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JCook-107.JPG8-inch Howitzer91 viewsThere was an 8 in battery set up about 5 miles from our Base Camp.
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JCook-120.JPGDressed for R&R91 viewsLooking clean and civilized...ready to go on R&R.
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JCook69.JPGGoing on R&R90 viewsThis is the "holding area" at Cam Ranh Bay. I'm on my way to Taipei for some R&R.
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JCook82.JPGLaundry Day90 viewsJoe notes that he'll never get these cleans. Not to worry; the mama-sans didn't do such a good job either. Some say that the Vietnamese translation for "laundry" was "less dirty".
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JCook68.JPGBase Camp Motor Pool89 viewsBoy, I thought we were getting pretty fancy!
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JCook76.JPGAll my possessions89 viewsEverything I owned, clothes in a waterproof ammo fuze box.
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JCook84.JPGBomb Craters89 viewsTaken at LZ Cat - you can see the bomb craters here. Photo taken from the back door of a Chinook.
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JCook-105.JPGWhy we called them "Shit-Hooks"89 viewsA CH-47 was called a "Chinook". They were powerful utility helicopters. A cloud of dust and a heigh-ho Silver...away....away...away with everything that wasn't tied down. Don't mess with a Chinook; you can't win. The downdraft of the blades has to be seen to appreciate the power. It was not uncommon to run away when you saw a Chinook coming in.
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JCook-125.JPGPFC Lawrence Bentman89 viewsPFC Lawrence Bentman joins me on an R&R trip to Taipei.
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JCook96.JPGFlags Flying88 viewsThe U S flag and the Republic of Korea flags.
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JCook-112.JPGCool Jeep Driver88 viewsYep...the Jeep Driver gets to wear the fancy shades.
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JCook-115.JPGBreak Time88 viewsCleaned my mess kit and my uniform. Taking a break. (Note that short wall of sandbags around the tent. That concept quickly dumped in favor of bunkers as time went by.)
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