[BIGLOOK]

I was in Da Nang on a coastal plain.. Just north was the DMZ across highlands that naturally separated tne north from the south. During the winter months it got pretty chilly, especially since we didn’t have blankets and our poncho liners always seemed to ‘disappear’. On cold nights when not on a flight, we’d sleep in utilities, covered by Nomex and a mosquito net. Never saw snow, no skim ice either. Requisitioned blankets but never got one in two years.

The area in the article is farther west and north, Tai and Meo and Man country; the Montagnards. The region is wilderness.

[george76]

Thank you.

[sinanju]

There’s a legend that it snowed there once in 580 AD.

[sinanju]

I wonder how cold it got during the Year of the Volcano (Tambora—1816).

[lewislynn]

I remember when it got down to 70 where I was and with the wind coming off the ocean it was field jacket time.