Last Updated 10/08/08



"
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother."  
William Shakespeare, Henry V



U.S. Navy / U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Army

2,558 - Navy / 7 - Coast Guard

2,624 - 9th Infantry Division

(Unit Listings)

(Alphabetical Listings)

CTF-115   Market Time Forces (List) A      B      C      D
CTF-116  River Patrol Forces (List) E      F      G      H
CTF-117  Mobile Riverine Force (List) I      J      K       L
Navy Support Activity - Danang (List) M     N      O       P
Navy Support Activity - Saigon (List) Q      R      S      T
Individual Units (List) U      V      W     X
Y      Z

1) TAP's - Honoring Those Who Have Passed On  Prior to 2001

4) TAP's - Honoring Those Who Have Passed On in 2006

2) TAP's - Honoring Those Who Have Passed On in 2001 - 2003

5) TAP's - Honoring Those Who Have Passed On in 2007

3) TAP's - Honoring Those Who Have Passed On in 2004 - 2005   

6) TAP'S - Honoring Those Who Have Passed On in 2008

7) TAP's - Honoring Our Wives and Family Members Who Have Fought Courageous Battles as Well

If you are searching for the grave of a Veteran there is a chance that they may be buried in a National Cemetery. 
To do a search click HERE and then type in the Data on the Veteran

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- Navy Mobile Riverine Force Navy Cross Recipients

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- Army 9th Infantry Division Distinguished Service Cross Recipients

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- Navy Mobile Riverine Force Medal of Honor Recipients 

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- Army 9th Infantry Division Medal of Honor Recipients

The Primary Pages Below are Related to the Following:

       

 
  



Today's Active Duty Force 

  "Vietnam Combatant-Craft Crewman " (VCCC) Insignia 
approved by the Department of the Navy on August 22, 2005

~~ Read More HERE ~~

~~ To Order Click HERE ~~

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~ Navy Mobile Riverine Force ~

(Task Force, Squadron, NSA and Ship Histories)

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~ Army 9th Infantry Index ~

(Battles, Badges, Stories and Division/Unit Histories)

Website Content  

Our New Rule as of 5/6/03: 1) You Must be a Member of the MRFA2) The Content must be Associated with Mobile Riverine Force | 9th I.D. History.  Please note the Membership Application Form below.  Our website is very Large so we must have Restrictions. 

MRFA

Officers and Board Members  

Welcome Message President Albert Moore
Membership Application Form River Currents: MRFA Official Newsletter 

MRFA/9th I.D. Mobile Museum

[ Click on the image to view a Larger Photo and read about the history of our Mobile Museum ]

MRFA PRODUCTS PAGES
Come visit our ALL NEW Products Pages

        

Take a look at the new Screen Printed T-Shirts that We've added (7/20/08)
CLICK HERE
 

CCB-18
Visiting Hours 
0900 - 1300 / 2nd & 4th Tuesday \ of Each Month
0900 - 1400 / 3rd Saturday \ of Each Month
Click Here to Find out What to do if You plan on Visiting the Memorial


Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman (SWCC) Class 56 using CCB-18 as a backdrop for their graduation
 
 
CCB-18 Memorial Fund   Accolades
CCB-18 Arrives in San Diego, Photo Tour   CCB-18 Fund Contributors Thank You...!
CCB-18 Gets Painted, Photo Tour 2   CCB-18 - Work Parties
CCB-18 Moves to Memorial, Photo Tour 3 Map to Vietnam Memorial Site

Reunions and Gatherings:

2008 Veterans Day Gathering - Bloomington, Mn

2009 Reunion - Indianapolis, In
2008 Veterans Day Gathering - Wash DC 2009 Reunion Golf Tournament
Earlier MRFA Reunions and Gatherings 2008 MRF - 9th I.D. Meeting - Indy - PHOTOS
Places to List your Veteran Reunion Veteran Reunions and Gatherings

Photos, Poetry, Stories and Video:

RMCM Larry Dunn's Moving Poetry Member Photos
LTG Johnnie Corns - "The Men in the Boats" PHC Dan Dodd - Official MRF Photos
Bob Harrison -"Old Man and the Sailor" Scenes from the MRFA Video "Force Afloat"
Memorial Day 2000 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Photos

"Purple Heart Soldier" - Song by Ray Funderberk

Art, Books and Articles:

