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.

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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 Sign of the times for C-130 crew members. Pictured are a pair of ubiquitous, small ceramic "Saigon Elephants" which were a popula...

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 ALCE (AirLift Control Element) headquarters at Tan Son Nhut Airbase in Saigon. This is where we went in the morning to get our C-130 flight...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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 A group non-military passengers walking across the tarmac in front of a C-123. Nha Trang 1972. One thing stands out to me ... obesity was n...

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 How many workers does it take to harvest rice. At least nine according to this 1972 Vietnam photo. Often some of the remote airbases we lan...

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 Loading up what may be some ARVN and civilian refugees at Nha Trang ... can't recall destination. Old smoke belching, oil-leaking C-123...

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 A couple of C-130 crew members enjoying burgers, dogs and beans at an impromptu post flight cookout outside barracks ... I think this may b...

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 1973 photo of Viet Cong and NVA POW's in purple prisoner garb getting out of transport truck and walking to rear cargo loading ramp of ...

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 Going home 1973. Pictured our some of our C-130 squadron pilots waiting in military air terminal to go back to USA after a year and a half ...
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