Billy Burbank, U.S. Navy SEAL, Team TWO; photo Album

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Billy Burbank Class 19 E.C.
SEAL Team TWO

Billy Burbank

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1st Row: T.Tarbox, N.Mimbs, T. Thompson, Greek, J. ALexander, R. Smith, Jo Heinlein, M. Lynch, N.Marsh, BackRow: J.Wagner, P.Nearly, P.Ramos, B.Burbank, C.Grady, D.Knox, H.Stern, P.Violich. Base CO, Unk., P.Martin, A. Hammond, Palmer, C.Newell, J.Gay, K.Gless, C.Foster, J.Vogel, L.SMith, P.Tornblom. Little Creek Amphib.Base; Apr 1958; R/R Diving phase.

Hammon, Violich, Nearly, Foster, Thompson, on the last day of "Hell Week" UDT training phase.

Lt: Fisher, Marriot, Paul, Burbank, Wilson, Smith, Waugh, George. Saigon 1962 MTT 10 at Junk Force Training DaNang. Issued M1 30cal Carbine with 8 rounds and were told to return bullets if not used when we departed. Later we met Special Forces and we gave them diving lessons and K Bar knives and they gave us 15 minutes in their Gun Locker.

St. Thomas, Lindberg Bay, USNSubase just around the bend. names by Historian: Chuck Newell. Mimbs, Heinlein, Gay, Ruggles,Saunders, Vogel, Magin, Wiltin, Marsh, Burtis, Tollison, Foster, Violich, Newell, Allemand, Damon, Hammond, Burbank, Nearly, Fearon, Thompson.

The last few classes at Little Creek USNAB Instructors. Silva, Unk, Naus, Burbank, Unk, Cozart, Unk, Stamey, Goines, Sutherland, UNK, R. Woolard, Mr Anglin, Fitzgerald

Lt top: Tornblom, Newell, Ramos, GLess, Marsh, Lynch, Grady, Riojas (honorary member), Burbank, Heinlein, Pat Martin.

Feb 15 2005 a snail mail from Billy Burbank in Va. Beach Va.

Rio: Before I forget the past or maybe fall from a second story window I thought I put these photos to work with your talent. If you get the chance put it together like the web page you did for Rip Collins. I would like you to say that this is a short tour in the life of an old time Frogman. Thanks! Send me back the pictures if you think of it. I will later gather up all my SEAL stuff and donate it to the Museum in Florida. Your Teamate Billy Burbank

Lt to Rt.: Mary Lou, Bob Reive, Rudy Boesch, Billy Burbank, Jack Lynch. This picture is when we had a contest with the U.S. Army to see who could make the most Hogies in 15 minutes. We had meat, lettuce, tomato, onions, peppers, and then wrapped them. The winner got one thousand bucks. We beat the pants off the U.S. Army and we donated the thousand bucks to the UDT SEAL Assn.

Rudy Boesch of TV show "Survivor" fame and his handball playing Teamate Billy Burbank

Pictures are from My Second Tour of Vietnam

My Army, no english spoken, went thru three interpreters. two killed and one left in the middle of the night.

One of my many bridges, try running across this baby!

Billy Burbank's observation plane...Oh! Demo Dick wanted to borrow for an Op. It did not get off the ground.

Billy Burbank's house for 7 months. Mr. Bump relieved me. I releived Scott Lyons.

Down river Op. No nice speed boat for me.

Billy Burbank at airport Chuong Thien Prov. Vietnam

One Op body count

Billy Burbank's extra shit house.

Rest period in the rice paddie.

Billy Burbank's local market.

Billy Burbank's transportation, me in the front.

A story about our Teamate Harry Mattingly:

Mattingly was a new SEAL young guy. He came to me for a briefing just before he deployed for the Vietnam. The one thing that I told him over and over again was not to run or follow the "bad guys" once that contact was made with the VC. Sure enough, the first op he was into, a fire fight ensued, the "bad guys" ran away and Mattingly runs after them. Bang! He was shot through the head. But interesting enough, just before Scott Lyons took the job from whoever had the province, not sure if it was US Army Special Forces, or a SEAL. When they killed the "Bad Guys" they would have the locals cut the ears off the dead enemy or laid grenades to booby trap the bodies. That was not good for winning hearts and minds. Scotty started a change and I followed suit. When we killed VC we left the bodies lay there, no cutting or bobby traps. The V.C. returned the favor. Harry's Body was found later just where they shot him in his tracks. So at least we did something right.

Funny that I can remember things like that and I cannot remember what I ate yesterday. I don't remember what day we left for that trip. Back here in Virginia Beach I am happy so go rope yourself a cow in Texas eat it and be happy!

Mention some place pictures are from second tour first tour 1962 in Danang with the junk force. Mr Waugh was my partner in this tourWe were a MTT10 team sent to train the sailors in that location for recon dutys.. No action taken by us at this time.. Or Recorded That should do it..