Photos of my 12 months in Vietnam

1967-1968

 

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Mekong Delta

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C7A Carribou. I was doing Crypto Courier Duty from Saigon to Can Tho. (I'm taking the photo)

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What was left of the Cholon Chinese District in the Saigon Area after TET offensive.

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This is barracks area I stayed in between Tan San Nhut Airbase and the Racetrack.. Note the granade screens covering the front.

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The Comm Center next to the Heliport. This is where all the Crypto and Ciphony communications went through. The secure area is in the back ( photo right). The switchboard is in the front, (photo left ). I worked in the Top Secret area in the back. Used to climb the tower at night and take photos.

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This is Charleton Heston leaving the Pink Palace in Can Tho where I stayed when TDY at Chai Le Loi ARVN camp. My duties were in support of a comm center there.

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Landing at the TSN heliport

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TSN Heliport

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TSN Heliport area

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View of Saigon at the start of the Tet Offensive 1968

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Lots of Sandbagged Bunkers in Vietnam

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In Can Tho

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Jon and his 3/4 Ton Truck. Making a midnight run from the Comm Center

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The Heliport at Tan Son Nhut AFB was next to our Army Comm Center

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Another view of the Heliport

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Jon Dorrough and Ken Glanister

After leaving Bermuda after graduation in 1965 Ken and I lost touch until we ran into each other in Vietnam. Small world.