Most viewed - Danny Yates
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DY-32c.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp83 viewsSo here is a then and now of our base camp.
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DY-37.JPGThen and Now83 viewsThis is the tea plantation --it's still there, too--south of Pleiku along Hwy 19. About the only change is the trees have grown.
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DY-30a.jpgThen and Now82 viewsThe old Shell station is now a Petrolimex station.
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DY-31a.JPGThen and Now82 views{First, go to Tab 1 and locate this bunker photo. It is in the 2nd row}
This is probably the least dramatic of my comparison pictures, but it means a lot to me because of the way I was able to find the location. The location is on Hwy 19, south of Dragon Mountain, near the Tea Plantation. Go to the map next.
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DY-Nam3.jpgDown the trail in Nam82 viewsDanny Yates walking with his son down one of the roads at the old LZ Uplift.
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IMG_6147.jpgFound my Freedom Bird!82 viewsI arranged the visit with the public affairs officer at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. The plane is used for dog training at Lackland, and has the wings and tail removed. The Air Force could not have been more hospitable towards us. It was really cool to be back aboard again.
Incidentally, I read the entire book Fail Safe out loud to the guy next me
on the way home. I don't know why!
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Yates_-_Tennerman.jpgHonor Flight to DC82 viewsI spent this past weekend (June, 2015) acting as Escort for my wife's uncle on
an Honor Flight to Washington, DC. Earl Tennerman was in the Navy, and
wounded at Peleliu in the Palau Islands when his ship was hit by enemy fire.
We participated in the 71st anniversary of D-Day commemoration service. Earl got to lay a
wreath at the World War II memorial.
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DY-Nam2.jpgBack in Nam again80 viewsDanny Yates walking down a trail near the former LZ Uplift.
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M-16.jpgVietnam: 2012 visit77 viewsM-16: My wife squeezes off a few rounds from an M-16. Note Vietnamese observer.
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IMG_5725.jpgInside the Freedom Bird77 viewsChecking the accommodations for servicemen returning home.
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IMG_3434.jpgJust a few years later77 viewsSame area, just an older soldier.
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IMG_5743.jpgThis was the "Freedom Bird" for me76 viewsMany of us came home to Travis AFB aboard C-141's. It was a real hoot to go back there
and take a tour of one of those planes. I've included a picture of me and the C-141 I came home on. It was taken at Clark AFB in the Philippines.
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