6252 Combat Air Police Squadron, 366th SPS
The year 1965, under Col. Phillips, construction began for a decent
dog kennels to house fifty-plus sentry dogs, of the 6252 Combat
Air Police Squadron, 366th SPS. Full-bird Col. Phillips had acquired
an office-building for the Da Nang Growl Pad's Command and Security
Control offices. Some very irate marine officers sniffed around
the compound scratching their chins and heads while eyeing the newly
painted structure, which seemingly resembled one missing
from their facility. "Someone absconded with an entire screened-structure?
Those thieving ARVN bastards ... and after all that you
brave marines have done for their country! ... That building?
... No, no ... we've had that building forever ...surely
you don't think that one fine day a whole building just appeared?
Wet paint? You know, if it moves, salute it, if it doesn't, paint
it--gotta keep the troops busy."
It's true
that paint covers a lot of sin, and the marines--always on
the short-end of the Navy's stick-- suffered an accute shortage
of steaks, prime-ribs, and kegs of beer, which Col. Phillips happened
to have in abundance, and willingly shared with our brave comrade
perimeter-marines at more than one infamous morale-enhancing events.
A
week later---according to the marines---"What!
Them thieving ARVN bastards must'a stole your fly-boy eight-foot
square forty-foot long ship's metal container full'a liquid morale-enhancement
from the Growl Pad. "Ah ... You mean, that container .
. . ?"
Another day at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
Da Nang K-9
USAF Sentry K-9
