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SIGHTSEEING - People, Places and Things - then and now
Last Revision: 25 Nov 2011
WOUNDED - a novel and now in E-Book format by 2nd CA's Richard Graham
TEARS OF THE DRAGON - a book by 2nd CA's Larry Siegel
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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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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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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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The Emperor's Summer Palace at Dalat, Vietnam
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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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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 !
No, but with a coat of new paint, the future home of the C. O. of the 2nd CA. |
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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
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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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the ultimate CAPITALIST SYMBOL in a Communist Vietnam !
a TOLL PLAZA on Highway 1
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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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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"
Xin Loi
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The Flag of the
Republic of Vietnam |
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ARVN Monument
Highway 1
Di An - Tu Duc Area |
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ARVN Monument
Highway 1
Di An - Tu Duc Area |
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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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SAOLA
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A newly discovered animal in the ANTELOPE species
with 18"- 24" Horns which diverge slightly.
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The animal was "discovered" in Vietnam in 1996
and this is first new large mammal discovery since 1937.
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Picture from the Smithsonian Magazine, August 2008
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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.
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