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CBS Documentary, 1993, Schwarzkopf in Vietnam - A Soldier Returns
Rick Fredericksen was head of the CBS Bangkok Office at the time.
He was on the production staff when the documentary was made.
From: Rick Fredericksen
Subject: Fredericksen Retirement Story
Gosh, thanks for the kind words Jim. I've covered a lot of news stories since the AFVN days we shared. But like you, that time in Vietnam was the most memorable; we were young, the exciting city, the new career, the tumultuous times in the newsroom, and friends like you. Maybe we'll reconnect at a reunion sometime Jim. Cheers
Rick Fredericksen
Rick Fredericksen: The Continental is doing fine. A scaled down sidewalk cafe' has returned and they even serve an American steak. Can you imagine steak and eggs and French coffee!! Photo courtesy of my special Saigon friend. Dick Field Le Bourgeois: The antithesis of the ideal communist citizen. Formidable!
Larry "Coop" Cooper: I just love the smell of charbroiled Water Buffalo in the mornin'.
Every morning we'd update the forecast, about 30 seconds or so, by reading into these audio recorders. Anyone could call the phone number and get the very latest outlook in Cherry Point, North Carolina.
A link to a Iowa Public Radio program narrated by Rick Fredericksen.
[Received February 13, 2019.]
Revealed! Escapades at Vietnam Radio-TV Outpost
A blog by Rick Fredericksen.
[Posted on Facebook in March 2019.]
Slide Show
9 Photos
Rick Fredericksen Cpl, USMC (Page 2)
Saigon / Hon Tre 1969-70
After completing his military service, Rick continued to work as a news correspondent in the Far East and South-East Asia so some of these photos were taken after the Vietnam War ended.
From: Mike McNally
Subject: Rick, Congrats on Your Retirement
Rick, congrats on your retirement. Are you interested in a change of pace? Vin Scully's position with the Dodgers is now available. Take a few days off to think about it....
Mike McNally
Rick's new license plate.
[Received June 27, 2017.]
I met Shirley 41 years after announcing her family's tragedy. I sat in Shirley's living room
a week before Thanksgiving and we became acquainted...
[Received November, 2017.]
Some Responses to the Above
From Joe Ciokon: Gives me the shivers. I can't think of an incident in my broadcasting career so dramatic, impactful, and haunting, other than the Marine Barracks in Beirut.
From Mike McNally: Rick, I'm certain that Shirley took some comfort from meeting you and discussing the accident.
More on Detachment, 5 Hue and TET 68 at
AFVN Organization /Detachment 5, Hue
AFVN Photos and Stories /Frank Ettmueller
AFVN Photos and Stories /Donat "Don" Gouin
Conversation / Detachment 5 Location
Rick Fredericksen when at Cherry Point, North Carolina
50 Years Ago (1969?): Final days at Cherry Point before heading to Vietnam.
Next stop: Home leave and infantry training before shipping out.
Rick Fredericksen with President Nixon in Di An in 1969
[Rick Fredericksen] Trump in Iraq makes me recall my own experience covering Nixon in Vietnam. (I'm in this crowd somewhere.) It was my first TV stand-up and I did it for the American Forces Vietnam Network (1969 in Di An).
[Jim Boltz] How nice Rick. Great memory, i am sure. Met Nixon in Merle Hay Mall when it didn't have a roof. Haah!
[Dennis Morrison] Here are a few my buddy Harry Walls took the same day in DiAn. You could say, we worked for the 595 Signal Company.
[Rick Fredericksen] My cameraman was so close he shook his hand.
[Rick Fredericksen] I give the Nixon visit two paragraphs in my book "Broadcasters: Untold Chaos."
[Dennis Bourn] Safe to say you are one of the guys with a helmet on, right??
[Rick Fredericksen] No Dennis, the helmeted guys belong to the unit being visited. I don't know how I dressed that day. I was authorized to wear civvies, but since I was doing an on-camera, I would have been wearing utilities (or fatigues as the Army calls them), but definitely would have left my helmet in my room back in Saigon.
Home Contact AFVN Past Contacts AFVN Roster POWS: The Honored Taps: Those Departed AFVN Organization AFVN Reunions
AFVN History AFVN Photos & Stories AFVN Group Conversations Audio Archives Video Archives AFVN Guest Book
Project Jenny KLIK - 1st Inf Di v Women in Vietnam RELATED-- To AFVN To Saigon To Vietnam Further Afield Index
Iowa Storyteller Retired after Illustrious 48-year career
A KCCI (Des Moines, Iowa) Report on Rick Fredericksen's retirement.
[Received from Rick on October 4, 2016.]
To see Rick's Blog with his stories of the My Canh bombing, Project Jenny, etc. please click here.
Link to a CBS New Report on the "Giant Catfish of the Mekong River"
by Rick Fredericksen, broadcast in 1988
when he was Bureau Chief or CBS News, Bangkok
From: Rick Fredericksen
Subject: Rick, Congrats on Your Retirement
Now Scully is a real legend Michael. I might qualify as waer boy. Thanks friend.
Individual Photo Albums & Stories
Rick Fredericksen and Hugh Morgan in 2015.
The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
Charity Nebbe talks with Craig Werner and Doug Bradley co-authors of
"We Gotta Get Out of this Place"
Iowa Public Radio
[Received from Rick Fredericksen in April 2016]
Two reporters make news as husband and wife. In Penang, Malaysia with Wanna Fredericksen.
Book Preview of "Broadcasters: Untold Chaos"
and
Now Available on Amazon Kindle
A short video narration by Rick Fredericksen promoting his forthcoming book.
[Received from Rick on April 14, 2017.]
I'm standing at the place where I nearly became a casualty on Thanksgiving Day 1969 in Saigon. As I was returning to my hotel after Thanksgiving dinner, an Army explosives team had just defused a terrorist bomb in the lobby. I posed for this photo in the same lobby of the former Plaza Hotel last Feb. — in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
[Posted on Facebook November 2018]
Some Responses to the Above---
Dated: October 4, 2016
From: JimAllingham
Subject: Fredericksen Retirement Story
Great story! Happy retirement, Rick. You were one of the first AFVNers I met when I arrived in Saigon. You graciously extended your hand in friendship and quickly became one of the guys I admired for your honesty, integrity and professionalism.
It was an honor to serve with you. I forwarded this story to my daughters with the note that I proudly worked with you and I am still proud to call you my friend.
As you know, I was Army, so please excuse me, but I can't resist saying "Semper Fi" my friend!
Jim Allingham
AFVN News 1969-70
Saigon/Hon Tre Island
50 Years ago: My final days at this little radio and TV office came in January 1969. It was a lean and mean operation at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. My next stop was home leave and infantry training before shipping out to Vietnam.
I was holding the album "Best of Bob Dylan."
Bob Lawrence (left) and RIck Fredericksen in August 2015.