Phù Cát Air Base
37th SPS
photos by Bruce
Pritchett
Attached are some
pictures of Phù Cát when we first arrived on or about August 1, 1966.
I was at Phan Rang through July 1966, when we got orders to go to Phu
Cat, via Qui Nhơn.
I was one of the 53 Air Police that followed
Captain Robert M. Sullivan to Phù Cát. These pictures include our first
day (setting up camp on a Buddhist cemetery), the first BOQ (small one-man
tent for Capt. Sullivan). The first emblem we painted when we became
the Kingsmen. It was nailed to our beer hooch. The first tent up was
the one that cooled the beer. We put up the Arizona flag because it
was the only one we had.
There weren't many people at Phù Cát when
we got there. The 37th SPS, the 819th CES (who went without us), and RMK-BRJ.
We were there when the 1041st CSPS (Safeside) arrived.
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[1] Bruce Pritchett in the "Beer Tent", on the left side of the pic;
Captain Sullivan is wearing a hat that he told Major Sloan at Phan
Rang
was going to be our official headgear, just to aggravate him (ha).
(Well you didn't really think we were going to build the chapel
first!)
[2 & 3] This temple is the first thing we saw when we drove in to
Phù Cát
Air Base to-be property. There were still monks in it when we arrived.
[4] We set up camp adjacent to the Temple and placed our M60's
on the elevated graves to give elevated firing positions.
[5] The first Phù Cát Air Base BOQ (small one-man tent for Capt. Sullivan)!
[6] Bunkers went up along with the tents in background. [4] Bruce
Pritchett.
[7] Time out to pet a new mascot!
Rabies, Sarge? No way!
[8] All right you men... Back to work!
[9] Equipment is trucked in continually.
[10] Where the heck is that what'cha-ma-call-it?
Capt. R.M. "Bob" Sullivan (Lt.Col. retired now) is looking into the
back
of the trailer. That may have been when we were setting up the mortar.
A2C
Karnis (wearing the D.I. hat) along with A1C Hodgens are in the background.
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