RW-52.JPGBan Me Thout96 viewsWhile waiting on the Huey to pick us up, these kids came walking by and allowed us to take pictures.
Pleiku_Children.JPGPleiku series96 viewsTypical Vietnamese children playing with downed tree branches.
RW-16.JPGPith helmet?95 viewsDowntown Pleiku: young girl wears a pith helmet instead of the more common conical hat (non la).
RW-15.JPGDowntown Pleiku95 viewsThis place never made it as a tourist destination.
Pleiku_GI_Bartering.JPGPleiku series95 viewsPlieku GI bartering: Some GI's interacting with the Vietnamese children. Notice the one young girl holding something she wants to sell.
{Webmaster's Note: Many American-made items wound up in the local black markets. It was always amazing since there were certainly no legitimate means of distribution.}
Pleiku_Montagnard_(2).JPGPleiku series94 viewsHeading to town on his ox-drawn cart. Pleiku was still very primitive in the 60s.
Pleiku_Children_(2).JPGPleiku series92 viewsMust be friends of the boy in the previous photo in the barbed wire playing or going to market. This one has a basket.
Pleiku_Pedicab.JPGPleiku series91 viewsPlieku Pedicab: Never had the chance to ride in one.
Pleiku_Beer_Joint.JPGPleiku series90 viewsBeer Joint in Pleiku. The bar is named "Play Boys". The American popularity of Playboy magazine spread around the world obviously.
Pleiku_Catholic_Shrine.JPGPleiku series88 viewsThe shrine is what prompted me to ask about the church. It had several religious statues on it
Pleiku_Sight-Seeing.JPGPleiku series88 viewsIn the background are the merchants and shoppers.
Christmas_Pleiku_12-66.jpgPleiku series88 viewsThis was a Christmas party and dinner for kids from a local orphanage. Too bad this didn't make the news back home. It was more sensational news to sell the troops as "baby killers".
