Vietnam
1965-1966
Đà Nẵng AB, Vietnam
 © 1997 by, Don Poss , LM 37
23rd ABG/AP; 6252nd APS; 35th APS; 366th APS/SPS
 APO for Da Nang Air Base was APO San Francisco, 96337
Telling it like it was!

Đà Nẵng AB: Tent City phasing out. Gunfighters Huts under construction 1965-1966.
A----TENT----HUT!
Gunfighter Huts under construction! Tents are phasing out!

HUTS

1. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Hammering and heat keeps us awake, but it is sweet music -- no more wooden pallet floors! 1965.
1. Da Nang AB, Tent City: Hammering and heat keeps us awake, but it is sweet music -- no more wooden pallet floors! 1965.
2. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: 35th APS K-9 Section Sign goes up on Hut-13. 1965.
2. Da Nang AB, Tent City: 35th APS K-9 Section Sign goes up on Hut-13. 1965.
3. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Let me get this straight... you, wanna go where? 1965. Airman Wallis, guarding hard! Another tentmate I would like to hear from.
3. Da Nang AB, Tent City:  Let me get this straight... you, wanna go where? 1965.
Airman Wallis, guarding hard! Another tentmate I would like to hear from.
4. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Favorite girl sent a Valentine's Card -- thanks mom! 1965.
4. Da Nang AB, Tent City: Favorite girl sent a Valentine's Card -- thanks mom! 1965.
5. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Finally--Gary Eberbach gets some A.M. sleep! I got the lower bunk--heat rises so I volunteered Gary for the top bunk. 1965.
5. Da Nang AB, Tent City: Finally--Gary Eberbach gets some A.M. sleep! 1965.
I got the lower bunk-- heat-rises so I convinced Gary the top bunk is fun.
Now Gary...look'at'it this'a way--you will be closer to GOD (and the SUN, heh-heh)!
6. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: L/R: A2C Gary Eberbach and A2C Tom Baker (RIP). 1965.
6. Da Nang AB, Tent City: L/R:  A2C Gary Eberbach and A2C Tom Baker (RIP). 1965.
7. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: L/R: A2C Don Poss and A2C Tom Baker (RIP). 1965.
7. Da Nang AB, Tent City: L/R:  A2C Don Poss and A2C Tom Baker (RIP). 1965.
8. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: ARVN families come outside of living quarters to watch VNAF dive bomb rebel Buddhist downtown. 1965. Note the two small black dots that are VNAF dive bombers.
8. Da Nang AB, Tent City: ARVN families come outside of living quarters to watch VNAF dive bomb rebel Buddhist downtown. 1965.
Note the two small black dots that are VNAF dive bombers.
9. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: VNAF dive bomb and straff rebel Buddhists. I sometimes have wondered if they now think they backed the wrong horse. 1965.
9. Da Nang AB, Tent City:  VNAF dive bomb and straff rebel Buddhists.
I sometimes have wondered if they now think they backed the wrong horse. 1965.
10. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Airman come outside to watch, having heard the bombs exploding and aircraft buzzing around. 1965.
10. Da Nang AB, Tent City:  Airman come outside to watch, having heard the bombs exploding and aircraft buzzing around. 1965.
11. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Air Raid Siren sounds base wide. It is unknown if the base is under attack, but the take-cover alert is broadcast. 1965.
11. Da Nang AB, Tent City: Air Raid Siren sounds base wide. It is unknown if the base is under attack, but the take-cover alert is broadcast. 1965.
12. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: AP Jeep with red light warns everyone to take cover! 1965.
12. Da Nang AB, Tent City: AP Jeep with red light warns everyone to take cover! 1965.
13. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Air Police do not wait for notice to report for duty, and stand ready for the first sign of actual attack. 1965.
13. Da Nang AB, Tent City: Air Police do not wait for notice to report for duty, and stand ready for the first sign of actual attack. 1965.

14. Đà Nẵng AB, Tent City: Two years later, Rocket Crater in 1967, just outside AP Hut on road. 1967.
14. Da Nang AB, Tent City: Two years later, Rocket Crater in 1967, just outside AP Hut on road. 1967.
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