  

"Brownwater" by Samuel Crawford Tom Nielsen's MRFA Poster
Chaplain Jim Johnson's New Book Tom Nielsen's "Colors of Courage" Print
"The Advisor (Co Van)" - Carl Nelson Bill R. McGrath's "Ambush" Print  
"Combat Surgeon" - Doc Holley   Windjammer Naval Art - APB-ARL-ASPB
"After Incoming" by Alan Hodgkinson Roy "Doc" Branch's Poetry and Song
"Black River" by Rod Lindberg "9th Infantry Division, the Old Reliables"
"River Rats - Brown Water Navy" - Ronald McAbee "Seawolf 28 - A True Story" - Al Billings
"By Sea, Air and Land" - Ed Marolda "The Mobile Riverine Force" - Volume II
"A Town Where Lights are Blue - William Saffell  Chaplain Lester Westling's "All that Glitters ... is Not Gold"  

Dave McCann's PBR & M-6 Models 

9th Infantry Books

"Delta Blue" - Russell G. Robison's Poetry "The Lionheads" - Major General Josiah Bunting III
"Counterpart" - Captain Kiem Do with Julie Kane    Jack Carrico's Custom Riverine Boat Models
"River Rats" - by Ralph Christopher "Swift Boat Down" - Jim Steffes, ENC (USN Ret.)  
"Duty Honor Sacrifice" - By Ralph Christopher "The Shake and Bake Sergeant - By Jerry Horton
My Heart's at Sea Forever - Author Unknown "The Bamboo Shoot" - James Parker Wollner
Down to the Sea - Joyce Boyd Thompson   "The Man I didn't Know" - Dr. Art Schmitt & Marie LeDuc
"Jungle in Black" - Steve MaGuire "The War with No Name" - Dr. Art Schmitt, (CDR USN Ret.)
"House to House: Playing the Enemy's Game in Saigon, May 1968" - Keith Nolan "When Johnny/Joanie Come Marching Home - Reuniting Military Families Following Deployment" - Chaplain Lester Westling
"Poems in the Keys of Life" - Kerry "Doc" Pardue "Vietnam Ironclads" - A quality new book by Jack Carrico
"The Duck Pond" - Bob Johnston "No Sweat, GI" - By Ed Callison
"Riverine Operations 1966-69" - MG William B.  Fulton - Now Available for Purchase HERE "Back From War - Finding Hope & Understanding in Life After Combat" - 1st Lt. Lee Alley with Wade Stevenson
"War on the Rivers" - Weymouth D. Symmes The Saga of the YFU-79 & the U-Boat Sailors of I Corps - Tom Lanagan
"This is Latch - The Story of Rear Admiral Roy F. Hoffman" - Weymouth D. Symmes   "Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy's Ocean Minesweepers, 1953-1994" - Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.)
  "The Advisor (Cô-Vân)" - Carl A. Nelson    


Volume II is finally completed.  Click HERE to find out how to order your book

* LINKS * to Additional MRF Related Websites and other Miscellaneous Sites

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Miscellaneous

MRF Unit Patches From the Galley page 1 - By Albert Moore 
Website Awards From the Galley page 2
SSN Prefixes From the Galley page 3

Suggestions on Filing a VA Claim   From the Galley page 4
Acquiring Navy Records  

Navy Logistics Library - Recipes

Links to Toxic Chemicals that You May have been Exposed to While in the Navy 

Certificate of Appreciation to the MRFA For Supporting Charlie Company (FWD) 2-103rd Armor Operation Iraqi Freedom II

Veteran Advocacy Things to Do Before and After a Veteran's Death
VVA Chapter 33 - 2007 Vietnam Trip I  (PDF File) Click here to Learn about things to do when a Veteran Passes Away
VVA Chapter 33 - 2007 Vietnam Trip II (PDF File) "Lean on Me" - Wounded Warrior Cane Project
Vietnam Conflict - Historical Map by Hammond (PDF file)  
     

Brown Water Navy And Delta Army Vietnam Veterans

Stan Lambert (USS Mark - AKL-12) has put together a very nice EZboard dedicated to Brown Water Sailors, Soldiers and anyone else who may want to become involved. We're having a great time and the EZboard is growing with each new day.. Why not stop by and take a look by clicking on the link above? 



 

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