Last additions - Leon "Lee" Dixon
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Dixon64.jpgBuddhist BBQBuddhist monks (Thailand). Sadly, these are the guys you sometimes heard of barbecuing themselves on the streets of Saigon. I witnessed an immolation in Saigon. It was NOT a pretty sight, nor smell. Unforgettably horrible.Oct 10, 2009
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Dixon63.jpgHooray - R&R TimeBankok R&R - those wonnnnderful Pan Am stewardesses. They always posted one or two at the door just inside the plane as you were leaving...and at least one at the end of the gangway stairs...smiling beguilingly in a skirt and heels. Sighhhhhhh!Oct 10, 2009
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Dixon61.jpgSarge told us to straighten this poleAnother character from Duc Pho-LZ Montezuma. Picture taken just after erecting tents and getting off the hard ground. I'm on the left and can't remember the guy on the right. He was from the Chicago area and insisted on being called "Mouse" or "Da Mouse". Tore his real name off his fatigues. He burned a lot of incense and got into Bhuddism. Lotsa guys avoided him, but we got along. Always wore sunglasses, even at night.Oct 01, 2009
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Dixon62.jpgEat Your Heart Out, SW Airlines!Hah! Southwest wasn't the first to come up with cheap boarding passes. The Loadmaster would simply tear off a piece of paper from something else and write "boarding pass" along with the flight # and destination. The "PKU" is a baggage stub. Sometimes you had to check what you were carrying, sometimes you didn't.Oct 01, 2009
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Dixon60.jpgWhatta Takeoff!Duc Pho Runway, LZ Montezuma, August, 1967. Although I thought that the runway had metal planking by this time, I could be wrong. Note the dirt runway with tire tracks. Certainly not a pilot's dream. Recall taking this shot from the back door of a C-123...a noisy, scary plane, but exciting to fly in especially when they later added JATO-assist pods on the wings.Oct 01, 2009
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Dixon59.jpgWell, you saw me!During the melee, I tried to take photos but that was impossible. Somebody ran onstage and covered the redhead with a camouflage top and she was hustled offstage...and that was that! So, you get the camouflage shot!Sep 28, 2009
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Dixon58.jpgThe Big Surprise!The big surprise was the very tall, longhaired redhead in the pink babydoll negligee and heels. She did an EXTRA SPECIAL dance as the finale'...she came OUT of the negligee and the audience went beserk! Guys were climbing, pushing, shoving, fights breaking out...I was nearly crushed.Sep 28, 2009
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Dixon57.jpgGI Blues go awayThis show was hosted by a Hollywood actor and three starlets. Don't remember any names. They sang, danced, told jokes and enthralled the GIs who desperately needed some cheering up and American entertainment.Sep 28, 2009
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Dixon54.jpgHere is what kind of damage a communist 122mm rocket could do in the hands of a VC. This building in Saigon was hit during the Tet Offensive and so was I... but that's another story.
Aug 29, 2009
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Dixon53.jpgA Military Bus in SaigonMost GIs never saw such a clear view of the city because unlike in the movies and stories I've read, we had to ride in military busses with thick screens/grates over the windows. The screens weren't for keeping out bugs... they were for keeping out bombs and grenades thrown by VC nuts! THIS was our usual view from the military busses.
Aug 29, 2009
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Dixon56.jpgUS Embassy - SaigonA photo of the US Embassy in Saigon before the attacks. Notice how high the front wall is over the fellow walking. One wonders how the press depicted the embassy wall as so easy to climb!
Aug 29, 2009
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Dixon55.jpgA beautiful building on the square in downtown Saigon. Originally a French opera house and also the seat of the South Vietnamese legislature (best info). Also, note in the right foreground the huge bronze sculpture that was a memorial to South Vietnamese soldiers. To the right of this shot was the beautiful French Caravelle Hotel.Aug 29, 2009
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