I remember going to the Air Force base in Tan Son Nhut. As an Army guy we were use to plastic eating utensils when we were lucky and just awful food and cold water for showers. The AF guys used real live silverware, had hot showers and slept two to a room. We were invited to eat in their chow hall. Almost killed myself with the metal fork. Wasn’t use to using anything that long any longer. Stuck it half way down my throat.
Lol, that’s really funny!!
I had a couple of sergeants (I joined in 1976) who were at Tan Son Nhut AB (it was big—just outside of Saigon) who were there when the Viet Cong over run the base in the early Tet Offensive.
Lots of clerks, cooks and technicians were on the flight line augmenting the Security Police (SPs) with M-16s. Lots of them died.
The US Army, like the Calvary, came to the rescue and saved the base! Still, 22 dead, 86 wounded.
I would think any soldier on the base after that would get free food, beer, whiskey and hookers! And keep the silverware—on us!