[tet68]

Were you in the Chu Lai area?
I was there when they hit our bomb dump.
It sure looked like a nuke haha.
You could even see bombs being carried up
in the air and exploding.
Lucky for the munitions guys it was the second
or third round which set it off and they had a
chance to roll into their holes. Most were left
with nothing but underwear the next day.
When I went out on perimeter guard the next day
the dunes ( it was very sandy there) were covered
with spikey little plants....shrapnel.
I was a mile or so away and the concussion knocked
me over into a fox hole. Hot times.

[doorgunner69]

Yep, in Chu Lai for Tet. Was up in the northern end of the field with the F-4 squadrons at the time. Had hot platoon that night, so after the first rocket barrage hit, geared up and was out on the road ready to move out. Sky lit up and scared the bejeesus out of us watching that fireball go up.

Thank God for that sand. As I was running out to the road, a few more rockets cam in. One hit maybe 100' or less in front of me, but with the sand absorbing the blast, all I saw was a big expanding ball of glowing orange bits.