys time with the Army, he went to work for a television station in Honolulu as a photographer and producer. He had a new wife and son. Then, in the 1. Barrys mom was in poor health, living in New York state. Software Toko Full Version Gratis on this page. Barry and I determined that their trip from Honolulu to New York might be easier if they spent a few days in Seattle on the way. I met the plane, and it was great to see Barry, and to meet his wife and son, Jesse, and even the family dog. I was able to get a job offer for Barry at KING TV as a photographer in the production department much better deal than working as a photographer in news. He said thanks, but I have to do this, and that was the last time I saw Barry. In 2. 00. 3 he began a job teaching ESL English as a Second Language for Air France employees in Paris. He was working there when lieukemia entered his life, and that life ended in August of 2. Biographies Bios are in Alphabetical Order Click Picture to Enlarge Barry Abrams Barry Abrams in Saigon, at left, with his good friend, John Mikesch then Barry in. A,H, Haden motorcycles was a British motorcycle marque from Birmingham, England. The best opinions, comments and analysis from The Telegraph. Santa Catalina Island Tongva Pimugna or Pimu is a rocky island off the coast of the U. S. state of California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island name is. Museum bikes from 1945 to 1965 on display at Classic Cycle, a bicycle shop and museum located just outside of Seattle on Bainbridge Island. We had continued our friendship with phone calls and e mail until the end. Charles Benson Chuck Adams            Chuck is pictured in 1. Da Nang, where he is joined by a visiting Ron Ely TVs Tarzan then we see Chuck and his bride Nancy at their 7 July 2. Toronto. I served as assistant to the OIC at AFNE, based in Frankfurt, Germany, from 1. Then I was with AFVN from May 1. May 1. 97. 1, serving first as OIC of AFVN Da. NangDet. 2 for six months on Monkey Mountain, where I succeeded Air Force Capt. Elliott Johnny Johnson. Then I served as Chief of Newsnews director of the network, based in Saigon, for the rest of my tour. I separated from the Army upon arrival back in the States with the rank of captain. I received the Army Commendation Medal while with AFNE, the Joint Service Commendation Medal and Bronze Star while with AFVN. Ive always enjoyed telling about my Vietnam experience, which could have been completely different. Because, as one who enlisted for Signal Corps OCS I was a radio TV speech major at Ohio State, where I also got a masters in broadcast journalism, I actually went through Infantry OCS at Fort Benning, where I was trained to be an Infantry platoon leader. But a visit to officer personnel while at Signal School at Fort Gordon, and an offer to give Uncle an extra year, produced the AFNE assignment. Re my RVN experience, when people ask what I did in Vietnam, I tell them I spent half my tour in a movie Good Morning, Vietnam and the other half in a TV series China Beach. I missed Adrian Cronauer by several years in Saigon. The in country R R station and also a MASH hospital was at China Beach in Da. Nang.   And that, of course, led to China Beach, the TV series starring, among others, Dana Delaney and Marg Helgenberger. When I consider what I was trained to be in Vietnam, and what my classmates did, I consider myself very fortunate. There were a number of Purple Hearts, but only one KIA. We graduated 1. Infantry in June 1. Jake Kinser, an Army aviator, died in combat. So I always thank my lucky stars, in the Infantry platoon leader sense, but also because one of the first things I was given to read upon arrival in Saigon was the story of AFVN Hue and Tet of 1. Ive actually spent most of my life as a sports PR guy, beginning in NBC Press Department and then moving to NBC Sports. I worked in pro soccer with the New York Cosmos and North American Soccer League, baseball in the Baseball Commissioners Office and with the Chicago White Sox, and here in Florida with the PGA Tour. Since 2. Ive been writing for the Beaches LeaderPonte Vedra Leader, a mom and pop twice a week paper based in Jacksonville Beach. UPDATE  Along with my 2. Nancy came my retirement from the Beaches Leader. I was there a total of 1. James Edgar Adams     A snapshot of Lieutenant Colonel Adams at a reception is followed by a headshot of Colonel Adams in retirement. Rocky Mount, North Carolina native James Adams, born 8 October 1. Blessed with a natural radio voice, he was hired as a deejay by a local radio station at the age of 1. It was a job he would keep through his graduation from Rocky Mount High School in the class of 1. Then, with war blazing, he enlisted in the Navy 2. July 1. 94. 3 and saw action in the Pacific. Following his discharge 3 May 1. Working at WTAR TV, the NBC affiliate in Norfolk, Virginia, he became a news anchor by the time he was 3. His military career had not yet ended, however. The young media personality joined the National Guard 1. September 1. 95. 0 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. His service in Korea as an aerial and forward observer earned him a Bronze Star for Valor. Converting to a regular Army career, he attended Signal Corps Officer Basic in 1. Captain.   A tour with American Forces Radio and Television Service followed with an assignment as OIC of AFN Europe, and then he headed to the White House Communications Agency, a tour for which he was awarded the Legion of Merit. He was named OIC of AFVN in 1. Saigon 2 June 1. 97. Lieutenant Colonel was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star for Service with one cluster. His final tour prior to his retirement in 1. Colonel was a Pentagon posting as Director of Command Information.