Me Again wrote:
larry cad wrote:
I was "next door", a few years later (from the date on your photo.)
Fun times, huh?
When I arrived around the 2nd or 3rd of July 1966 there were:
200 AF Redhorse Construction guys building the runway
50 US Army
4 Marines
12 USCG Electric Techs, a W4 XO and LT CO as a construction detachment.
I rotated out on June 2nd 1967 and there were:
7,000 USAF
5,000 US Army
28 USCG
and the same 4 Marines and are probably still there!!!! They had huts down on the beach in Sattahip, with Thai ladies to clean, cook and provide for their needs.
Never made it that far west. I did get to Pleiku over on the western boarder. :D