Everyone had something to sell, even if it was only a smile.
Everyone had something to sell, even if it was only a smile.
Vietnamese children at home.
From the South end of MMAF looking at Marble Mountain.
More attacks on Danang and MMAF Nov. 1968
Sgt Griffin by the first aid hooch.
Mr. ZigZag.
Charlie
Dave in his flight suit on our door step Dave is assigned to fly the infared and SLAR nitetime missions
The South China Sea coast from Marble Mountain to DaNang.
Sampans along the coast South of Danang.
Roll out for landing at MMAF.
Marble Mountain Air Base with a view of the highlands in the background from over the South China Sea
Top of Marble Mountain.
B52 bomb craters South of DaNang.
More B-52 bomb craters.
Republic Of Viet Nam Special Forces gun implacement.
RVN Special forces
Another gun emplacement.
Bomb craters made by smaller aiecraft.
Near AnHoa South of Chulai.
Dave at the end of the runway at MMAF.
Helicopter being lifted away from MMAF for repair.
From the Toledo Blade Nov. 1968.
Same helicopter rescue.
After some photo recon missions we would fly out over the South China Sea and Photograph ships along the coast. The next group of pictures are all just offshore from the Danang area.
Transport ship bringing in new helicopters for unloading at Danang.
Same ship nearly unloaded a day later.
Transport ship.
Ready for unloading in the harbor.
Waiting in the bay.
Deep Water pier DaNang from a Mohawk.
Deepwater pier from the docks.
Abandoned ship near ChuLai.
Ship waiting in the Danang harbor.
John Kerry?
Cruising off the coast.
Out of my window of the Mohawk looking at ChuLai.
There were always a lot of different ships waiting in the harbor.
Don't know what this ship is but the picture is developed backwards.
More ships at Deepwater Pier.
Ships being unloaded at Deepwater Pier.
Military ships at Deepwater Pier.
Another cruiser off the coast.
The piers from the air.
Cargo ship.
The Toledo Blade late Nov. 1968.
At port in Danang.
Ship off the coast at Marble Mountain.
Waiting to dock.
Cargo ship.
Ship near one of the islands in the South China Sea.
Same ship.
Destroyer ?
Cargo.
Ships loading and unloading at the docks near the Danang to Marble Mountain bridges.
Article from the “Stars and Stripes” this is the same location as the prevous picture.
These are the same ships as in the Stars and Stripes article hit by the rocket.
The ship that was hit by the rocket was loaded with ammunition and when it expolded it blew the whole area apart.
This is the building that the ship was beside.
Overhead from a Mohawk with only the front (on land) and the rear (in the water) of the ship remaining a week or so later.
Close up of the front of the ship, still unexploded ammo rounds laying arround.
Left over from the explosion.
Same pier as it looks in 2006.
This area Close to CamDuc near the Laotian border we would recon regularly and take a lot of machine gun fire from the ground.
Near AnHoa.
Another part of the “Yellow Brick Road” near Laos.
Near HoiAn South Of ChuLai from the right window of the Mohawk.
Mom's diary Oct 68 to Jan. 69.
Another place where we were shot at by twin 50 caliber machine guns near KamDuc.
We could fly from the coast to the highlands in less than an a half hour.
Camera bullseye on the right side of the cockpit used to aim the camera in 15 or 30 degree shots.
Overhead of Danang Main airport.
Road to the top of Monkey Mountain.
Monkey Mountain.
The top of Monkey Mountain.
Toledo Blade Nov. 1968.
Photo mission with the Mohawk below taking pictures from the “cover” ship above.
245th history Capt. Svarrer and His T.O. are shot down near KhamDuc in aircraft 858 both pilot and T.O. are recovered within an hour.
O.V. ! Mohawk shot down on Visual Recon. mission into a stream, This is most likely Capt. Svarrer's plane.
Same O.V. 1 from a closer view.
Close up of the tail section of the Mohawk shot down.
Prisoner of War camp from the camera in the Mohawk (between MMAF and Marble Mountain).
MMAF on the far left Marble Mountain in the middle.
The city of Danang from the South.
The Blade late Nov. 68.
Everyone had a fan over their bunk.
Me with my m 16 , we only had to take it with us when we were sent to guard the flightline at nite from our bunker.
DaNang Bay and China Beach from Fredom Hill.
DaNang river from on the bridge.
Thanksgiving at the 245th Aviation Company (over half way done with our tour of duty) a great reason to be Thankful.
245th Thanksgiving day menu from the 245th mess hall. (as good as it ever got).
Dave and I in our bunk area.
The Blade Nov.. Dec. 68.
Vietnamese working on our flightline.
Helicopter carrying a connex box away from MMAF.
Our runway and bunker line with Marble Mountain in the background.
The Blade Dec. 68.
Loading dock along the river near Danang.
Toledo Blade late Dec. 1968.
The beach across the runway from MMAf with Monkey Mountain in the background.