F-4 Phantom's

F-4 Phantom landing with drag parachute.

Constellation

Constellation landing at Danang Main airbase.

AH 1 Cobra.

Kaman H-43 Huskie.

Air Viet Nam plane landing in DaNang ( Air Viet Nam is now known to be the planes used by the C.I.A.

Oct. 1968

A Shau valley is where Khe Sahn is at and is the aproximate area where Pfc. Sparks plane was shot down.

Looking down the coastline from Danang.

Marble Mountain in the distance.

From Fredom Hill, Monkey Mountain is in the background.

From Freedom Hill looking out over Danang to Monkey Mountain in the background.

Busy fishing port near Chu Lai.

Top of Marble Mountain.

Small airstrip South of Danang

Artillery fire base West of DaNang

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

Helicpoter shot down in the jungle.

Oct 1968.

In late 1968 we begn using panoramic nose cameras in the Mohawk.

The Danang bridges from the nose camera. Both bridges are still in use in 2006.

Nose camera shot of landing (top) Danang bridges (bottom)

Bridges from Danang to Marble Mountain (2006) same ones as in the nose camera pictures.

Different views from the nose cameras.

Another bridge from the nose camera.

Some of the panoramic nose camera missions were flown very low (below treetop level) to get photos of both sides of a river under the tree cover.

We flew just off the water and could get images from both banks.

Roadway from the nose camera.

The main route from Danang to Marble Mountain and the coastline was these two bridges

The Danang bridge as it looks in 2006

Oct. 1968

The end of A Shau Valley from my 35mm camera.

Another view of A Shau Valley.

One Mohawk would fly the mission at low level. A second Mohawk would fly “cover” from above to watch for enemy ground fire.

Marines parachuting from helicopter.

Artillery camp inland from Chu Lai.

Convoy over the Hai Van Pass North of Danang.

Old airstrip from the cockpit of the Mohawk.

This is a negative from the belly camera of the Mohawk. (clock in the upper left)

CH 54 Skycrane

Countryside Southwest of Danang.

About the same area.

Old Viietnamese grave or monument.

Vietnamese grave near Danang.

From the Toledo Blade.

This is our little group of T.O.'s who went to school at Ft. Huachuca with Dave and I and then to the 245th.

Taxi in downtown DaNang.

There was one (or more) on every corner.

Roadside stands had everything from flip flops to sun glasses to pot.

A crane down the road from the 245th was hit by sappers.

When the local bus was full people would ride on top.

Or they put their goods on top and all tried to get inside.

Railroad in a residential section of Danang.

Advertisement along the road.

The Blade Oct. 1968.

Pagota near hospital across the road from MMAF.

Military storage area down the road. Some of the boxes were full of beer that would set in the sun for months before being sent to the troops.

Budist monument or grave.

Near downtown DaNang

Tank Junkyard outside DaNang.

Dave getting us a taxi in DaNang.

RVN troop truck.

U.S troops headed out.

Theater in downtown DaNang.

Now Showing.

Girl in one of the homes down the road.

O.V. 1 story

Convoy of U.S. troop trucks with a cannon.

Almost all locals either walk or ride a bicicle.

This big tree is in the city square in Danang.

Girl in Danang.

Another Vietnamese grave.

Church or temple in Danang.

Village street near Danang.

Same village.

Monument in Danang.

Republic of VietNam (R.V.N.) compound.

Main gate of the R.V. N. base in Danang.

Temple or Church.

Monkey Mountain.

The radio communication station for all the aircraft in the I Corps. was on top of Monkey Mountain.

Woman carrying goods to the market.

There were few civilian vehicles but enough for an Esso station here and there for motor cycles.

The kids always had something to sell.

Locals working at the garbage dump.

Women taking goods to or from the market.

This was an every day job for them.

Private home in Danang.

Vietnamese sampan.

More kids with something to sell.

Seems like everyone had a few chickens.

The Blade Nov. 1968.

Tank near Monkey Mountain.

A lot of Vietnamese rode motor cycles.

Building in DaNang city.

The marketplace.

Temple in DaNang.

The front of the same temple. (Swastika on top?)

Boy selling flip flops.