Personal photos/text taken in/out of Vietnam combat zone from perspective of copilot on USAF C-130 345th Tactical Airlift Crew. Not just about the war, but also about the people/places of the region during 1972. This is where I got my first Nikon film SLR which turned into lifelong passion albeit now Canon digital SLR. The photos are recent digital scans from old 35mm slides wasting away in hot/cold attic for 40 years. Extensive Photoshop editing has been used to make them somewhat presentable.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Saigon waterways
This aerial slide that I scanned simply had “near Saigon - 1972” written on it … made me wonder exactly where. Given the distinctive meandering ox-bow river formations, I figured I could easily locate the place on current maps. Probably butchered these names, but it looks like photo taken south of Bien Hoa, looking to the South where the Song Dong Nai and Hha Be Rivers meet. Interesting that the current 2011 Google Satellite map shows that the river island in this 40 year-old photo has been breached at the narrow point … splitting it in two. Having some geology background this is a natural occurrence for meandering rivers. Off to the southwest would have been Saigon. I assume our C-130 was about to turn right (to the west) for a final approach into Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon.
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