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631st CSG - Don Muang - Unit Director Bill Cummings

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Unit Name - 631st CSG
Location - Don Muang, Thailand
Unit Director - Bill Cummings
E-Mail Address - usafbrutus@comcast.net
Unit Website - http://www.thailanddoghandlers.com/631stCSG.htm
VDHA Unit Webpage - http://vdha.us/content4768.html


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Don Muang Misty Letter		 John Lacivita & Mr Misty
John Lacivita & Mr Misty		 Wall Photo
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Don Muang		 Don Muang Terminal
Don Muang Terminal		 Don Muang JW-3A
Don Muang JW-3A		 Strickland-Adams-Lacavita
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Mike Murphy 21-Dec-2020 07:32
Mike Murphy here. I neglected to leave my e-mail address in my message. That address for contacting me is mpmurphy555@gmail.com hope to make contact with ones that I served with.
Mike Murphy 19-Dec-2020 08:07
Hello there Mr. John Lacavita,
This is Mike Murphy here who stumbled across pictures of you on the Internet. We worked together at Don Muang for a few months during 1970-71. I came down TDY from Korat and had a blast both on the job and downtown. My partner, K-9 named Rover, and I shook the terminal up every now and then. Do you remember when Rover bit the colonel's arm in the V.I.P. lounge who was trying to smuggle a gibbon ape hidden in a woven basket back to Vietnam after his R and R? Just saying hello and remembering memorable times that I often reflect upon.
Murph
Mike Murphy 19-Dec-2020 07:48
Hey there Mr. Joe Callahan,
This is Mike Murphy and I am so thrilled to find you while wandering around the Internet. We worked together at Don Muang for a few months during 1970-71. John Lacavita, yourself, and I had adventurous times on the job. Also, you sure knew the ins and outs of downtown Bangkok. Good memories that have been rekindled by seeing your name on the website. Take care, I never forgot our team at Don Muang, Murph, and Rover.

Dave 26-Jan-2020 03:21
I arrived Don Muang in Nov 72 and left in May of 74. I worked in the Det 8, 6th Aerial Port, Sq in the passenger & freight operations. I would have to say it was my best assignment. Lived in a hotel when I first arrived, then moved into an apartment. I arrived there as an innocent boy. and wasn't long I got educated.
Dave 26-Jan-2020 03:21
I arrived Don Muang in Nov 72 and left in May of 74. I worked in the Det 8, 6th Aerial Port, Sq in the passenger & freight operations. I would have to say it was my best assignment. Lived in a hotel when I first arrived, then moved into an apartment. I arrived there as an innocent boy. and wasn't long I got educated.
James Taylor 14-Dec-2019 02:35
I was at Don Muang from Sep 1969 until Sep 1970 The bus train wreck was Aug 26 1970. I remember hearing that 12 airmen were killed not 7 .
I also knew the Sgt that was under house arrest, I can't remember his name, it has been 49 years. If he wasn't at work he was sitting at the sugar shack drinking beer. He was still their when I left in Sep 1970
jastay1@hotmail.com
Russell Bixby 10-Nov-2019 17:02
Arrived Sept. 66. Promoted to E-4 from my prior assignment with SAC at Griffiss in NY, upon arrival. Was housed at the Trocadero Hotel for a couple of months, until the cantonment area was finished. E-4's and below were ordered to occupy the barracks at that time. Worked day duty in the SP headquarters building pass & id section within the cantonment area for several months. Also assigned to flight duties for the balance of my Don Muang time. Still remember the snakes in the cantonment area road at night and the daily spraying to keep the insects down.
Bobby Butler 09-Nov-2018 05:07
Hello my name is Bobby Butler. To the guest that sent in a comment on 19-Aug-2018. I think that I have some answers about your comment. I was at Don Muang from 1969-1971 as a security policeman, however I only worked at the base for a very short time before I was sent to work town patrol with the 13th MP Company in Bangkok. Once that I was assigned down town, I left the cantonment area to live in several hotels in Bangkok. After that I only showed up at the base to get my pay and mail once a month, so unfortunately I wasn't at the base long enough to get to know anyone there. Just a few days after I arrived to Don Muang, I was dispatched to a location to apprehend a Sgt. (I don't remember his name) for murder. He had previously been placed on base arrest and questioned about the murder, but wasn't formally charged until that day. If I remember correctly, he was working as an electrician there. He was very cooperative and gave me no problems with the apprehension. When I got him back to our office I was instructed to take him to a office that had some Thai policemen and several Americans dressed in civilian clothes from the embassy downtown. I was also later used in a line up with him where several witnesses identified him. He was accused of murder by strangulation of a Thai lady that he had been seeing regularly. He was also accused of killing her infant daughter and witnesses saw him eating the baby's heart in an alley! After he was identified he became wild and belligerent, and it took several of us to restrain him and place him into our holding cell. Before the Thais could get their paperwork done for them to transfer him to their custody, he was rapidly placed on a special flight out of country for mental evaluation and that was the last that I ever heard of him! The only person that I can remember from the base was Tony Francher from New York (He also was a SP). I would love to hear from anyone that was there while I was there! My e-mail is Butlergold@aol.com.
