Foto Friday – A Grand Rapids Veteran’s Vietnam Memory
Ahhh, tropical Vietnam, a vacationer’s delight. In 1970, this scene
was right outside my hooch [Army barrack’s room] anytime I wanted to
take a dip. It was a regular cement pool with all the trimmings installed
by our engineering group.
Because our base was in the Central Highlands, we were definitely
back country and had few extras or other signs of civilization, unlike Cam Ranh
Bay which had paved streets with street lights. The pool was our pride and joy.
The story I heard was that a certain high ranking officer ordered
the pool for his base on the coast. When the supplies to build it arrived
in-country, our engineering group happened to spot it sitting on the docks.
A Chinook was handy and going our way, the rest is history.
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