U.S.Army Vietnam 1969 and 1970

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  • + lmarsh lmarsh 2 years ago
    These slides can be obtained at www.nd.edu/~lmarsh/WORK. Please do not use these slides to make money since they are not authorized for that purpose at this time.
  • + guest503b45cd guest503b45cd 2 years ago
    when i look at your pics i ask myself what resort camp are you guys at. hell i never seen anything other than a f-k’n jungle guess the term for you guys was REMF or combat clerks
  • + jacksonbbbb jacksonbbbb 2 years ago
    on the screen there is a block against downloading. (just below the first slide) Could you contact the web site and ask how to remove the block so I could download? Thanks ever so much for you kindness.
  • + jacksonbbbb jacksonbbbb 2 years ago
    CRB vet of 1971. Would love permission to download some of the pictures. I was MP in charge of MYCA checkpoint 1971. Would love a picture of my office on the mainland if you have one.



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  1. Lawrence C. Marsh United States Army Censored: dead or injured persons and other unpleasant scenes removed.
  2. View from Command Headquarters Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
  3. Command Headquarters on hill overlooking Cam Ranh Bay American, Vietnamese, and Korean flags fly over Command Headquarters.
  4. 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.
  5. A closer view of the Sea-Land port facility
  6. Adjutant General’s Command HQ
  7. Adjutant General’s Office
  8. Armed with combat issue typewriter
  9. Reading letters from home
  10. Christmas presents have arrived
  11. Working with secret documents I had to obtain a “secret clearance” for my job. The FBI checked out my past.
  12. Statistics from military intelligence
  13. Soldier ready for action.
  14. Painting the floor Army issue gray
  15. Earning the big bucks!!!
  16. Preparing for the 1970 Tet Offensive I went to the local labor market to hire these Vietnamese to build this bunker.
  17. Filling bunker walls with sand Incoming rockets were very inaccurate but highly deadly
  18. Army troops live in hootches
  19. Nearest hootch was my hootch
  20. Hootch got very hot in summer
  21. Mama-san does GI’s laundry
  22. Not your typical Laundromat
  23. Keeping an eye on the neighborhood
  24. Woman in yellow is soaking wet
  25. Jeeps at Military Police Station
  26. I’ll just borrow one of their jeeps
  27. Leaving the Military Police Station
  28. Vietnamese children at checkpoint
  29. Trucks loading potable water.
  30. Taking a break in the grass
  31. LARC travels on land or water.
  32. Plane landing near My Ca Bridge
  33. fire engine heading out in a hurry
  34. Fire engine at brush fire near airport
  35. New airport tower at Tan Son Nhut
  36. Camp Alpha
  37. ARVN Officers at Tan Son Nhut
  38. ARVN MP’s on the move ARVN is acronym for Army of the Republic of Vietnam
  39. On the road to Tan Son Nhut Airport ARVN MP’s search a lambretta
  40. My Ca Bridge
  41. Faster than a speeding bullock
  42. Armored personnel carriers APC’s on the move towards the battle
  43. civilians leaving battle area
  44. downtown Nha Trang
  45. 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.
  46. Commercial bus to My Quang
  47. Civilian gasoline delivery truck
  48. Esso gas station in Nha Trang
  49. civilian awaits afternoon rain
  50. Helipad at Tan Son Nhut airbase Playboy Club is behind the helipad. PX is in the front.
  51. Flying Tiger “freedom bird” Chartered commercial jets move American troops into and out of The Republic of Vietnam
  52. unidentified truck
  53. Women approaching security checkpoint on mainland side of Cam Ranh peninsula.
  54. Convoy of Korean Army Troops
  55. Commanding General’s “White House”
  56. Vietnamese children checking me out
  57. Vietnamese woman at Cam Ranh
  58. Pagoda museum at Air Force base
  59. Vietnamese Navy’s small airport Ocean liner at old French headquarters run by Vietnamese Navy.
  60. C-130 awaiting takeoff at Cam Ranh Normally carries cargo so troops are strapped to the walls.
  61. Post Exchange (PX) and ice cream (soft serve) truck
  62. minature golf course at Cam Ranh
  63. Cam Ranh Library 10,000 hard bound books.
  64. Catching up on my reading. I was supposed to teach principles of economics but the textbooks didn’t arrive in time.
  65. Movie Theater The guys from the trucking company next door sometimes threw in tear gas grenades during the movie.
  66. The End

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