Đà Nẵng Air Base: 35th Air Police Squadron, by: Darrell Parker. 1965-1966.

Airman Darrell Parker, 35th APS, Hut #3.

Vietnam
ĐÂ NÂNG AIR BASE
35th Air Police Squadron
1965-1966

by Darrell Parker (Ret. CMSgt)
DN, 23rd ABG/AP; 6252nd APS; 35th APS; 366th SPS
1965-1966
© 2012

1. Đà Nẵng Air Base: A2C Maxie Pierce, front of 35th APS tent, 1965.
1. Đà Nàng Air Base: A2C Maxie Pierce, front of 35th APS tent, 1965.

2. Đà Nàng Air Base: A1C Darrell Parker.

3. Đà Nàng Air Base: L/R: James McNall, Darrell Parker.

4. Đà Nàng Air Base: L/R: Don Poss, James McNall, front of 35th APS tent, 1965.

5. Đà Nàng Air Base: 35th APS posting trailer, 1965-1966.


6. Đà Nàng Air Base: SSgt Coleman driving an AP jeep. 35th APS Jeep, bomb dump perimeter road. 1965.	7. Đà Nàng Air Base: A1C Darrell Parker, 35th APS, Bomb Dump post. 35th APS Jeep. Note: Go-To-Hell bush hat.

8. Đà Nẵng AB, 35th APS, Tent City 1965.
8. Đà Nàng Air Base: Đà Nàng AB, 35th APS, Tent City 1965.

9. Đà Nẵng Air Base: Airman James Bruce Jones, KIA Jan 1966 approx. 150 yards from his tent at the POL tank post. 35th APS Tent City 1965.
9. Đà Nàng Air Base: Airman James Bruce Jones, KIA 25 Jan 1966, approx. 150 yards from his tent at the POL tank post. 35th APS Tent City 1965.

10. Airman Charles McIlwain inspects POL pickup truck riddled with mortar fragments from VC mortars that killed 35th APS Airman James Bruce Jones (JB), yards away.
10. Đà Nàng Air Base: Airman Charles McIlwain inspects POL pickup truck riddled with mortar fragments
from VC mortars that killed 35th APS Airman James Bruce Jones (JB), yards away.

11. Đà Nẵng Air Base: Patched mortar crater can be seen (photo, bottom left) that sprayed POL truck, valve shed, and KIA Airman James Bruce Jones.

11. Đà Nàng Air Base: Patched mortar crater can be seen (photo, bottom left) that sprayed POL truck, valve shed, and KIA Airman James Bruce Jones.

12. A1C Darrell Parker, front of new 35th APS Hut #3.

12. Đà Nàng Air Base: A1C Darrell Parker, front of new 35th APS Hut #3.

13. Đà Nẵng Air Base: L/R A1C Darrell Parker and Richard Suggs
13. Đà Nàng Air Base: L/R A1C Darrell Parker and Richard Suggs
mug for camera, front of new 35th APS Hut #3.

14. Đà Nẵng Air Base: Off duty Air Police set on sandbags along road fronting huts. Across the street is ARVN housing, and a lot of young Vietnamese ladies walk near where they are setting. Photo: Second from right is A2C Richard Suggs. I think he is retired USAF and lives in North Dakota.
14. Đà Nàng Air Base: Off duty Air Police set on sandbags along road fronting huts. Across the street is ARVN housing,
and a lot of young Vietnamese ladies walk near where they are setting. Photo: Second from right is A2C Richard Suggs.
I think he is retired USAF and lives in North Dakota.

15. Đà Nẵng Air Base: Off duty 35th APS airmen hang around sandbag bunker they might take shelter in during a mortar attack. Photo: Left/front: Charles Mcilwain; Right/Front: James McNall; Top/left: Charles Schidknecht (deceased); Top/right: Joe Campo.
15. Đà Nàng Air Base: Off duty 35th APS airmen hang around sandbag bunker they might take shelter in during a mortar attack.
Photo: Left/front: Charles Mcilwain; Right/Front: James McNall; Top/left: Charles Schidknecht (deceased); Top/right: Joe Campo.

16. Mamasan and daughtersan did laundry and brushed shoes for 35th APS tents, and later Hut #3.

16. Đà Nàng Air Base: Mamasan and daughtersan did laundry and brushed shoes for 35th APS tents, and later Hut #3.

Đà Nẵng AB, 35th SPS: Kill Viet Cong card.

Đà Nẵng AB, 35th SPS: comment.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wall Rubbing: James B Jones.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wall Rubbing: James B Jones. comment

Darrell Parker

PCS Orders p1.

PCS Orders p2.

I stayed in for 26 years and retired as a CMSgt. gave up the cop-shop and became an aircraft loadmaster. C130A, C-130E & C-141. Darrell Parker.

Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. (USAF)