Page four (4) of old SEAL men pictures

Vietnam: UDT-12
Call it Kinh Gay, Tuyen Nhon, The BLow Job,

or its code name: Deep Channel

'nam: UDT-12 "The Big Blow Job" on rt: Jan Janos sitting in the water.

----- Original Message -----
From: "jan janos" <janosRunner [at] AOL.com>
To: "Doc Rio" <docrio45 [at] gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:24 PM
Subject: blow job Udt -12

Doc Riojas,
Page Four -Scroll down about half way UDT-12 The Big BlowJob. the guy setting in the water is me. there two small pictures there.

Jan Janos

Pictures were sent to me by LCDR (SEAL) Jake Rhinebolt

Mike Baumgart; provided I.D.s of these Frogmen; hooyahhaven [at] hotmail.com Mike Baumgart; hooyahhaven [at] hotmail.com Provided I.D.s on these photos; MIKE BAUMGART

Click on small pictures to ENLARGE them!

From: Erasmo "Doc" Riojas
To:Mi Capitan Harvey;

WOW! Firstly, Congratulations on retiring as a Captain. I am very glad you made the USNavy a career. Oh also congratulations on your PhD, Doctor. I plan on making one of the North Texas SEAL get togethers. I will call you and see if you are free to receive my company. Are you a member of N.TX SEALs? are you on the VTC? go here: www.sealtwo.org/vtc.htm for information on joining.

A few years ago we visited Jake and Jean Rhinebolt, one of my Old XOs from ST-2, in Phippsburg ME. Jake did a tour with youe UDT Team in Coronado. He was showing us his picture collection and that is when I saw the UDT cruise book. I wrote Jake the same day I wrote you for copies of the "blow job" from his UDT cruise book. He sent me all the pages of that job. I am sure you have that cruise book, no?

LCDR Jake Rhinebolt sent me all the pages of the "B.J." from his UDT year book. <deepchannel01_small.jpg><deepchannel_small.jpg>

I mentioned to Don Marler you and the job you guys did in Vietnam. I told Don Marler that I thought that as far as the size of explosives, the Korean job was smaller than the 'nam blow job. He asked me if I would write an article for the 50's Frogs Journal.

I hope that you will think about doing a story for the 50's Frogs and let them decide if their "B.J." was larger than the 1970's Frogs "B.J." in Korea. Their job was much dangerous since the Chinese had reached Hungnam and were shooting at the frogmen. You made some deals with "Charlie" and had USArmy security, so the only hazards that you encountered was probably snakes and mosquitoes? Those are the one's I remember.

please read the below emails from Frogman Rudy Davis. Tell me if you know that there was another B.J. up there near the Parrot's Beak Cambodia?

Thank you very much Mr. Harvey,
Your warrior brother, Erasmo "Doc" Riojas HMC USN Retired SEAL

----- Original Message -----
From: "W R Harvey PhD" frogmanseal [at] usa. net
To: "Erasmo Riojas" docrio45 [at] gmail.com;
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 5:25 PM Subject: Deep Channel II

Doc,
Your letter arrived in yesterday's mail. We have been out-of-pocket and just heard your messages left on my digital system; I placed a call but the operator said the number was "out of service".

I do remember you and (GMG3) C.I. Dooms is the other man in the photos that you sent.

I was the Officer in Charge and Chicken McNair was my CPO for Operation Deep Channnel II (BIG BLOW JOB), the clearing and extending of 8.6 kilometers of canal near the "Parrot's Beak" in the Republic of Vietnam by the men of UDT-12 who did the job. I was also part of the (Deep Channel I) detachment that tested the demolitions, and I wrote the operations order and shepherded it and the project from start to finish.

Our first shot occurred 5 Jan 1970 and my UDT-12 men finished the "BIG BLOW JOB" with the final shot detonated on 13 February 1970. All the political and military big-wigs were present for the final ceremonial shot.

The longest linear length fired was 3800 feet, the largest blast consisted of
29,000 pounds of demolitions, and we blasted over 335,000 pounds of high explosives forming a continuous navigable waterway in virgin delta land.

My team from UDT-12 and I think this qualifies as the largest combat demolition job in Naval history.
Walt

CAPT W. R. Harvey (Retired)
Shalimar Way Denton, TX 76207-5686
frogmanseal [at] usa.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Rudy Davis
To: Docrio45 [at] gmail.com; Don Marlerd Saturday, June 12, 2010 1:32 PM
Subject: Deep Channel I Vietnam

Doc Riojas,
When I was with UDT-11, Det. Delta, I was involved in the area of the Giant Sling Shot, out of Fire-base Tui-Non(?) and Tra-Cu -north and west of Siagon. Two Giant Canals came together. The Mark VIII hose we used didn't work that well to clean the canals, so we laid 3 of then, 2 along each bank, with the one in the middle, a Mili-second delay fuse---work well. Also every 1/2 mile we would blow a giant swimming pool, as we called them, so the PBRs, when taking fire, could turn around and run the other way!
I have pics and slides of this if you want to see them. Rudy

My Platoon was here in Feb. and Mar. of 1970, and before they pulled us from this duty to go into the 12 mile push into Cambodia. This was wall to wall swamp work, with the Ruff Puffs (V.N.) Soldiers giving us cover. After that we moved to the Admiral's flag ship up at the Parrot's Beak area, to blow every NVA cash'e discovered in their underground Hospital and resupply stations, Also blew one of our downed surveilance planes.

Our CO was LTCM I.C. LeMoyne and XO Nelson of Team 11.
My Platoon was Delta and Ltjg Dentise and 1st Class Gracio were my bosses. LT. Walt Harvery was also part of the (Deep Channel I) detachment that tested the demolitions. Jesse was in Class 58-- I was Class 53 Graduated- Nov.69--and I would have been there before him--perhaps they were later. Team 13 releaved us in Sep. of 1970---I came back Stateside and was assigned the next 2 Apollo Recoverys 14 and 15. Later our C.O. was Bell.
Team 13 was de-activated. Rudy Davis UDT-11

WEBMASTER's NOTE: Jan, Do you remember the movie that was made by the USN photographer? The SEAL that went on the Huey with him away from the canal, about 1.5 clicks was me.
Remember the COBRA that was going to make a firing run on us? I got ahold of LT. Harvey on the PRC-25 I was carrying and told him to get ahold of the cobra on his other radio
(i think it was the AN/PRC -77 had ability to use airplane frequencies) and tell the guys we were not VC. I instructed the "kid" photographer when the COBRA came around to go down
to the bottom of the rice paddies water and dig himself into the mud.   I was promised a copy of all the pictures and that movie which I never received.        BTW:   You got a medal for that OP,
a Navy Achievement Medal with combat V. So did I but I refused it because I was only there with you guys one week.         Erasmo "Doc" Riojas

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