Orders to Escort "Radar Parts"

The orders authorizing Chuck Shirkey and myself to go to Saigon for the purpose of escorting "emergency requistioned radar parts".

Ken Kimbrough

Radar Parts Being Cooked

We escorted 160 pounds of spare rids and pork loins.

Tending to Radar Parts

Too many cooks didn't spoil the pot this time.

Pyramid

This picture and the next are cropped from the original. This shot is more to the rightand shows the new radar towers. If you look right above the "N" in Sonic, you'll see two guys waving their arms, I'm the one on the left.

Pyramid 2

This cropped view is more to the left and clearly show the Admin building and the BBQ pit just above Admin (where all the people are gathered.)

Pyramid from Overhead

Great picture to get a feeling for the physical layout of the place.

Pyramid - Compelte Picture

This is the complete picture taken by Moonglow. The 155th AHC hele-pads are near the top and the coffee/tea plantation at the very top.

The webmaster

Pyramid from the Tower

The antenna towers had just been completed but the equipment had not yet been installed. Operations was in the hut at the top of the picture. The building with the tin roof towards the top right was Admin. and hadn't been completed all that long. The guys in white shirts at the edge of the compound are playing horseshoes.

Beer Tent

This shows a good view of the beer tent made from a parachute. What it doesn't show is the 20 cases of beer.

Too much "lubricant"

Me (on the left) and Bob Kirkwood late in the day after too many cans of lubricant. One result was a pyramid of beer cans over 6 feet tall. Don't ask about other results... you already know.

The webmaster

VNAF

We invited the VNAF to join us and most of their officers came by in mid-afternoon. It seemed to me that they were more than a little puzzled by the goings on, but I never understood why.