Up early for breakfast of Pho and 3 cups of cafe sua da. I will need the caffine rush for the trip from DucPho back to QuangNgai. Rained a bit last night and...
All, I remember the riot, I was in the V-100's then and covered the gate from just inside the main 'civilian employee' entrance down a little from the main...
Tom , right you are about the V-100`s by the main gate . I will be back with more detail`s as I remember them when ever it stop`s snowing in Pa. Gotta go back...
Hey Folks, I'm doing my final final, then waiting for my ride to the airport, looking forward to this trip!!!! See ya soon!!!!! The Demp aka; Dimyee...
Found 2 pics. 1 shows main gate closed during day, and 'civies' hanging around it. The other shows the 'employee' gate with the gate MP milling around the...
I had wanted to do a train trip here and did so. 17 hours of torture on the way from QuangNgai to Saigon. The train left promptly and made good time. The first...
Walked around today and on the way to a book store to get an English language instructional book to bring back up to ChuLai made another new friend. Kim,...
Nice walk around the Windsor Plaza, a big new shopping center, hotel restaurant complex in Saigon. About 10 stories tall. MiMi and Ying walked around hand in...
There were problems with the daily hired vietnamese who did not want to be searched as thoroughly as we were starting to do. They wanted to bring on base...
Dan and I leave Mike behind at the Hotel in SiemReap to catch the Hyundai "HiClass",A/Cd, express bus back to Saigon. Good cup of coffee near the bus company...
Does anyone find it sad that we spent so much energy and effort to keep some mama-san/hooch maid from going home with a can of shoe polish or an orange shoved...
Sure, sure Stan, we all know you were down at the gate every month giving the poor your pay check! LOL Those people would take the base home if we'd let them....
I've posted Tom's pictures of the riots to this site. For the next week or so you can see them by clicking on the New Photo's link near the top of the opening...
In some respects being here on the ground in Vietnam I have to agree with a lot of what Stan said. Had we made different choices in 1945 when the war ended...
We flew back up to Danang with Mike and are staying in HoiAn for a few days to relax from the Saigon rat race and eat some good food. Dan and I got motrorbikes...
Hoi An is definitely the place, a trip to Saigon however is worth the trip if you've never been there and you need to at least see the madness, It will make ...
The current issue of the newsletter of the 23rd MP Chapter, The Blotter, was just distributed to chapter members. It features Part 1 of the story of the 23rd...
I have made my hotel and airline reservations and have sent in my reunion registration form. I will be arriving Wednesday, June 24th at 630 pm. Will be...
Is anyone else concerned that we haven't heard from our Vietnam Detachment for more than a week? Anyone got an email from them since the last posting?? Dale...
hey guys, I'm currently in Hue, I talked to Al yesterday, he & Dan where still in Chu Lai, but where headed to Hoi An today. Al & I have been trying to stay in...
Thanks for the thoughts guys. I have been remiss in not keeping up. I came down sick when we got back to ChuLai. Actually a triple whammy of a bad URI and then...
Thanks for the update Al. We were getting a little concerned, not hearing anything for a week. I'm really enjoying the traveloges. And watch that BP. Tom...
Is it true what I heard on the news today, Washington has decided that they don't like the phase "War on Terrorist" and have now instructed their people to...
While I was resting up at the Rising Sun Dan and Mike did run afoul of the PAFVN on ChuLai Base. While exploring around the south end they apparently did not...
My brother spoke fluent Vietnamese thanks to over a year spent at the language school in Monterey CA. He also spent a year learning Chinese- you got to love...
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