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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums50 years ago today, Thanksgiving dinner at NTOOM ..
Nha Trang Officers Open Mess, Vietnam, Republic of.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)I was in Ft Knox, Kentucky. At least the Army mess hall gave us a decent T-Day meal with turkey and all the other goodies.
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)But I wasn't an officer, so just ate dinner in the mess hall, like always. As I recall, it was very good, but I was so excited about going home in early December I hardly noticed what I was eating.
marked50
(1,350 posts)Not only are your pictures and comments wonderful but also your history. Something to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)while I was still 2 years from my (peaceful) hitch...
DemoTex
(25,371 posts)And west of there, in Laos.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)DemoTex
(25,371 posts)February & March 1971
dware
(12,092 posts)Thanksgiving dinner was pretty good if I remember correctly.
DemoTex
(25,371 posts)On my way to the DMZ for an electronics counter warfare (Morse intercept) mission during Lam Son 719, operating as "Vanguard 911." A few days later (on March 4, 1971), "Vanguard 216", a JU-21A from my Phu Bai unit, would catch a SAM very near here, killing all four crewmembers.
Around March 1, 1971
Dong Ha, Vietnam
©1971 Bo Zarts Studio
Those are some distant memories.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)DemoTex
(25,371 posts)It was five lost on Vanguard 216.
dware
(12,092 posts)Some of the most fantastic sunrises/sunsets were over the S. China Sea.
The Engineer unit I was attached to often worked with the Navy Seabees at Dong Ha, those guys were just a wee bit crazy, but they were great combat engineers.
Skittles
(152,965 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)kentuck
(110,950 posts)Beautiful place. As I recall, the Special Forces operated out of a base near Nha Trang?
flotsam
(3,268 posts)Unique aircraft.
"On 04 March 1971, one of the premier Left Jab JU-21A aircraft (#18065), call sign Vanguard 216, departed the airport at Phu Bai. The unarmed plane and crew left on an early morning mission in the vicinity of the DMZ. Although the missions were extremely dangerous, Project Left Jab had been operating for three months without serious incident. Two hours into the mission, at 0840 hours, radio and radar communications were lost."
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