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CPO.  I think his brother was a golf pro.  

Our private beach.  It really was very nice.  I wonder if anyone has turned it into a resort.  If so, I wonder if they warn guests of the MANY deadly sea-snakes in the lagoon?

Two of the most vicious geese ever!  They belonged to "Goldie" the Vietnamese lady who kept the beer cold at the hut seen above.  There were some "rumors" about Goldie.  Anyone care to confirm or deny?

Swimming dock and ski boat, small sampan anchored in foreground.  In the background an LST and what appears to be a destroyer.

These are O' Day, Rhodes 19's.  Exactly the same as the boat the army so kindly provided for my use.  This is a long story and the details can be seen in the "Readers Stories" on the PTF Nasty web site.  To make a long story kinda short, this picture is at the boat rental I worked at before I went into the Navy.  When I was at Camp Fay the Army basically gave me one of these boats for personal use since I was the only one there who knew how to sail!  Thanks guys!

Water skiing in our lagoon.  Small Vietnamese village occupies the western part of the lagoon.

Looking south at our beach.  Ammunition bunkers behind the beach.

Paul Cunningham sitting.  Paul organized the recent reunion of BSU and MST members held May 21st, in Coronado, CA.  Thanks Paul, it was fun.

Lt. Alvin Freeman.  I vaguely remember him being from Virginia.  Nice guy.  

Unknown Gunners Mate

War is hell!

Vietnamese Dong

Military Payment Certificate.
These substitutes were intended to prevent an influx of "dollars" into the local economy thus causing destabilization.  Right!

Vietnamese drivers license.  My picture fell off!

Bob Hope with Johnny Bench, Gloria Loring, Lola Falana.

Bob Hope with Miss World, or was it Miss Universe?

Nurses!

The "Gold Diggers".

Landing Ship Dock.  This is how we transported boats to the Philippines for repair or overhaul.  The stern of the ship would be flooded and we would tow boats, with cradles already attached, up in the boat deck.  The ship would then refloat and close the transom doors.

Helicopter carrier.

Main navy base shot from Monkey Mountain.

Shot off San Diego.  We had three boats, a patrol boat (above) the Tucumcari (right) and a PTF.  Each boat had a cameraman with a gyroscope stabilized camera.  The point of the exercise was to to see what hull type would handle rough water better.  The PTF lost, DUH!

Typical Vietnamese sampan.

Larry Johnson "shooting from the hip" at our range.

Lt. Freeman and Larry Johnson.

Larry on the 40 MM cannon.

Larry Johnson at a car show in Belmont Shores, Calif. Sept. 8, 2002.  Larry is now a golf pro living in Vista, California.

Larry with a Deltic engine.  Note the lifting yoke attached at the top.

Notice the Zig-Zag man painted on the rock.

This is the "White Elephant", Navy headquarters in Danang.

Can't remember his name!

These shots were taken during one of the weekly stage shows in our club.

John T. Bray during one of the shows.  Talk about all dressed up and nowhere to go!  I'll bet he was the only enlisted man in country who brought a sport coat!

J.T. dressed a little more casually.  This is the screened-in corridor of the enlisted quarters.

Ration card of the type issued to all personnel in country.  These were intended to protect the local economy by preventing military personnel from flooding the country with cheap American products.  I wasn't a smoker, the cigarettes were used to pay for the model of the PTF shown elsewhere on this site.  A carton of Salems would buy lots of things.....  I have no such excuse for the beer, liquor and wine.  If I remember correctly a bottle of Chivas Regal was $5.  A carton of cigarettes was $2.  I remember that because the boat model cost me $80, 40 cartons of Salems.

The telegram I received while home on leave directing me to BSU-1 instead of the USS Sutter County.

SERE (survival, evasion, resistance and escape) school certificate.

Back of SERE certificate describing training outline.