Photos by Kent Hoffman: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

That picture threw me off, as I could not remember a PX being there. Then I remembered that when we were there (1967-1969) the PX was down town in a large old multi-story German pre-war building. I could not find it on Google Earth now, however. It was too long ago!

estuvew en ese lugar en el año 2007 realmente es un pedazo de historia de alemania que deja muchos mensajes

I can not remember LTC Richard Smith, but - after all - that was a while back. I do remember COL Wilson the Wing Commander. I remember, but can not come up with the name of the Base Commander - to the right of COL Wilson.

Nice fence. The building always looked attractive. :-)

Interesting things show up on GE!

Kent

Thanks. I was living there at the time. That is our car.

Kent

Like Steve, I vividly remember my first day in country. Also flew into Cam Rhan around 9 pm and had to wait for a flight to Happy Valley. My friend, Bruce, from Seattle (and Lowry) napped out on a picnic table at Cam Rhan waiting for the snack bar to re-open at midnight after a cleaning. I awoke to the strange sound of foreign voices and saw a group of Vietnamese (ARVN) troops standing around me. I thought I'd been captured already until I saw their US Army advisor nearby. Welcome to the Nam!

I also remember the weird french fries the snack bar made. Basically mashed potatoes, squeezed thru a can with square holes in it, then fried. Hey,it was the closest thing to FF's we were going to get!

One other memory most of us had on arrival, I'm sure - the rediculous heat and arriving in summer class A's! At 9pm, we're getting off the plane loosening our ties (nothing like wearing a suit to a combat zone) and old timers walking around with field jackets and flak vests, trying to stay warm. I left 10 months later around the same time at night and was one of those guys sitting in the MAC terminal wearing my field jacket with yellow VO short-timers ribbon attached chuckling at the newbies wiping the sweat from their eyes!

Was there 1968 and 1969, in new bldgs, Det8, 14thAeriar port sq.

I wish to thank who ever just sent me a "correction" for the location of this building. It is where my wife and I spent a part of our Honeymoon in 1960. It was a long time ago, and my original posted location was from a "faded" memory. :-( I wished to reply to the sender thanking them, but the screen name disappeared before I could do so.

Kent

Doug: The 3d. Bde. Task Force, 25th. Inf. Div. came from Hawaii and established their command center northeast of Pleiku. The remainder of the Division came over and established itself in the CuChi area notherwest of Saigon. When the 3d. Brigade departed Pleiku and went south to the CuChi area - their base camp at Pleiku became "Engineer Hill". Kent