Lawrence C.

Marsh
United States Army

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

View from Command Headquarters

Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam

Command Headquarters on hill

overlooking Cam Ranh Bay
American,
Vietnamese,
and
Korean
flags fly over
Command
Headquarters.

Sea-Land container ship delivering

more ammo to Cam Ranh port
facility
Trained
dolphins
were used
to assist in
detecting
enemy
sappers
(frogmen)
in the bay.

A closer view of the

Sea-Land port facility

Adjutant Generals Command HQ

Adjutant Generals Office

Armed with combat issue typewriter

Reading letters from home

Christmas presents have arrived

Working with secret documents

I had
to obtain
a secret
clearance
for my job.
The FBI
checked out
my past.

Statistics from military intelligence

Soldier ready for action.

Painting the floor Army issue gray

Earning the big bucks!!!

Preparing for the 1970 Tet Offensive

I went to
the local
labor
market
to hire
these
Vietnamese
to build
this
bunker.

Filling bunker walls with sand

Incoming
rockets
were very
inaccurate
but highly
deadly

Army troops live in hootches

Nearest hootch was my hootch

Hootch got very hot in summer

Mama-san does GIs laundry

Not your typical Laundromat

Keeping an eye on the neighborhood

Woman in yellow is soaking wet

Jeeps at Military Police Station

Ill just borrow one of their jeeps

Leaving the Military Police Station

Vietnamese children at checkpoint

Trucks loading potable water.

Taking a break in the grass

LARC travels on land or water.

Plane landing near My Ca Bridge

fire engine heading out in a hurry

Fire
engine
at
brush
fire
near
airport

New
airport
tower at
Tan Son
Nhut

Camp Alpha

ARVN Officers at Tan Son Nhut

ARVN MPs on the move

ARVN
is
acronym
for
Army
of
the
Republic
of
Vietnam

On the road to Tan Son Nhut Airport

ARVN
MPs
search
a
lambretta

My Ca Bridge

Faster than a speeding bullock

Armored personnel carriers

APCs
on
the
move
towards
the
battle

civilians leaving battle area

downtown Nha Trang

lambrettas wait for MPs clearance

Travel
on this
road is
restricted
to only
two hours
in the
morning
and
two hours
in the
evening.

Commercial bus to My Quang

Civilian gasoline delivery truck

Esso gas station in Nha Trang

civilian awaits afternoon rain

Helipad at Tan Son Nhut airbase

Playboy
Club is
behind
the helipad.
PX is in
the front.

Flying Tiger freedom bird

Chartered
commercial
jets
move
American
troops
into and
out of
The
Republic
of
Vietnam

unidentified truck

Women
approaching
security
checkpoint
on mainland
side of
Cam Ranh
peninsula.

Convoy of Korean Army Troops

Commanding Generals White House

Vietnamese children checking me out

Vietnamese woman at Cam Ranh

Pagoda museum at Air Force base

Vietnamese Navys small airport

Ocean liner
at old French
headquarters
run by
Vietnamese
Navy.

C-130 awaiting takeoff at Cam Ranh

Normally
carries
cargo so
troops are
strapped
to the walls.

Post Exchange (PX)

and ice cream (soft serve) truck

minature golf course at Cam Ranh

Cam Ranh Library

10,000
hard
bound
books.

Catching up on my reading.
I was
supposed
to teach
principles
of economics
but the
textbooks
didnt
arrive in
time.

Movie Theater

The guys
from the
trucking
company
next door
sometimes
threw in
tear gas
grenades
during the
movie.

The End