The blanket orders won't be much help because they covered the entire Western Pacific. No, TDYs are not on personnel records except for credit for days in SEA (which includes Thailand). The only record is travel vouchers, which are in pay records. However, the official history of the USAF tactical airlift mission is proof that personnel from Naha, Clark, Mactan, Tachikawa and CCK operated in South Vietnam. A far as Agent Orange goes, there really is no "test" or "evaluation" for it. There is some kind of Agent Orange registry. For Agent Orange benefits, the veteran has to be diagnosed with one of the illnesse that are attributed to it. Go to www.va.gov to find out which ones they are. Prostate cancer and Type II diabetes are two. Any veteran can apply for VA medical treatment but there are income and other considerations that can prevent acceptance except for service-connected disabilities.
I too am having issues with finding out what flights I was on while traveling between U-Tapao and CCK. I have a record of 315 TAW mission #475 leaving CCK at 0900 0n 3 Feb 71.
My DD214 doesn't list me as being in Vietnam but I do remember while on a return trip to CCK, we had to stop at Cam Rahn Bay for an engine change. While there I took a hop to Saigon and was able to get out of there a couple of days later. I was in-country I would say three days or so. If anyone knows about that particular situation, please let me know so I can add Vietnam to my DD214 paperwork.
BTW, I made three TDY trips from CCK to U-Tapao between 1970 1nd 1971.
CCK, 314 TAW Blanket Orders T-121 issued on or around April 67
in C-130 General
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I too am having issues with finding out what flights I was on while traveling between U-Tapao and CCK. I have a record of 315 TAW mission #475 leaving CCK at 0900 0n 3 Feb 71.
My DD214 doesn't list me as being in Vietnam but I do remember while on a return trip to CCK, we had to stop at Cam Rahn Bay for an engine change. While there I took a hop to Saigon and was able to get out of there a couple of days later. I was in-country I would say three days or so. If anyone knows about that particular situation, please let me know so I can add Vietnam to my DD214 paperwork.
BTW, I made three TDY trips from CCK to U-Tapao between 1970 1nd 1971.
Thanks for any assistance.
HV