Guest 28-Aug-2018 08:59
Hello Leo...OMG.My name is Bill Salge..I worked with you at Data Auomation there in Don Muang ..I arrived there in July 69..I remember you played on the flag football team.Our office was first by the Airmens club and then moved to the contonment area.Cant remember when you rotated back...wow
Guest 19-Aug-2018 03:19
When I arrived at Don Muang in 1969 a sergeant was under house arrest because he was the chief suspect in the murder of a Thai woman. Even though I had an opportunity to work with this particular sergeant, and found him to be a pleasant guy, I will not name him is this message because I had left Don Muang before his trial, if there ever was one. Can anyone tell me how things turned out for him.
Leo Rodriguez 25-Jul-2018 15:21
My name is Leo Rodriguez and I was with data automation in Don Muang in 1970. Can anyone please tell me the exact date of the bus accident.
Troy Schtoyer 16-Jun-2018 15:23
I was station at Don Muang 1967 to 1968. I was a fireman with 631 Combat support. Our base football team won the Air Force championship. Our squad football team 31 Combat support won the JUSMAG championship.
Sevone R 24-May-2018 22:40
Stationed at Don Muang from 8/67-8/68 as Security Policeman. Had not thought much about the place until I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006 and was finally compensated in 2014 after it was acknowledged by VA that Agent Orange had been deployed in Thailand during the war. I remember living on the 2nd floor of the first barracks off the service road around the cantonment area, the chow hall at the end of the walkway, and the little concessions hut across the parking lot. I also remember having laundry picked up and delivered in that parking lot. While I was there the Air Force built its own air terminal for military assigned to Thailand. We were for some time not allowed to carry weapons, and had armed Thai guards assigned to us. I believe that changed before I rotated out of country. Man, that seems like a lifetime ago! Nice to meet you folks!
Guest 10-Mar-2018 12:11
Arrived Don Muang in July 1969...I remember the first night they put us all up at the Trocadero Hotel..next morning everyone shipped out to there bases around Thailand..I was one of the few that was stationed Don Muang..I worked at computer operations across from the NCO club and Morgue..Probably had the best time of my life but I was to young and dumb to realize...I always wonder what the old Contonment area looks like now where are barracks was...
Bobby Leach 26-Jun-2017 20:49
I was stationed there Jan '71 - June '72. Lived in the contonment area until fall of '71. Worked Desk Sgt after Dave Luton left. Worked L.E. with Clifford Jackson, Tom Okopski, Dave Luton, Dennis Lipp, Ron Pritchard, Tom Schell (K9), Joe Callahan (K9), John Lacavita (K9), Sherrell Watkins, Robert Mahaney. Contact info is 3801vvd1513@gmail.com
Ralph Roy 05-Jun-2017 17:56
Ralph Roy
I was there Dec 7,1966. Security Police. When did the dog handlers get there. We lived outside in the jungle. 3 barracks, chow hall and sugar shack. Anybody there that time. We were to be kicked out of Thailand but something happened and they decided to keep us there.
Guest 20-Dec-2016 18:20
When did the dog handers arrive , I was at don muang in dec 66 and never saw them. I live in huts outside base. security police.
m Sgt Glenn johns 24-Feb-2015 02:35
Hey jay, I was desk Sgt for the bus train accident. Worked a straight 24 hour shift. Me and my Thai desk Sgt piya. Was real traumatic for AL my friends at the site. Thanks for your help.
