Posts by JOHN PORTER
FROM BOB DALTON: DO YOU REMEMBER THESE!
The burma shave sign’s as you left the 359th area at Phu Tai: DRIVER HAD A CUTE GIRL! TILL HE MADE HIS TIRES SWIRL! GRAVES REGISTRATION DID NOT LAG! SENT HER LOVER IN A BAG! To warn all of the driver’s to drive safely!
Read MoreBY DAVID HUENING 1966-7
On the boat trip to Vietnam SP/5 David Greene bunked opposite me on the same level. The bunks pivoted out of a center set of pole’s, followed by several other set’s. Green seemed to always go to bed a lot later than me, and his snoring would wake up the dead. I couldn’t flip to…
Read MoreBY RICHARD CLOT 1966-7
I remember Jack Traven used to get furious when those little three wheeled vehicles would pass him up on the way up the An Khe pass. One day we were out on convoy and I was riding with Traven, when one of those guy’s passed him loaded to the gills with locals. Traven started yelling…
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TAKEN FROM A 1st LOG CMD REVIEW FEBRUARY 1969 WE KNOW WHO THIS IS ABOUT BUT THE AUTHOR IS UNKNOWN A NOVICE DRIVER WANTS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL PLEIKU – MAKESHIFT BRIDGES LINKED BY TWISTED COW PATH AND FLANKED BY DUST FILLED GULLEYS – THIS IS THE ROAD FROM HERE TO DAK TO. THE ROUTE…
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