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SIGHTSEEING - People, Places and Things - then and now
LOCATIONS - I heard about but I never had a chance to visit. PLACES - I had no idea they even existed. THINGS - I had no idea they could really do that.
Last Revision: 1 Feb 2010 - partial aerial view of 2nd Civil Affairs Area - 1968 - Jerry Cooper. - the "EYE" in the globe inside the Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh.
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LINKS to WEBSITES and U-TUBE patriotic materials from the Members of the Unit click the LINKS below
MUSIC - Soldier's Song - Dinky Dau Blues SPEECH - 31 May 2010 - Oliver North - http://www.nragive.com/ringoffreedom/index.html
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Saigon Telephone System in 2010 After 40 years, the telephone communication system has not changed that much. Perhaps, a current day member of the Communist Secret Police attempting to put wire tap on "Yellow Dragons" Sin Loi |
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Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
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Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
Roof of the Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
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The Eye "The One Eye - looking north" on the outside of the Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh |
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The "EYE" in the globe Inside the Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
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Buddhist Temple Tay Ninh |
Buddhist Temple Tay Ninh |
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Catholic Shrine - Virgin Mary Tay Ninh |
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ARVN Monument Highway 1 Di An - Tu Duc Area |
ARVN Monument Highway 1 Di An - Tu Duc Area |
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Nui Ba Den Black Virgin Mountain - Hill 985 - northeast of Tay Ninh the Summit was occupied by a platoon from a Signal Battalion plus a CIDG unit; the VC utilized the lower hills and caves for their base camps; while the Plains below were owned by 196th Light Infantry Brigade. |
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Mechanical Dust-Off Chinook Ambulance with a disabled Huey being evacuated to the Huey Hospital photos from the Dwight Young collection |
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xx The Emperor's Summer Palace at Dalat, Vietnam xx Before World War Two, the French Government in Paris ruled French Indo-China through a group of local royal rulers. There was a King in Laos, a King in Cambodia and an Emperor in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Emperor had a Summer Palace at Dalat. The last Emperor, Bao-Dai (1913-1963), certainly lived better than the Tenant Rice Farmers in the III and IV Corps areas ! He was deposed in 1955 and died in exile. above and from the SFC Robert Gulley collection - circa 1969 |
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A ZOO in Saigon with live animals ! why not ? pictorial proof with a visit by Hal Lynch |
Tennis Courts - in Tay Ninh ! Tennis Pro and 2nd CA LT Lou Stein vs. Gen William Westmoreland Did Lou " Let the General win ? " absolutely R.H.I.P. |
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The South Vietnamese Presidential Palace in Saigon your U.S. Tax Dollars hard at work for you ! Now a NVA and VC War Museum. |
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Certainly a Unique Trailer In-Transit to destination unknown - an NVA-VC Hotel on the Ho Chi Minh Trail ? or perhaps with a new type of CIVIL AFFAIRS camouflage ! |
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Aerial Photo of the 2nd Civil Affairs Company Area The Buildings - from Right to Left 2nd CA Supply, 9th Car Company BOQ and last 2nd CA BOQ #2 and BOQ # 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 90th Replacement Battalion - top of picture 552nd Military Police Company - Enlisted Housing Area - upper right buildings House Trailers - in temporary storage but for the future use by the ' Generals in the field ' ! |
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xx the ultimate CAPITALIST SYMBOL in a Communist Vietnam ! a TOLL PLAZA on Highway 1 - - - - - on the Saigon to Long Binh Road about 2 miles north of the Saigon River Bridge. Do you think they have E-Z Pass ? |
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xxxxx SAOLA xx A newly discovered animal in the ANTELOPE species with 18"- 24" Horns which diverge slightly. xx The animal was "discovered" in Vietnam in 1996 and this is first new large mammal discovery since 1937. xxxx Picture from the Smithsonian Magazine, August 2008 xxxx P.S. this animal's ancestors have been around for thousands of years, perhaps longer than man's ancestors and they survived the B-52 bombings of their habitat along the Ho Chi Minh Trail too. xxx |
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