Ray Meyer 13-Feb-2015 08:36
I was stationed at Don Muang from May 69 to May 70 with the Security Police Section. Arrived in the old terminal (wharehouse) in the cantonment area, and left a year later through the new cantonment area terminal. The photo on this web page is of the downtown terminal that was used for about 6-8 months while the new cantonment area terminal was being built. SPs had the 2nd floor of a barracks that ovelooked the beer shack. Later I moved to the "NCO" barracks. 2 person rooms. Around Oct-Nov 69 we got two drug detection dogs, a German Shepard and Golden Retriver. Rotated back to Vandenberg AFB, made SSgt and worked Base Police Section for my last 14 mths. Later on was an SP in a USAFReserve unit and CA Army National Guard MP Company, dishcarged as E-7. Worked for Southern Pacific Railroad Police, SF Bay Area city PD, Calif State Police and Calif highway Patrol. Retired wth 32 yrs state service, last 22 as Sergeant.
David O. Luton 11-Nov-2014 00:24
I was stationed at Don Muang in the 631st SPS from Sep 70 to Nov 71 and I served with both John and Joe and remember them and their dogs Misty and Duke very well. I was desk sgt most of the time and John's favorite trick was to open the CSC door and turn Misty loose in there with me. He would come over to the desk and take my right arm in his mouth and chew lightly up and down my arm. Of course, he would mind nobody but John so I would get on the radio and tell John to come and get his dog and all I ever heard in reply was a big laugh. It was mighty hard to answer the phone, radio, and try to type the blotter with a big dog attached to your right arm! Good memories on this site!
Dave Householder 01-Jul-2014 01:10
Dave Householder
I came across this web site tonight 6/30/2013. I was stationed Don Muang from Dec 69, through July 71. I remember the bus/train accident very well. I was with the Civil Engineer staff during this tour of duty.
John Paterno 10-May-2014 23:33
I just ran across this site tonight after coming home from dinner with my wife of 44 Years. We spent the better part of our meal talking about Don Muang. She worked in the Sugar Shack, canteen truck on the Flight line and previous to '69, when I got there, the chow hall. She was probably the tallest Thai Woman in the Country at that time, at 5'7". I recall the bus accident vividly. I was due to be releaved at fter a Mid shift at Comm Relay. My releif was late and I had to catch the next bus. The bus I should have been on was the one that tried outrunning the train. A bunch of us went to donate blood but I did not personnaly know any of the guys who got killed or severly injured.
Guest 07-Nov-2013 19:33
Mike Moulds
I believe I am in the picture jw-3a I am the airman getting ready to wait on the fellow coming up to the counter. I remember the accident as I got off work it was raining I missed that bus by a few seconds it pulled away with out me leaving me in the rain caught the bus right behind it. I can't remember the names of the gi's that got killed as I was stationed there just a short time before it happened I was in the same barracks that some of those that died
Lee R. Ezell 23-Aug-2012 13:05
I served as the admin clerk at the dispensary in 1967 - 1968. Glad to find this site. I hope some of my old friends who were there at the same time will find me.
Lee Smith 26-Jul-2012 22:29
I am interested in connecting with the former AF medic John Glass regarding the bus accident that happened at Don Maung in 1970. I was stationed at Don Maung 1969 to 1970. The accident happened about a week or so after I left. Iwas was told that som friends had died in the accident. I have never been able to learn who the fatalities were. I have been troubled for many years no knowing the names ovf the victims. If there is anyone out there who can provide this information to me please contact me at my email address: horalee932@comcast.net
Jay Glass 24-Jun-2012 00:54
Nice to see a site for the 631csg. I was a medic there in '70-71. I remember the terrible bus accident where bus was hit by a train and went into the klong. Had to deal with the multiple fatalities. Also remember trying to make an Xmas photo with a guy dressed up as Santa trying to get on a water buffalo. Thing went nuts when it saw him coming!
Bill Cummings 11-Dec-2010 19:38
LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS: If anyone leaves a message and would like to be contacted you MUST provide your e-mail address in your message - if not, there is no way for us to contact you concerning your question or to help connect you with the handlers that you served with at one of our Thailand bases.
Joe Callahan 02-Aug-2007 15:27
I was talking to John Lacivita a couple of weeks ago and he told me about your site. I was impressed....However, you made a couple of errors. The biggest drug seizure was found in the air terminal by AlC Joe Callahan. It was just under 100 pounds and it was found at 0200 hours in several crates Marked as stereo equipment. I know because my dog Duke D571M alerted on it. Also, I worked with Duke from January 1971 till September 1972. Anyway, I really did enjoy your site..It brought back a lot of good memories.
Joe Callahan
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