-33. Traveling on LARC on Dong-Ha river 1967, down to the Cua Viet Camp. This is a LARC that replaced the WWII DUKW vehicle-craft. This area is just south of the DMZ, the line that divided North VN and South VN.
-32. In El Paso TX. Jan. 1972, studying the Viet Namese Lingo, Karl in his room. I graduated on top of the class, 42 students. I had left VN May 1971 because I had volunteered for the ‘Long Range Advisor Program’ and had 35 weeks of language training.
-28. Plei Ku 1966 in Central South Viet Nam. My 1st day in Viet Nam; I arrived with this type of aircraft, a C-130.The plane stopped here coming from Clark AFB on our way to Da Nang.
-22. Karl’s Viet Nam 1966-1973. I marked this map as to where I served or had been. I also indicated the 1972 Easter Offensive because my fiancé’s family was caught up in it. The fiancé’s family was from Loc Ninh and was under commie rule ever since Easter 1972.
-20. Saigon 1967. A typical neighborhood scene; vendors going around selling their wares. While I was in Saigon, I stayed in the house of a friend, who I knew from Da Nang.
-13. July 1973 in Saigon on leave, VN Military personnel. I was stationed again in VN, in Cat Lai-near Saigon and operated in the Delta, 1972 June to 1973 March but have no pictures at all from this period.
Ze583. In Viet Nam every little compound or barracks had a little Bar like this one in the Fort Derussy Army Museum. Most people enjoyed a beer or too, it was not political uncorrect at that time. The COMRATS even had small cigarette packs with about 3 or 4 cigarette sticks.
