Photos: Tan Son Nhut Air Base

Tet 1968...
by, Denis Cook (RIP: 21 May 2017)

 

TSN Perimiter at Highway 1, just north of 051 gate. 100 yards: tsn-cook-01.jpg
TSN Perimiter at Highway 1, just north of 051 gate. 100 yards.

TSN Perimiter at Highway 1, just north of 051 gate. 200 to 400 yards: tsn-cook-02.jpg
TSN Perimiter at Highway 1, just north of 051 gate. 200 to 400 yards.

(Photos 1,2,3,5 & 6 were taken several 
            days after TET): tsn-cook-03.jpg
More Highway 1
(Photos 1,2,3,5 & 6 were taken several days after TET)

Check point in Echo sector, from main base to 051 Gate: tsn-cook-04.jpg
Check point in Echo sector, from main base to 051 Gate.

TSN: Denis Cook (RIP: 21 May 2017) photo, TET 1968 (tsn-cook-o51-bunker-area-tet.jpg)
The Air Base shed just north of 051 gate, took many hits in the battle.

Vin Texco, about 1/2 mile from 051 gate on highway-1, became a major NVA position: tsn-cook-07.jpg
Vin Texco, about 1/2 mile from 051 gate on highway-1, became a major NVA position.


tsn-cook-07.jpg
Hotel California.

Fence line from Echo sector looking toward Alpha sector. Much fighting there: tsn-cook-08-bunker-row.jpg
Fence line from Echo sector looking toward Alpha sector. Much fighting there.

Looking from my barricks toward Hotel-3 helicopter pad: tsn-cook-09-barracks-porch.jpg
Looking from my barricks toward Hotel-3 helicopter pad.

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