Memoir Vietnam & SE Asia 1972

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.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Danang Vietnam Rocket Damage

Photo from ramp area at DaNang Airbase located on the coast of central Vietnam – 1972. At the time DaNang was used by US and South Vietnam Air Forces, and was previously the busiest airport in the world with over 2,500 air operations daily. US combat operations at the base ceased in August of 1972. Looking to the west there are what I believe to collectively be the Ba Na Hills in the background. Photo also shows what was probably recent damage from an incoming rocket in one of the buildings adjacent to the flight line.

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UnknownNovember 9, 2018 at 11:35 AM
My living quarters just to the left of the one that got hit. Remember it well. Rocket went right over us and hit that barrackes!!!
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CerphAugust 3, 2020 at 8:30 PM
Similar story. Laying in my upper bunk watching the Viet AF recover T 28s from sorties. Beautiful night after some rain Then the near silence was broken by a screaming 122? right over my barracks and the Viet AF crews and equipment was no more. RIP.
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