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Jan 16, 2019 07:07:18   #
Wes Loc: Dallas
 
Thank you for your service, defending out country. Nearly twenty years earlier, in Korea, I was selected to replace Lt. Remington of the Remington Arms family as PX officer. I persuaded the PX HG in Seoul to get me Japanese cameras for the troops. The only one available was the Samoca but we were all proud to send pictures back home.



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Jan 16, 2019 07:21:57   #
Dannj
 
Wingpilot:
Well, you’re right: technically, it’s not a great photo. But the story it tells makes up for that. Thank you.👍

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Jan 16, 2019 07:36:44   #
photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
 
Wingpilot wrote:
I was going through some old photos and found this one. I just took a photo of the print. It was taken of me, in 1971 in S. Vietnam. I was an army captain assigned as a helicopter pilot with the 213th Aviation Company, flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters. If I recall, I set this one up on a tripod and developed it in the company darkroom. I thought is kind of embodied how we all felt at the time. I took pride in my roll as a pilot, supporting the troops on the ground in any way we could. I think by that time we were all tired and worn out, both those on the ground and those in the air. I know there are a number of Hogs who flew over there--Hueydriver and a few other, as well as all those we supported who were on the ground--the Grunts as they were affectionally known. I can't say that this is a wonderful photo, but I would dedicate this to all who served over there. I guess that's why I've saved a lot of old photos from those days.
I was going through some old photos and found this... (show quote)



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Jan 16, 2019 07:52:12   #
Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end
 
Bought my first camera there, a Petri FT at the PX in An Khe.

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Jan 16, 2019 07:53:40   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Nice one, and I'm glad you're still around to see it.

More -

Part 1: http://friedmanarchives.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-faces-of-vietnam-part-1.html

Part 2: http://friedmanarchives.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-faces-of-vietnam-part-2.html

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Jan 16, 2019 08:22:46   #
davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
 
Wingpilot wrote:
I was going through some old photos and found this one. I just took a photo of the print. It was taken of me, in 1971 in S. Vietnam. I was an army captain assigned as a helicopter pilot with the 213th Aviation Company, flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters. If I recall, I set this one up on a tripod and developed it in the company darkroom. I thought is kind of embodied how we all felt at the time. I took pride in my roll as a pilot, supporting the troops on the ground in any way we could. I think by that time we were all tired and worn out, both those on the ground and those in the air. I know there are a number of Hogs who flew over there--Hueydriver and a few other, as well as all those we supported who were on the ground--the Grunts as they were affectionally known. I can't say that this is a wonderful photo, but I would dedicate this to all who served over there. I guess that's why I've saved a lot of old photos from those days.
I was going through some old photos and found this... (show quote)


Flying days . . . . . .

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Jan 16, 2019 08:41:34   #
Tommy II Loc: Northern Illinois
 
Wingpilot wrote:
I was going through some old photos and found this one. I just took a photo of the print. It was taken of me, in 1971 in S. Vietnam. I was an army captain assigned as a helicopter pilot with the 213th Aviation Company, flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters. If I recall, I set this one up on a tripod and developed it in the company darkroom. I thought is kind of embodied how we all felt at the time. I took pride in my roll as a pilot, supporting the troops on the ground in any way we could. I think by that time we were all tired and worn out, both those on the ground and those in the air. I know there are a number of Hogs who flew over there--Hueydriver and a few other, as well as all those we supported who were on the ground--the Grunts as they were affectionally known. I can't say that this is a wonderful photo, but I would dedicate this to all who served over there. I guess that's why I've saved a lot of old photos from those days.
I was going through some old photos and found this... (show quote)



Sometime it seems like yesterday, doesn’t it?

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Jan 16, 2019 08:44:59   #
Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end
 
Tommy, I certainly agree.
It was an intense time, some good and some bad. It was so different for each person, no two people experienced the same thing.
So many stories that will mostly not be told.

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Jan 16, 2019 08:57:01   #
Tommy II Loc: Northern Illinois
 
Wingpilot wrote:
One of my favorite moments was when we brought a huge pallet of beer out to a unit in the field. Don't recall whose unit it was, but these guys were overjoyed. The beer was warm, but they didn't care, it was beer and it was wet. Great treat after a week in the boonies.


I was a grunt, and believe me, I can still remember acts of generosity like this.

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Jan 16, 2019 08:57:15   #
GeneB Loc: Chattanooga Tennessee
 
Welcome Home Brother

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Jan 16, 2019 08:57:31   #
nospambob Loc: Edmond, Oklahoma
 
Nice, thanks for posting. I took thousands of slide photos but lost em all in the Tet raid. Rats. But I'm here to appreciate yours. Cool beans.

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Jan 16, 2019 09:20:37   #
Jim-Pops Loc: Granbury, Texas
 
Wingpilot wrote:
One of my favorite moments was when we brought a huge pallet of beer out to a unit in the field. Don't recall whose unit it was, but these guys were overjoyed. The beer was warm, but they didn't care, it was beer and it was wet. Great treat after a week in the boonies.


My most memorable flight in Vietnam.
Beer OH yea the beer run. Back in 1967 we were out of beer needed to fly out and get some. I was an aircraft engine repair Spec 4 at the time and they needed gunner for Huey trip, no one else available. The scariest lift off I ever had. We were over loaded but that was OK it was beer.

Happy you made it back.
Jim

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Jan 16, 2019 09:22:16   #
MT native Loc: Big Sky Country — Montana
 
Thank you for your service in Vietnam. An unfortunate war for all that had to serve. I salute you.

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Jan 16, 2019 09:25:20   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
If we had seen these types of images during the war instead of what the media put out, you guys would likely have received a very different welcome when you came home! Nice image.

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Jan 16, 2019 09:29:50   #
rustfarmer
 
Am I the only Vietnam Vet who hates the "Thank you for your service" knee jerk sophism? I understand there may be nothing better to say, but that one always angers me.

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