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Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Towers and Bunkers, Page-2-3
37th SPS (c.1 Aug 1966 - 31 Mar 1970); 1041st CSPS(T) (Jan-Jul 1967); 12th SPS (31 Mar 1970 - 17 Nov 1971)
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Pleiku Air Base, RVN, 1965-1966. © 2009, by Don Poss.
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1. Tan Son Nhut AB, Perimeter Tower. 1966. Photo by: Richard Shelton, TSN, 377th SPS; BT, 632nd SPS. 1965-1966.
1. Tan Son Nhut AB, Perimeter Bunker Airman challenges unknowns at the wire.
Graphic Art by Photo by Don Poss., LM 37, DN, 23rd ABG/APS; 6252nd APS; 35th APS; 366th SPS K9. 1965-1966.
2. Tan Son Nhut AB, Bunker. Tet 1968. 377th SPS fought through the night of Tet '68, blunting the strong enemy attack of over 1,400 VC and NVA soldiers.
2. Tan Son Nhut AB, Bunker. Tet 1968.
Photo by Steven Rivers, LM 482, TSN, 377th SPS, Tango-1; AFOSI, Dist 51 Bangkok. 1967-1968; 1973-1975.
3. Tan Son Nhut AB, Bunkers and defense. 1968. Members of the 377th, supported by armor, move to resecure TSN AB after penetration by Communist forces on Jan 31, 1968. Photo by: unknown.
3. Tan Son Nhut AB, Bunkers and defense. 1968.
Photo by unknown.
4. Tan Son Nhut AB, Hotel-3, Tango-1 Tower. 1968. 377th Security Police view the bodies of Communist forces killed in the attack on TSN AB during the Tet '68 Offensive. Photo by: unknown.
4. Tan Son Nhut AB, Hotel-3, Tango-1 Tower. 1968. Photo by unknown.
5. Tan Son Nhut AB, Perimeter Bunker Row and Towers. 1968. Photo by: Denis Cook (RIP: 21 May 2017), LM 300, TSN, 377th SPS. 1967-1968.
5. Tan Son Nhut AB, Perimeter Bunker Row and Towers. 1968.
Photo by Denis Cook (RIP: 21 May 2017), LM 300, TSN, 377th SPS. 1967-1968.

6. Tan Son Nhut AB, O-51 recaptured. Four Security Police KIA. Tet 1968. Photo by: Mel Grover, TSN, 377th SPS. 1967-1968.
6. Tan Son Nhut AB, O-51 recaptured. Four Security Police KIA. Tet 1968.
Photo by Mel Grover, TSN, 377th SPS. 1967-1968.

7. Tan Son Nhut AB, O-51 Bunker, captured by VC and NVA, received air-strikes and artillery rounds before being retaken. Tet 1968. Photo by: unknown.
7. Tan Son Nhut AB, O-51 Bunker, captured by VC and NVA, received
air-strikes and artillery rounds before being retaken. Tet 1968.
Photo by unknown.
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 9. Tan Son Nhut AB, Battle damaged O-51 Bunker. Tet 1968. Photo by: Steven Shelt, PC 37th; PK, 633rd SPS. 1967-1968.

8. Tan Son Nhut AB, O-51 recaptured. Security Police (Air Force Infantry) stand guard. Tet 1968. Photo by McKegney. 1968.

9. Tan Son Nhut AB, Battle damaged O-51 Bunker. Tet 1968. Photo by Steven Shelt, PC 37th; PK, 633rd SPS. 1967-1968.
10. Decades later, a revisiting ex-Security Police 'tourist' pestered his tour-guide for permission to stand atop their parked vehicle and raise his camera over the fence for a photo of O-51 Bunker, as it appears today. Standbags have long since melted away, but the blood of four KIA SPs and hundreds of VC and NVA remains a part of that battlefield of Tet 1968. Photo by: unknown.
10. Decades later, a revisiting ex-Security Police 'tourist' pestered his tour-guide for permission to stand
atop their parked vehicle and raise his camera over the fence for a photo of O-51 Bunker, as it appears
today. Standbags have long since melted away, but the blood of four KIA SPs and hundreds of
VC and NVA remains a part of that battlefield of Tet 1968. Photo by unknown.
9. Tan Son Nhut AB, Tango-Tower. 1968. Photo by: Steven Rivers, LM 482, TSN, 377th SPS, Tango-1; AFOSI, Dist 51 Bangkok. 1967-1968; 1973-1975.
9. Tan Son Nhut AB, Tango-Tower. 1968.
Photo by Steven Rivers, LM 482, TSN, 377th SPS, Tango-1; AFOSI, Dist 51 Bangkok. 1967-1968; 1973-1975.
10. Tan Son Nhut AB, Control Tower. 122 mm Rocket direct hit. Photo by: unknown.
10. Tan Son Nhut AB, Control Tower. 122 mm Rocket direct hit. Photo by unknown.

11. Tan Son Nhut AB, Airborne Gate. APCs, Bunkers, and Radar Tower. Photo by: Russ Colombo, LM 275, TSN, 377th SPS, 1969-1970.
11. Tan Son Nhut AB, Airborne Gate. APCs, Bunkers, and Radar Tower.
Photo by Russ Colombo, LM 275, TSN, 377th SPS, 1969-1970.


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