Lawrence C. MarshUnited States Army

Censored: dead or injured persons and other unpleasant scenes removed.

View from Command HeadquartersCam Ranh Bay, Vietnam

Command Headquarters on hill overlooking Cam Ranh Bay

American,Vietnamese,

andKorean

flags fly overCommand

Headquarters.

Sea-Land container ship delivering more ammo to Cam Ranh port

facility Trained dolphins were used to assist in detecting enemy sappers (frogmen) in the bay.

A closer view of the Sea-Land port facility

Adjutant General’s Command HQ

Adjutant General’s Office

Armed with combat issue typewriter

Reading letters from home

Christmas presents have arrived

Working with secret documents

I had to obtain a “secret clearance” for my job.

The FBI checked out my past.

Statistics from military intelligence

Soldier ready for action.

Painting the floor Army issue gray

Earning the big bucks!!!

Preparing for the 1970 Tet Offensive

I went to the local

labor market to hire these

Vietnamese to build

this bunker.

Filling bunker walls with sand

Incomingrockets

were veryinaccuratebut highly

deadly

Army troops live in hootches

Nearest hootch was my hootch

Hootch got very hot in summer

Mama-san does GI’s laundry

Not your typical Laundromat

Keeping an eye on the neighborhood

Woman in yellow is soaking wet

Jeeps at Military Police Station

I’ll just borrow one of their jeeps

Leaving the Military Police Station

Vietnamese children at checkpoint

Trucks loading potable water.

Taking a break in the grass

LARC travels on land or water.

Plane landing near My Ca Bridge

fire engine heading out in a hurry

Fire engine

at brush fire near

airport

New airport

tower at Tan Son

Nhut

Camp Alpha

ARVN Officers at Tan Son Nhut

ARVN MP’s on the move

ARVN is acronym for Army of the Republic of Vietnam

On the road to Tan Son Nhut Airport

ARVN MP’s search a lambretta

My Ca Bridge

Faster than a speeding bullock

Armored personnel carriers

APC’s on the move towards the battle

civilians leaving battle area

downtown Nha Trang

lambrettas wait for MP’s clearance Travel on this road is restricted to only two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening.

Commercial bus to My Quang

Civilian gasoline delivery truck

Esso gas station in Nha Trang

civilian awaits afternoon rain

Helipad at Tan Son Nhut airbase

Playboy Club is behind the helipad.

PX is in the front.

Flying Tiger “freedom bird” Chartered

commercial jets

move American

troops into and out of The

Republic of

Vietnam

unidentified truck

Womenapproaching

securitycheckpoint

on mainland side of

Cam Ranh peninsula.

Convoy of Korean Army Troops

Commanding General’s “White House”

Vietnamese children checking me out

Vietnamese woman at Cam Ranh

Pagoda museum at Air Force base

Vietnamese Navy’s small airport

Ocean liner at old French headquarters run by Vietnamese Navy.

C-130 awaiting takeoff at Cam Ranh

Normally carries cargo so troops are strapped to the walls.

Post Exchange (PX)and ice cream (soft serve) truck

minature golf course at Cam Ranh

Cam Ranh Library

10,000 hard bound books.

Catching up on my reading. I was supposed to teach principles of economics but the textbooks didn’t arrive in time.

Movie Theater The guys from the trucking company next door sometimes threw in tear gas grenades during the movie.

The End