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.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Destroyed Passenger Terminal at Phnom Penh
Here a copilot friend Frank from Mississippi who was on another C-130 crew stands inside a recently destroyed passenger terminal at the Phnom Penh Airport in Cambodia - 1972. In the background some guy is scavenging anything of meager value. We flew frequent resupply missions here using much caution during approach and departure because of hostiles not far beyond the perimeters of the airfield.
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