[redcatcherb412]

That would be a great goal. It has always struck me as an amazingly beautiful place

It was difficult to see any beauty in the land or the people as you were being fired on and calling in arty to blow the hell out of the people shooting at you. The millions that served over there from 63 to 73 probably didn't get to the beautiful views.

[To Hell With Poverty]

I question your tagline. Sorry.

[ThanhPhero]

I had it right in 68-69. I flew in the back end of a C-47. I was being shot as much as anyone else, I think, but I could not see the smoke or hear the guns from up there, just occasional small holes in the plane. I just heard an occasional PLINK. I know I got a whole different take on the country from that of the Marines and soldiers in the forest and the paddies. I stayed for several months with a Vietnamese family in Chợ Lơn where I saw very few soldiers of any sort. My commander didn't much care where I was so long as I showed up to fly three times a week.