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    Son of SMSGT Elroy E. Harworth. He was Killed-in-Action over the Than Hoa Bridge, North Vietnam, on May 31st, 1966, "Operation Carolina Moon".

    Phone number: (715) 629-7086/977-1899.
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  1. The unit was the 61st TCS not the 62nd TCS. I Went to Murfreesboro, Tn back in 2003 and met with one of the other load masters on the mission "Carolina Moon" Mr. Aubrey Turner. I sat down with him and his wife for about an hour and a half, real nice people. Anyhow, Mr. Turner said this mission was so secret that not even the Air Force Commander at Danang knew it was taking place. The two aircraft just dropped out of sky and parked at the opposite end of the airfield which upset a few I'm told. After the tower sent several officers down to the aircraft the confusion was put to rest. On the night of the first mission, the first C-130 took so many rounds that it almost did not make it back to Danang. The entire aircraft was in in black-out mode and all lights shut down due to light discipline procedures. The first aircraft did take a beating and from what I was told in 2003, these men where scared as hell during and directly after the initial drop of the so called "pancake mines". Obviously they made it back, had a beer, and tried to go to sleep later on that night. I believe some of the crew slept on the plane and some of the crew did not. The next day obviously the Thanh Hoa Bridge was still standing. The second C-130, with my father Elroy Harworth on board left Danang on May 31, 1966, and never returned. Elroy Harworth was MIA until 1986, me and my brother went to Hawaii to escort his remains back to Minnesota. He is now buried in Fergus Falls, MN. You would think that this is all to the story but it's not. I received a phone call about a year and half ago from a gentleman who claimed he had worked for the CIA during the Vietnam war. He basically claimed that the C-130 crash site was still being excavated and body parts where still being removed. Another "tid-bit" of information that shocked the hell out of me was the fact that the "pancake mines" where not mines at all. Then what where they?? If anyone out there can answer this please call me at (715) 629-7086. I wrote the CIA / Air Force / and even the Socialist Government of Vietnam trying to get answers. Over 35 letters went out to ALL US Government agencies and foreign government agencies involved. I received a phone call from a gentleman who knew information but would not relay it to me, especially in writing. So what's the big deal? You tell me. Sounds like there is more to this story than what is being told. Given the fact that one person was cut from his parachute right after the crash and later buried with the other crew members was never reported by the Air Force to me or my family. In the end we have a lot of questions that are still 43 years later unanswered. Where tactical nuclear weapons used? Did some crew members live or parachute out? Why are they still digging at the crash site? Why is everyone still hush-hush? Several eye witness reports from people living in the actual village where the C-130 crashed are on record claiming one man had a parachute on and was hanging from a tree. Who was that man? When I wrote the Air force Armament Museum in Fla and the Air Force Historical Office, they had never heard of a "MASS FOCUS PANCAKE MINE" Doesn't that seem a little odd? I'm here 24/7 Troy Harworth (715) 629-7086/977-1899 Look up Stoney Beach and REFNO-350
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