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Graphic courtesy of: Richard J. Holewa Veterans Service Officer Dudley, Massachusetts Sgt William Joseph Cyr 377th Security Police Squadron Echo Sector Sgt Cyr manned the O-51 Bunker, where four security policemen died during the, "Attack On Tan Son Nhut, TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968." Buried Sacred Heart Parrish Cemetery, Webster, Massachusetts. |
 
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Graphic courtesy of: Charles Penley 377th Security Police Squadron Charlie Sector October 1967 - July 1969 Sgt Louis Harold Fischer 377th Security Police Squadron Echo Sector Sgt Fischer was the NCOIC of the O-51 Bunker, where four security policemen died during the, "Attack On Tan Son Nhut, TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968." Buried Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York. Read a portion of the Security Police radio traffic that night. (Echo-37) They're completely inside the base, they're all around this position, we're running low on ammo, one man dead and two badly injured. (0354 hours) (Security Control) 10-20, your call sign. (Echo-37) Echo-37. (Security Control) Copy, Echo-37. Echo-37) That's 10-4. Sad to say that this will be the very last transmission from Echo-37, better known as the O-51 Bunker. Once the attack started, my friends only had twenty-four (24) minutes to live. |
 
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Graphic courtesy of: Charles Penley 377th Security Police Squadron Charlie Sector October 1967 - July 1969 Sgt Charles Edward Hebron 377th Security Police Squadron Echo Sector Sgt Hebron manned the O-51 Bunker, where four security policemen died during the, "Attack On Tan Son Nhut, TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968." Buried Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Bryan, Texas |
 
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Graphic courtesy of: Larry Blades 377th Security Police Squadron Echo Sector November 1967 - November 1968 Sgt Roger Bertha Mills 377th Security Police Squadron Echo Sector Sgt Mills manned the O-51 Bunker, where four security policemen died during the, "Attack On Tan Son Nhut, TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968." Buried US Army Cemetery, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. |
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Graphic courtesy of: Charles Penley 377th Security Police Squadron Sentry Dog Section Oct 1967 - Jul 1968 This is a photograph of Sgt Alonza Coggins, the only man to survive the attack on the 0-51 Bunker, on Jan 31, 1968, during the TET Offensive. Four of his best friends died this night. 1. SGT William Joseph Cyr, 22 Oct 45 - 31 Jan 68, Panel 36-E, Line 005 2. SGT Louis Harold Fischer, 19 Dec 45 - 31 Jan 68, Panel 36-E, Line 008 3. SGT Charles Edward Hebron, 18 Sep 45 - 31 Jan 68, Panel 36-E, Line 013 4. SGT Roger Bertha Mills, 30 Aug 46 - 31 Jan 68, Panel 36-E, Line 025 |
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Graphic courtesy of: Carl DeNisio 377th Security Police Squadron Capt DeNisio, is the Weapons Systems Security Operations Officer During the TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968, his call sign was "Mobile-56." If you were to listen to the Central Security Control, tapes of that night, you would hear his calm voice, giving orders and reassurance to all the security policemen. |
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Graphic courtesy of: Gerald Ingalsbe 377th Security Police Squadron 1Lt Ingalsbe, Assistant Operations Officer During the TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968, his call sign was "Mobile-59." 1LT Ingalsbe worked the west end perimeter, during the night of the Tet Offensive, Jan 31, 1968. |
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Graphic courtesy of: Jim Bloom 377th Security Police Squadron Central Security Control TSgt James Bloom, was the NCOIC at the Central Security Control (CSC) on the night of the TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968. If you were to listen to the tapes of that night, you would hear the calm voice of him giving orders and reassurance to all the security policemen. |
 
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Graphic courtesy of: TSgt Michael Hurley 377th Combat Security Police Squadron Dec 1967 - Dec 1968 Mike Hurley, is the NCOIC, Bravo Sector, Charlie Flight. (Charlie Flight, was the midnight shift.) During the TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968, his call sign was "Bravo-1." |
 
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Graphic courtesy of: TSgt Arthur Garcia 377th Combat Security Police Squadron Nov 1967 - Nov 1968 Arthur Garcia, is the NCOIC, Charlie Sector, Charlie Flight. (Charlie Flight, was the midnight shift.) During the TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968, his call sign was "Charlie-1." |
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Graphic courtesy of: Sgt Steve Rivers 377th Combat Security Police Squadron Jun 1967 - Jun 1968 This is view from the top of the Tango-1 tower. During the TET Offensive, Jan 31, 1968, his call sign was "Tango-1." |
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Graphic courtesy of: Charles Penley 377th Security Police Squadron Sentry Dog Section This is the largest water tower on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. It's call-sign is "Tango-1." It had a security police post on top of it. On the night of TET 1968, it was manned by Sgt Steve Rivers. |
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Graphic courtesy of: Charles Penley 377th Security Police Squadron Sentry Dog Section This is the O-51 Bunker in which four security police died on the night of TET 1968. Those four men's photographs and information, are shown above. |
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Graphic courtesy of: Charles Penley 377th Security Police Squadron Charlie Sector October 1967 - July 1969 The names of the fourteen security Policeman who died while defending Tan Son Nhut Air Base. (1959 - 1975) |
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Graphic courtesy of: Col Farley Peebles Tan Son Nhut Base Commander 1967 - 1968 TET Offensive Map, Jan 31, 1968, showing most of the security police posts on this night. Four security policemen in the O-51 Bunker, on the west end of base lost their lives. |