u.s. army vietnam

8/19/2019 U.S. Army Vietnam

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Lawrence C. Marsh

United States Army

Censored: dead or injured persons and other unpleasant scenes removed.



View from Command Headuarters

Cam !anh "ay# Vietnam



Command Headuarters on hill

overloo$in% Cam !anh "ay

American#

Vietnamese# and

&orean

fla%s fly over Command

Headuarters.



ea' an conta ner s p e ver n%more ammo to Cam !anh port

facility (rained

dolphins

were used to assist in

detectin%

enemy sappers

)fro%men*

in the +ay.



A closer view of the

Sea'Land port facility



Adjutant ,eneral-s Command H



Adjutant ,eneral-s /ffice



Armed with com+at issue typewriter



!eadin% letters from home



Christmas presents have arrived



0or$in% with secret documents

1 had to o+tain

a 2secret

clearance3 for my jo+.

(he 4"1 chec$ed out

my past.



Statistics from military intelli%ence



Soldier ready for action.



5aintin% the floor Army issue %ray



6arnin% the +i% +uc$s777



5reparin% for the 89; (et /ffensive

1 went to the local

la+or

mar$et to hire

these

Vietnamese to +uild

this

+un$er.



4illin% +un$er walls with sand

1ncomin%

roc$ets were very

inaccurate

+ut hi%hly deadly



Army troops live in hootches



<earest hootch was my hootch



Hootch %ot very hot in summer



Mama'san does ,1-s laundry



<ot your typical Laundromat



&eepin% an eye on the nei%h+orhood



0oman in yellow is soa$in% wet



=eeps at Military 5olice Station



1-ll just +orrow one of their jeeps



Leavin% the Military 5olice Station



Vietnamese children at chec$point



(ruc$s loadin% pota+le water.



LA!C travels on land or water.



5lane landin% near My Ca "rid%e



fire en%ine headin% out in a hurry



4ireen%ine

at

+rush

fire

nearairport



<ew

airport

tower at

(an Son

<hut



Camp Alpha



A!V< /fficers at (an Son <hut



A!V< M5-s on the move

A!V<

is

acronym

for

Army

of

the

!epu+lic

of

Vietnam



/n the road to (an Son <hut Airport

A!V< M5-s

search

a lam+retta



My Ca "rid%e



4aster than a speedin% +ulloc$



Armored personnel carriers

A5C-s

on

the

move

towards

the

+attle



civilians leavin% +attle area



downtown <ha (ran%



lam+rettas wait for M5-s clearance

(ravel

on this

road is

restricted

to only two hours

in the

mornin%

andtwo hours

in the

evenin%.



Commercial +us to My uan%



Civilian %asoline delivery truc$



6sso %as station in <ha (ran%



civilian awaits afternoon rain



Helipad at (an Son <hut air+ase

5lay+oy Clu+ is

+ehind

the helipad.

5> is in the front.

l i i 2f d +i d3



4lyin% (i%er 2freedom +ird3 Chartered

commercial jets

move

American troops

into and

out of

(he

!epu+lic

of

Vietnam



0omenapproachin%

security

chec$point

on mainland

side ofCam !anh

peninsula.



Convoy of &orean Army (roops

di l hi



Commandin% ,eneral-s 20hite House3

i hild h $i



Vietnamese children chec$in% me out

Vi t t C ! h



Vietnamese woman at Cam !anh

5 d Ai 4 +



5a%oda museum at Air 4orce +ase

Vi < - ll i



Vietnamese <avy-s small airport

/cean liner at old 4rench

headuarters

run +y

Vietnamese

<avy.

C 8?; i i $ ff C ! h



C'8?; awaitin% ta$eoff at Cam !anh

<ormally

carries

car%o so troops are

strapped

to the walls.

5ost 6@chan%e )5>*



5ost 6@chan%e )5>*

and ice cream )soft serve* truc$



minature %olf course at Cam !anh

C ! h Li+



Cam !anh Li+rary

8;#;;;

hard

+ound

+oo$s.

C t hi di



Catchin% up on my readin%.

1 was

supposed to teach

principles

of economics

+ut the

te@t+oo$s

didn-t

arrive in

time.

Movie (heater (he %uys



Movie (heater (he %uys

from the

truc$in% company

ne@t door

sometimes

threw in

tear %as %renades

durin% the

movie.

(he 6nd



(he 6nd

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