Rick Holt's Adventures in Vietnam
Letters Home from Vietnam, 1971
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Da Nang
March 9, 1971
Tuesday
11 pm
Dear Folks,
Finally got moved out of that tent. Supposedly the Colonel feared for our
safety. Took a bomb to wake him up. We moved to a building behind personnel. We
still live in one big room, but we have twice as much room. We have a couple
lockers now so we can lock some valuable stuff up. This is a concrete building
about 12 inches thick and we spent 2 hours this evening stacking sand bags six
feet high around the outside. We're pretty safe in here from anything but
a direct hit.
12 pm
A little bit of Seagrams 7 and coke has brought this letter to a halt. Too many drunks walking around. Got 3 letters today from Dad, Jean and Mom and the "Horizon" from Power Squadron. So much for now. Sorry 'bout the messy paper. Kelm spilled a cup of stuff all over my bed.
Rick