Vietnam Photo Album - Rick Holt - 1971

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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

Rick Holt checking his mail box near the orderly room at 2nd Signal Group Aviation Detachment. Long Thanh North. June 1971

Long Thanh North. Location and date unknown.

Long Thanh North. Fire Station run by Pacific Architects and Engineers. They hired Vietnamese civilians.

Rick Holt in his hootch at Long Thanh North just before a shift of guard duty. June 1971

Long Thanh North. June 1971. Rick Holt blinded by the camera flash as he enjoys a cigar just before his shift.

Long Thanh North. June 1971. Rick Holt goes up top of the bunker to turn down the cot as it was starting to rain.

SP4 Pomielatz and SP5 Kadramas play a gave of hockey in our hootch at Long Thanh North. August 1971

SP5 Kadramas and SP4 Pomielatz play a game of hockey we scrounged up somewhere. Long Thanh North. Aug. 1971

Long Thanh North. Shower under construction even before there was a water tower. Date unknown.

Long Thanh North. Working on the shower tower. Date unknown.

Radio relay mission. Hue/Phu Bai area. Aug 1971. Fresh bird comes on station.

Fresh radio relay crew approaches on our starboard quarter and prepares to take over the relay. Aug. 1971. Hue/Phu Bai area.

U21 radio relay plane on station in Hue/Phu Bai area. Aug. 1971 as one plane prepares to take over the relay from another.

Radio relay plane heads for home as another plane takes over the relay. Hue/Phu Bai Area. August 1971.

Inside U21 rigged for radio relay. Note missing radar screen.

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.

Living out of a suitcase in Da Nang. 37th Signal Battalion. August 1971

Da Nang. August 1971. Rick Holt ready for a night on the town.

"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.

Satellite 027 at Tango ramp in Da Nang airbase

Sun tan kid. Da Nang. August 1971.

Rick Holt. Da Nang. August 1971. This GI needs a haircut!

Radio relay ship (U21) with the old paint job.

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

1971. Not 100% sure, but after reviewing I believe this may be the same hanger pictured above near Tango Ramp in Da Nang.

1970 Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick Holt marching. Center.

1970 Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick Holt on the one mile run test. I'm behind and to the right of #21.

1970- Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick Holt in the chow line in the field.

1970- Ft. Dix. Basic Training. Rick on the one mile run test. (arrow)

China Beach, Ed Seacord at Right, Arthur Paulson on left, the rest, well your guess is as good as mine.

Tom Kelm and Yesh(?) China Beach. Spring 1971.

Tom Kelm. China Beach. Spring 1971.

Rick Holt. China Beach. Spring 1971.

Rick Holt, 1970 after Basic Training.

Tom Kelm and Ed Seacord. Long Thanh North. 1971. From Tom Kelm's collection.

Rick Holt and Tom Kelm. DaNang 1971. From Tom Kelm's collection.

Rick Holt at 37th Signal Compound from Tom Kelms photo collection. Thanks, Tom!