May 1971, Long Thanh North, "Boy this is an interesting article!"

May 1971, Long Thanh North, Rick Holt reading the radio relay operators manual.

May 1971, Long Thanh North, "Triple Threat", flack jacket, steel pot and weapons card. They took our weapons away and gave us a card instead.

May 1971, Long Thanh North, Rick Holt writing a letter

Long Thanh North, April 1971, hootch maids washed clothes in the tank on this trailer

May 1971, Long Thanh North, SP4 Gary W. Duff and Moss. Duff is wearing his plastic 'sweat' suit trying to sweat off some pounds before he heads home.

May 1971, Long Thanh North, SP4 Gary W. Duff helps me make a recording home. He was within days of his DEROS as I recall and it was a lively tape.

May 1971, Long Thanh North, Rick Holt and SP5 Murphy at the ice cream truck. Momma-san is hiding her face behind a brown bag.

May 1971, Long Thanh North, Ice cream truck that use to visit the flight line. Sgt Davis (l) and PFC O'Briant (r)

May 1971, Long Thanh North, SP4 Seacord and Moss

May 1971, Long Thanh North, SP4 Seacord, aka "Ocean Rope"

May 1971, Long Thanh North, Rick recording a lively tape to send home.

Freedom Hill Bowling Center, Da Nang, April 1971, you can just barely make out the momma-san pin setter.

Vietnamese girl actually posed for this picture. Freedom Hill Bowling Center. April 1971.

Freedom Hill Bowling Center. Da Nang. April 1971. I really enjoyed the couple times I went here.

Freedom Hill Bowling Center. Da Nang. April 1971. A little air conditioning would have been nice. Oh, well what can you expect in a combat zone.

Da Nang airfield, approach from the coast, March 1971

Da Nang, 37th Signal Battalion, momma-san was sick this day. Found her on this empty cot.

Red Cross Center at Freedom Hill, Da Nang, March 1971

Long Thanh North, motor pool detail, Rick is front and center with the funky boony hat. Photo from the unit yearbook.

Long Thanh North, an evening at the Playboy Lounge. Rick is standing back right in the light colored T-shirt. Instenes is standing to his left.

Sign we made for the door of our hootch in Da Nang. March 1971. Rick's idea. Paulson artwork.

Feb. 1971. Da Nang. From the back of an Air Force pickup truck returning from China Beach.

Feb. 1971, Da Nang, SP5 Handy and SP4 Kelm, drunken GI.

Feb. 1971, Da Nang, Paulson and Kelm browse the Pacex catalong

Feb. 1971, Da Nang, "Smiley" our hootch maid at 37th Signal.

Feb. 1971, Da Nang, "Smiley" our hootch maid and the old lady in the background.

Long Thanh North, June 1971, "Nam" shows the old lady how to fold sleeves.

Long Thanh North, June 1971, the hootch maids like to hang out in our hootch because we had one of the few tables.

Long Thanh North, June 1971, hootch maids

Long Thanh North, June 1971, inside bunker, note numbered triggers for claymore mines and field telephone.

Long Thanh North, June 1971, view from inside bunker, note numbered markers for claymore mines.

Long Thanh North, June 1971, 210th Aviation Co. on right by the new flags and 2nd Signal Group Aviation Det. Hdgtrs. at the far end of the road.