The jungle waits to swallow us all.
Took a course which described 'Slash and Burn' agricultural methods. Sites were arable for a couple years, then abandoned. Recovery was quite short though, maybe 5-6 years......and then the S/B farmers were back again.
"The jungle waits to swallow us all."
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BIGLOOK and I were both stationed at DaNang AFB in the latter '60's and early '70's.
Years later, I worked in VN (mid '90's). I had a connecting flight from Hai Phong to Saigon with an hour or so on the ground in Da Nang and was anxious to see what I could see.
I saw the VN air force, all (most of them) the MIG's parked in a large square, unprotected, rotting away on taxiways.
I also noted that the jungle had taken over much of what I remembered of the former base. By now, 11 years later, I'm sure less of the AFB is there, but, I'll bet those MIGs are still there and haven't moved or been serviced.
Green Lantern