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This is the mail truck that made daily runs between Chu Lai
and our camp north of Chu Lai at Hill 63 (LZ Baldy). (Chu Lai, February
1968)
John Barden
(1-68 to 1-69 HHC)
supplied me with some interesting information about the history of this truck -
In
April or May of 1968 it was blown up by a command-detonated mine on its way
to Company D at Tam Ky. The truck flipped over, and it was totaled. No one
was hurt badly. We built up a new one with ½ inch steel in the bed, sand
bags and mounted the 50-caliber machine on it. It did not last a month. The
frame broke from the overloaded armor plating. We removed the steel and sent
it to support maintenance. The brass was worried because of the
unauthorized modifications. It belonged to S-4 as I remember.
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The airfield at Chu Lai. (Chu Lai, February 1968) |
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More of the airfield at Chu Lai. (Chu Lai, February
1968) |
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The beach at Chu Lai. (Chu Lai, February 1968) |
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The beach at Chu Lai. (Chu Lai, February 1968) |
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The USO Club at Chu Lai. (Chu Lai, February 1968) |
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Inside the USO Club. That's Mr. Julius
C. Moody at the ping pong table. (Chu Lai, February 1968) |
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This barracks was at Cam Rhan Bay. This is where
we stayed
when we started our processing to leave Vietnam for home. (Cam Rhan
Bay,
February 1968) |
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A view from the other side of the barracks above.
This was the last photo I took in Vietnam. (Cam Rhan Bay, February 1968) |
