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Boa constrictors in a cage near the orderly room of 2nd Signal Group Aviation Detachment at Long Thanh North. June 1971
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Rick Holt checking his mail box near the orderly room at 2nd Signal Group Aviation Detachment. Long Thanh North. June 1971
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Long Thanh North. Location and date unknown.
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Long Thanh North. Fire Station run by Pacific Architects and Engineers. They hired Vietnamese civilians.
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Rick Holt in his hootch at Long Thanh North just before a shift of guard duty. June 1971
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Long Thanh North. June 1971. Rick Holt blinded by the camera flash as he enjoys a cigar just before his shift.
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Long Thanh North. June 1971. Rick Holt goes up top of the bunker to turn down the cot as it was starting to rain.
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SP4 Pomielatz and SP5 Kadramas play a gave of hockey in our hootch at Long Thanh North. August 1971
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SP5 Kadramas and SP4 Pomielatz play a game of hockey we scrounged up somewhere. Long Thanh North. Aug. 1971
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Long Thanh North. Shower under construction even before there was a water tower. Date unknown.
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Long Thanh North. Working on the shower tower. Date unknown.
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Radio relay mission. Hue/Phu Bai area. Aug 1971. Fresh bird comes on station.
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Fresh radio relay crew approaches on our starboard quarter and prepares to take over the relay. Aug. 1971. Hue/Phu Bai area.
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U21 radio relay plane on station in Hue/Phu Bai area. Aug. 1971 as one plane prepares to take over the relay from another.
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Radio relay plane heads for home as another plane takes over the relay. Hue/Phu Bai Area. August 1971.
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Inside U21 rigged for radio relay. Note missing radar screen.
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Da Nang. Aug. 1971. The latest in electrica wiring in our hootch at 37th Signal. Black tape on ceiling marked a leak which splatter all over my bunk.
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Living out of a suitcase in Da Nang. 37th Signal Battalion. August 1971
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Da Nang. August 1971. Rick Holt ready for a night on the town.
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"Satellite 000 you are cleared for landing, runway 17 right, check gear down." That was our signal to come in for a landing at Da Nang. Aug. 1971.
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Satellite 027 at Tango ramp in Da Nang airbase
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Sun tan kid. Da Nang. August 1971.
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Rick Holt. Da Nang. August 1971. This GI needs a haircut!
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Radio relay ship (U21) with the old paint job.
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Mom and Jean Marie packing up some goodies to mail off to me in Vietnam. I really looked forward to their mail and 'care' packages. March 5, 1971
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1971. Not 100% sure, but after reviewing I believe this may be the same hanger pictured above near Tango Ramp in Da Nang.
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1970 Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick Holt marching. Center.
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1970 Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick Holt on the one mile run test. I'm behind and to the right of #21.
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1970- Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick Holt in the chow line in the field.
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1970- Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick on the one mile run test. (arrow)
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China Beach, Ed Seacord at Right, Arthur Paulson on left, the rest, well your guess is as good as mine.
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Tom Kelm and Yesh(?) China Beach. Spring 1971.
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Tom Kelm. China Beach. Spring 1971.
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Rick Holt. China Beach. Spring 1971.
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Rick Holt, 1970 after Basic Training.
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Tom Kelm and Ed Seacord. Long Thanh North. 1971. From Tom Kelm's collection.
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Rick Holt and Tom Kelm. DaNang 1971. From Tom Kelm's collection.
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