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Outstanding Unit Award w/ Combat "V" Device 1971 -l973

Ron Hurst

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The American Forces Thailand Network (AFTN), military radio and television, provided music, news and entertainment to the American Fighting Man and Woman in Thailand for more than ten years during the Vietnam War.

This web site is dedicated to the nine broadcasters and engineers who gave their lives when a battle damaged F-4 Phantom Recon Jet crashed into the Udorn AFTN station on April 10, l970.

This is an unofficial web site.

AFTN Webmaster is Bob Wertz , then A1C USAF, AFTN Radio/TV Udorn, 71-72. Email comments, etc. to BobWertz in Baton Rouge, LA. Bob is back on the air part time at WHYR(LP) -FM, Baton Rouge.

AFTN Web Templates design & photo albums compiled/edited by Norm Corley, then Sgt. USAF, AFTN Radio/TV NKP 72-73. Norm is retired and living in Athens, Greece.

AFTN Air Chex edited & remastered by Dick Storck, then Sgt. USAF, AFTN Radio/TV Udorn/Korat 68-69. Dick is still broadcasting at WCPE, Raleigh, NC.

 Since January 19, 2003, there have been

Home page audio montage [WINDOWS Media file]: Sgt. Phil Favreau, AFTN News, Fall, l972, original Charlie Tuna AFRTS program and AFTN jingle Last updated on 9 / 16 / 2017

Korat part timers from 1970 added to personnel rosters : SP5 William Goodwin, A1C Robert Nash, A1C Stanley Clayton added 9/11

My father, Major James Reid Lapp, the former Network Chief in Korat in 1974 andlater the Commander of FEN in Japan, passed this morning shortly after midnight in Gloucester, VA.

I suppose that there might be a "Remembrance" website of some sort, but I figured that you would have better insight to this than I.

from James "Randy" Lapp
1-26-15

Pre AFTN- Good Morning Ubon - 1965-1966 added 12/26
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AFTN Group is now on Facebook (click )