Comments on: My War - Clarinetist John Samuel Tieman http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stan Ernest http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-818245 Stan Ernest Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:39:17 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-818245 Did you know Captain Maxwell? He was my CO. I was a member of the 4th MP Company from Jan-Dec 1970.Do you know his first name? I would like to contact him, but have been unsuccessful finding him. Any assistance would be much aprreciated. Did you know Captain Maxwell? He was my CO. I was a member of the 4th MP Company from Jan-Dec 1970.Do you know his first name? I would like to contact him, but have been unsuccessful finding him. Any assistance would be much aprreciated.

]]> By: Ed Tieman http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-810390 Ed Tieman Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:41:53 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-810390 Hello.... I was digging through some Civil War History and found a John F. Tieman and our history goes into Germany and was wondering if by some chance we are related. I do know that there were Tieman's in England. I inserted his name and found you. Hello….

I was digging through some Civil War History and found a John F. Tieman and our history goes into Germany and was wondering if by some chance we are related. I do know that there were Tieman's in England.

I inserted his name and found you.

]]> By: Jim Goodwin http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-785169 Jim Goodwin Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:34:56 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-785169 I was a clerk in the 4th admin for a short time at An Khe helping with the redeployment toward the end of 1970. I remember a sapper incident simular to what Jim Brannen described. A sapper had gone by our houch and blown up a copter. We shot at him in the trench that went under our steps of our front door. I remember he crawled out of the ditch and went into our latrine and it blew up. That would have been between Sept. and Dec. of 1970. I don't remember any clerks getting killed. It did scare the hell out of me. I was a clerk in the 4th admin for a short time at An Khe helping with the redeployment toward the end of 1970. I remember a sapper incident simular to what Jim Brannen described. A sapper had gone by our houch and blown up a copter. We shot at him in the trench that went under our steps of our front door. I remember he crawled out of the ditch and went into our latrine and it blew up. That would have been between Sept. and Dec. of 1970. I don't remember any clerks getting killed. It did scare the hell out of me.

]]> By: Don "Oboeman" Dodson http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-782274 Don "Oboeman" Dodson Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:13:56 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-782274 Great article, John! You captured what a lot of us REMF's felt ... we are not all cut out to be heroes, but were all "doing our bit" for democracy ... or so we thought. John and I overlapped a while, I was actually an oboist with a clarinet MOS from September 1969-September 1970. My highest achievement for the non-war? Being adopted by War Dog when Zamber went home. WELCOME HOME EVERYBODY! Great article, John! You captured what a lot of us REMF's felt … we are not all cut out to be heroes, but were all "doing our bit" for democracy … or so we thought. John and I overlapped a while, I was actually an oboist with a clarinet MOS from September 1969-September 1970. My highest achievement for the non-war? Being adopted by War Dog when Zamber went home. WELCOME HOME EVERYBODY!

]]> By: Ron Rodriguez http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-781207 Ron Rodriguez Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:15:37 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-781207 I was at HQ 4th Bn 60th Arty right down the road from the aviation company that night. We sent out 2 Quad 50 trucks to the green line for support and went on full alert. I had a friend that was a door gunner at that location even though I didn't know he was there. We hadn't seen each other since Vietnam training at Fort Riley Kansas in early 1969. I met him at Qui Nhon when he was there to pick up a new Helicopter and we started talking about the sappers and the soldiers killed. I remember Spooky and all the other Cobras they sent in from Pleiku to handle perimeter security around An Khe that night. I was at HQ 4th Bn 60th Arty right down the road from the aviation company that night. We sent out 2 Quad 50 trucks to the green line for support and went on full alert. I had a friend that was a door gunner at that location even though I didn't know he was there. We hadn't seen each other since Vietnam training at Fort Riley Kansas in early 1969. I met him at Qui Nhon when he was there to pick up a new Helicopter and we started talking about the sappers and the soldiers killed.

I remember Spooky and all the other Cobras they sent in from Pleiku to handle perimeter security around An Khe that night.

]]> By: dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-441916 dnewbold Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:29:12 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-441916 John is in St. Louis, Missouri. He asked me to post his email address, which is jstieman@aol.com. Thanks, Deb Newbold, Managing Editor, Vietnam magazine John is in St. Louis, Missouri. He asked me to post his email address, which is jstieman@aol.com.

Thanks,
Deb Newbold, Managing Editor, Vietnam magazine

]]> By: M Robertson http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-412045 M Robertson Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:01:24 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-412045 Where is John Tieman now? Where is John Tieman now?

]]> By: M Robertson http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-411296 M Robertson Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:15:20 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-411296 I met John in Dallas in the 70s when he and Ron Bodenstadt (sp?) lived with Brian Knight. I have been looking for him since his letter in 1978. I met John in Dallas in the 70s when he and Ron Bodenstadt (sp?) lived with Brian Knight. I have been looking for him since his letter in 1978.

]]> By: allan waddell http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-385818 allan waddell Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:27:48 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-385818 JOHN,I WAS AN KHE WITH BAND DISCOM FROM JULY 1970 TO DEC 1970 JOHN,I WAS AN KHE WITH BAND DISCOM FROM JULY 1970 TO DEC 1970

]]> By: Jim Brannen http://www.historynet.com/my-war-clarinetist-john-samuel-tieman.htm#comment-306462 Jim Brannen Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:00:54 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682378#comment-306462 I was assigned to DTOC (Div Tac Oper Center). An Khe. Ran teletype and phone system in the operation center at the 4th Inf Div when we moved there in about March/April 1970, from Pleiku. There were 22 helicopters blown up on the pad that night. Huey's costs--$ 350,000 each. Cobra--$ 450,000 each. Chinook--1.5 million each. Later during the year, 3 sappers came out of the mountain, went into the clerks hootche, and threw a satchel charge, killing 2 clerks who were going home in the next day or 2. They killed the perimiter guard outside, who was in a chaise lounge chair covered up with his poncho, since it was drizzling rain that night. One sapper got blown up by his grenade or satchel charge outside the hootches. The others went back into the mountain. I went over to DTOC (the fenced off area by the generals nice house, with the stairway going into the ground). They had tunnel rats going to the mountain to try and find the VC. No luck. Gen Kendall, Burke, and Walker were around there. Mad. Some of Capt. Maxwell's men (MP Capt) worked the case and CID. Only one old strand of wire at the bottom of the mountain. I left Nov 10, 1970 . I was assigned to DTOC (Div Tac Oper Center). An Khe. Ran teletype and phone system in the operation center at the 4th Inf Div when we moved there in about March/April 1970, from Pleiku. There were 22 helicopters blown up on the pad that night. Huey's costs–$ 350,000 each. Cobra–$ 450,000 each. Chinook–1.5 million each. Later during the year, 3 sappers came out of the mountain, went into the clerks hootche, and threw a satchel charge, killing 2 clerks who were going home in the next day or 2. They killed the perimiter guard outside, who was in a chaise lounge chair covered up with his poncho, since it was drizzling rain that night. One sapper got blown up by his grenade or satchel charge outside the hootches. The others went back into the mountain. I went over to DTOC (the fenced off area by the generals nice house, with the stairway going into the ground). They had tunnel rats going to the mountain to try and find the VC. No luck. Gen Kendall, Burke, and Walker were around there. Mad. Some of Capt. Maxwell's men (MP Capt) worked the case and CID. Only one old strand of wire at the bottom of the mountain. I left Nov 10, 1970 .

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