Vietnam Today
Mar 13, 2019 17:26:39 #
Mar 13, 2019 19:07:54 #
Chico 1948
Loc: Cincinnati
I spent 3 months there with Riv Div 543 based out of a marine compound just up river with the Navy PBRs. The city floods regularly but is beautiful. In 1969 it was a Viet Cong hot bed. We were abused on one night patrol and lost a Gunner Sargent from the Marine compound who went out on patrol with us one night because he thought the (Squids) were joy riding on the rivers at night. We also lost our front gunner. No joy rides on the rivers in Viet Nam at night. The marines would not feed us because our hair was longer than theirs so we slept on our boats outside the compound at night and ate WWII c- rations. After that night ambush they had a more nuanced opinion of the Squids that ran the rivers at night.
I went back in 2007 and appreciated the village but will never forget that evening on patrol. Glad that Viet Nam is doing better. Too bad we messed them up for so long.
Pete
I went back in 2007 and appreciated the village but will never forget that evening on patrol. Glad that Viet Nam is doing better. Too bad we messed them up for so long.
Pete
Mar 13, 2019 22:03:32 #
Mar 14, 2019 11:21:12 #
Just wondering if you made it to Vung Tau while there. My husband was stationed there and always spoke of how beautiful it was.
Mar 14, 2019 13:15:46 #
My wife and I also were on a cruise (Hong Kong to Singapore) in January, stopping in Ha Long Bay, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang. We made it to the beach formerly known as China Beach (now known, I believe, as Marble Mountain Beach). It was also interesting to note that our tour guide in Ho Chi Minh City believed (and said that many/most of the residents believe) that that name is probably temporary, and eventually the city will revert to the name Saigon. (Of course, she may have been saying that because about half the people on the tour were Americans.)
Mar 15, 2019 20:55:48 #
Blaster34 wrote:
Our ship spent a day in Da Nang and we decide to v... (show quote)
Beautiful narrative set, Blaster; well done!
Mar 17, 2019 07:06:52 #
Interesting photos of Vietnam. The streets are so clean, or was it just that day?
The Vietnamese people like plenty of color in the streets and buildings.
I haven't traveled to Asia and prefer to see the country in photos.
Stunning photos.
The Vietnamese people like plenty of color in the streets and buildings.
I haven't traveled to Asia and prefer to see the country in photos.
Stunning photos.
Mar 17, 2019 19:47:48 #
Leeo
Loc: Oregon
Saigon was interesting, wide boulevards, fairly clean streets, more like business as usual, not war.1968. Beautiful buildings from French influence. Should be a show piece by now. Can't really enjoy the photos because the smells can't be experienced.
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