a crane hit by sappers

landing with drag parachute

Constellation

245th history Maj. Lee takes command of 245th from Maj. Carlisle

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Kaman H-43 Huskie

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Air Viet Nam plane landing in DaNang ( Air Viet Nam was C.I.A. undercover)

Constellation

Danang main airport as it looks in 2006

Oct 1968

A Shau valley is where Khe Sahn is at

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Marble Mountain in the distance

busy fishing port

top of Marble Mountain

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Artillery fire base West of DaNang

Oct. 1968

the “Yellow Brick Road” one of the main supply routes for the North Vietnamese Army (we reconned it regularly)

helicopter shot down in the jungle

we begin to use the panoraic nose cameras in the Mohawk late in 1968

both of these bridges are still in use in 2006

nose camera shot of landing (TOP)

Bridges from Danang to Marble Mountain (2006)

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nose camera missions were flown at very low (Below treetops) levels to photograph under the jungle canopy

we mostly flew them doen rivers and streams to get immages on both sides under the trees

roadway from nose camera

DaNang bridges

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The Danang bridge as it looks in 2006

from my 35mm

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one Mohawk flew the low level photo mission another Mohawk flew cover above to watch for ground fire

Marines parachuting from helicopter

From the Toledo Blade

artillery camp inland from Chu Lai

convoy over the Hai Van pass north of DaNang

old airstrip from the cockpit of a Mohawk

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CH 54 Skycrane

countryside S.W. of DaNang

grave near Danang

same area

old grave or monument

this is our little group

the Blade Oct. 1968

Taxi in downtown DaNang

one on every corner

everything from flip flops to pot

when the bus is full people ride on top

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railroad in residential section of DaNang

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Pagota near hospital

miltiary storage area down the road from MMAF

O.V. 1 story

Budist monument or grave

Near downtown DaNang

Tank Junkyard outside DaNang

Dave getting us a taxi in DaNang

RVN truck

U.S troops headed out

Theater in downtown DaNang

girl in one of the homes on the road to Da Nang

convoy of trucks with cannon

everyone walks or rides a bicicle

tree in the city square in DaNang

girl in DaNang

grave marker

church or temple near DaNang

village street near DaNang

village near Danang

monument in DaNang

main gate of the RVN compound in DaNang

Republic of VietNam forces compound

church or temple

the radio communications center on top of Monkey Mountain

on the road near MMAF

the Blade Nov. 1968

few vehicles except U.S military but enough for a civilian gas station

the kids always had something to sell

at the garbage dump

woman taking goods to market

taking goods to market

private home in DaNang

sampan

more kids with something to sell

everybody had a few chickens

tank near Monkey Mountain

theater in DaNang

a lot of Vietnamese rode motorcycles

Building in DaNang city