Det 3 6003rd Support Squadron / 4802 Joint Liaison Detachment
Posted by Bobby Deiss on 8/15/2017, 16:54:38
My Uncle served with these units in Thailand 1972 time frame. I know he was at Udorn but believe he may have also been TDY at Takhli. I'm just trying to learn what he and his units did in the War, for our family military history. His return address: Det 3 6003 Spt Sq, Box 72, Flt B APO San Francisco 96237.
Re: Det 3 6003rd Support Squadron / 4802 Joint Liaison Detachment
I was in that unit from Nov 71-Nov 72. That was a long time ago and to be honest I don't remember your uncle's name. Was he in the Air Force? Did you know his AFSC and rank? I was a SSGT at the time. I imagine you know that the unit was a bunch of NCO's helping to support the war in Laos. 4802 JLD was a name given to the CIA activity that controlled operations in both Laos and Thailand. The station chief was a man named Pat Landry. I worked in logistics and My boss was a CIA logistics person who ran stock control and the warehouses. His name was Charlie Dooley. I remember there were other Air Force personnel in Transportation, a Photo- ops guy, a Tsgt who maintained station equipment all over Thailand and Laos. There were no military officers in Udorn that we reported to. There was a Major in JUSTMAGTHAI in Bangkok that administratively controlled us. If you have any questions, please ask and I will answer if I can.
Re: Det 3 6003rd Support Squadron / 4802 Joint Liaison Detachment
I was in that unit from Nov 71-Nov 72. That was a long time ago and to be honest I don't remember your uncle's name. Was he in the Air Force? Did you know his AFSC and rank? I was a SSGT at the time. I imagine you know that the unit was a bunch of NCO's helping to support the war in Laos. 4802 JLD was a name given to the CIA activity that controlled operations in both Laos and Thailand. The station chief was a man named Pat Landry. I worked in logistics and My boss was a CIA logistics person who ran stock control and the warehouses. His name was Charlie Dooley. I remember there were other Air Force personnel in Transportation, a Photo- ops guy, a Tsgt who maintained station equipment all over Thailand and Laos. There were no military officers in Udorn that we reported to. There was a Major in JUSTMAGTHAI in Bangkok that administratively controlled us. If you have any questions, please ask and I will answer if I can.
I was going through my grandfathers scrap book from when he was in the CIA during Nam times and I kept seeing “Laos” and and DET-3 patches and I couldn’t stop wondering why he was so into Laos until I searched this up and found you response. This uncovered a lot of family history for us because he was quite covert at the time. Maybe you even knew him at the time?