Most of the pictures are taken at the Hai Yen Air
Base in South Vietnam during 1965 ~ 66
Some were taken at Can Tho and others on Saigon Air Base.
All photos taken by Chuck Bangert.
Photos may be use provided full credit is provided to Chuck Bangert and this web
page.
The main entrance to Hai Yen Air Field |
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Pet 14 foot Rock Pythone |
One of the smaller snakes in South Vietnam |
Two pet monkeys located in Can Tho |
Green Beret housed over canal with various RVN Soldiers walking |
The Kitchen in Green Beret House looking towards the sleeping quarters |
Green Beret Sleeping Quarters |
Part of the Radio Operations Room |
Me in the backseat of a O1e Bird Dog Plane |
Various quarters built at Hai Yen |
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Looking out from the Green Beret Porch down the canal |
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Father Hoa in 1965 with Green Berets unloading a plane |
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Dining Hall at Hai Yen |
Another area of the Radio Room at COM Hq |
HF Collins equipment for long range communications |
This is a Caribou plane landing on a PSP metal runway. |
More PSP strips for storage |
Green Berets in the Loung |
Captain Luck of the Green Berets |
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Landing at Ca Man |
More of the PSP Metal Air Strips |
Caribou Landing |
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The runway! |
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Flying in a O1e Bird Dog with rocket launchers on the wing. |
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Caribou ready to take off |
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Main Radio Room at Hai Yen 1966 |
Laundry cleaning time |
Green Beret Training Camp for the RVN |
Local Taxi |
More of the radio room at Can Tho |
Can Tho Head Quarters Air Strike Control Room, Intelligence and Radio. |
Can Tho Soccer Field |
Lunch Time |
Sampan full of grain for sale |
RVN Army Truck |
Red Cross Medical Evac Jeep |
Wounded being off loaded to go to the hospital |
Out on a mission |
Delivering ICE for keeping food cold |
The Vietnamese all take a siesta for about 3 hours every afternoon. A ride on one of the cycle taxies usually cost about 10$ VN which is about 8 cents US but I only gave them 5$ VN because the Vietnamese only have to pay 2$ VN |
Can Tho 1965 |
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Homeless child |
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A lot of C123 and C47 aircraft used in Vietnam |
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Getting ready for a mission |
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Recovery of the wounded and dead |
More of recovery of wounded and dead |
Off to a mission or battle |
A friend of mine |
Troop transport vehicles |
Mess Hall parking |
Bike Taxie |
Military RVN driver |
Guards near our HQ |
Huey parking area |
Headquarters IV Corps ASOC at Can Tho 1965~66 |
Sanpan on the river |
This is the Mekong River |
Can Tho HQ side door |
My Villa which is the upper right |
RVN Soldiers |
Police in Can Tho |
Local theatre that shows real old movies |
SSgt Bowen at Can Tho 1965 |
Street vender |
Can Tho Mess Hall |
Kids taking a bath on the Mekong River |
In the background 2nd lever is a hotel I stayed in. |
Villa near Can Tho - I lived here for a month or so |
Mekong River |
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Little Beggars - they are everywhere |
Young man taking a bath in the Mekong River |
One of the many radio operators at Can Tho |
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USAF Shuttle |
Note the HF antenna on the back of the jeep |
Front Gate at the main entrance to Can Tho HQ's |
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Me showing off at ATOP HQ's Flight Ops! |