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Pleiku_Children.JPGPleiku series130 viewsTypical Vietnamese children playing with downed tree branches.

RW-15.JPGDowntown Pleiku129 viewsThis place never made it as a tourist destination.

Gun_Ship_2.JPGLZ Uplift129 viewsThe Chinook workhorse was armed with a high rate of firing capacity. It was know as "Guns A-Go-Go. Here is a look inside.

Pleiku_GI_Bartering.JPGPleiku series128 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.}

RW-Base4.jpgBase Camp127 viewsHere is our Mens Room, complete with shitter and piss tube.

Boy_Scout_Camp.jpgPleiku series127 viewsFrom what I can determine, this was a Scout Jamboree. There were what looked like several different troop flags and numbers.

Pleiku_Montagnard.JPGPleiku series127 viewsPleiku Montagnard: Carrying his wares to sell at the market.

{Montagnards were indigenous to the mountainous areas of Vietnam; they were a very friendly people and somehow managed to stay out of the entanglements with the VC and NVA. The Vietnamese people weren't so lucky.}

Christmas_Pleiku_12-66.jpgPleiku series127 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".

Pleiku_School_Girls.JPGPleiku series126 viewsPleiku School Girls: Note the uniforms. The school was next to the church so I assume it was a church run school.

{Webmaster's Note: In the 60s and many years prior, Catholic churches were part of the US private (religious) school system and staffed by clergy and nuns. The Catholic school system today is a fraction of what it used to be.}

French_Ambush.JPGSite of the historic ambush125 viewsHistory tells us that this is where the French forces were ambushed at the Mang Yang Pass on Hwy 19.

RW-Firing_Battery.jpgGoing to the field125 viewsWe fly out to a field battery for survey work.

Dixie_Cups_Show.JPGPleiku series125 viewsThe "Dixie Cups" Show: Famous for their hit song "Going To The Chapel". The one USO show I did get to see. Was at the NCO Training school at Enari and missed the Bob Hope Show.

{Webmaster's Note: The Dixie Cups were three students at the University of New Orleans in the 1960s. They recorded the song and made it big with that one number.}

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