Viet Nam - Then and Now

 

This page contains photographic images from my first stay in Viet Nam.  I was stationed at Long Binh, Republic of South Viet Nam, from June, 1970 to April 1971 where I served as a clerk in US Army Viet Nam Headquarters Vietnam [USARV].  Following basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, I attended the Defense Language Institute in El Paso, Texas for ten months during which time I took the 32 week VietNamese language course.  I was officially a translator and was supposed to be sent to Ft. Belvoir to be trained as an interrogator with my language skills but I received my orders to go overseas before I was sent for more training.  I served in enlisted combat assignments at Long Binh. During my stay I took several trips around South Viet Nam and visited my former classmates in language school.  I traveled to Nha Trang on the coast north of Saigon, to Vung Tau, and the city of Saigon itself.  These sets of images come from those experiences.  I hope they give you a flavor of war-time South Viet Nam.

Long Binh Army Base:

 LongBinhUSARV.jpg (16083 bytes)    USARVOffice.jpg (18907 bytes)    SgtEli.JPG (23387 bytes)    hootchdogs.jpg (29085 bytes)

Sunrise over Long Binh:

sunriseLongBinh.jpg (15866 bytes)    sunriseLongBinh2.jpg (20743 bytes)

Trip to Nha Trang:

beachVungTau.jpg (26535 bytes)   nhatrangpeople.jpg (27505 bytes)    vnhatrangbeach.jpg (26663 bytes)

Trip to Vung Tau

vungtaumountain3.jpg (17060 bytes)    VungTauMe.jpg (22502 bytes)    cemetaryVungTau.jpg (29709 bytes)

Trips to Saigon:

VNzooplants.jpg (40171 bytes)  zoostatue2.jpg (40973 bytes)  motorbikessaigon.jpg (27615 bytes)  kidszoo.jpg (47528 bytes)  BienHoaPict.JPG (33559 bytes)  saigonstreets.jpg (25648 bytes)

 

saigonhotel2.jpg (29802 bytes)

Please see the other web page with photos of the 2003 trip to Ha Noi, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)