[ThanhPhero]

33 is now 333 and it is a standard Bud type beer that is quite consistent from can to can or bottle to bottle, not like it was in 69. I was at TSN and Pleiku in 68-69. My friends always insist on stocking up on Tiger beer when I come. I hate that. It is indistinguishable, at least to me, from Saigon beer or 333 and costs a lot more. I don’t like them spending money on me but it is bad form altogether to protest and I give it all back in one form or another, anyway.

[going hot]

In 69, I as stationed at Phu Hiep. Our range was from Tuy Hoa up To Qui Nhon, up route 19 to Anh Ke, then Pleiku, then south to Banme Thuet, then back across to Tuy Hoa. Did visit Nha Trang once, and Kontum.

There was a place west of Tuy Hoa, up the river, where there was a literally a waterfall of orchids over a cliff where the water flowed.

Some of the most beautiful scenery and views, from sea shores at small fishing villages to high mountain scenery.

It was sad so many died, on all three sides.