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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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Sign of the times for C-130 crew members. Pictured are a pair of ubiquitous, small ceramic "Saigon Elephants" which were a popular purchase item at various off-base vendors in Vietnam. We had the luxury of C-130 cargo space to haul sometimes dozens of these back home. Most of these elephants were 4-5 times larger than the ones pictured. Today I still have a few of these large elephants outside in my garden over 50 years after purchase. I must say that the cans of beer were as ubiquitous as these elephants.
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