TSN10.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha350 viewsThe MP Gate at TSN
TSN-Laundry.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha346 viewsA peek inside the laundry. We soon learned that "laundry" in Vietnamese means "less dirty".
FFE.jpgFiring for Effect341 viewsAll six guns of the battery firing together. Likely done at the end of a daily registration to verify the pattern of the impact area and single out any short or long shooters.
Le_Van_Cho.jpgStreets of Saigon338 viewsPort Policeman Le Van Cho on the left; Sp4 Jerry West on the right. Sp4 West was my "tour guide" in Saigon. Col Robert Sabolyk, the Provost Marshal of Saigon, arranged my one-day tour of Saigon before going out into the "field" with the 2/9th. I had a one week reprieve. Never saw Saigon again!
TSN9.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp Alpha338 viewsSlot machines inside the Officers Club.
The_Gate.JPGCamp Alpha / Tan Son Nhut AB336 viewsThis gate separated the incomining personnel at Camp Alpha from the Tan Son Nhut airbase just outside the city of Saigon.
TSN12.JPGBubble Park327 viewsThese Bell helicopters were mostly used for commanders to visit their units in the "safer" areas. These birds were no match for any hostile ground fire.
OnTheBeach2.JPGNavy Ship321 viewsA Navy supply ship unloads at the South China Sea.
Note the CONEX container in the center of the photo. Two of these units welded together formed the highly mobile FDCs for the artillery units.
Montezuma-Aerial.JPGAirstrip320 viewsAerial view of LZ Montezuma - FSB Bronco at Duc Pho. Was 3rd Brigade, 25th Inf Div HQ until August, 1967.
OnTheBeach4.JPGNavy Ship 2312 viewsSame shot taken behind the concertina wire.
OnTheBeach.JPGShip311 viewsA ship just offshore the beach of the South China Sea.
OnTheBeach3.JPGSandy Beach311 viewsAn appealing look at the beach of the South China Sea.
