Thursday, May 1, 2014

The pond

There was a shower house at a pond near Camp Crockett, but it was out of order in 1967, so many of us soldiers bathed and shaved in a nearby creek.

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  1. I was here Sept. 68 Robert Dean

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  2. Water was always cold, and while you were cleaner after the shower than before, you traded the smell of a dirty soldier for the smell of a dead bass. Many guys refused to use it and just did a sponge bath once in a while. Once a week was about the limit for the ones who did use it. The Pond is still visible as are the foundations of the quansot huts if you look at Google earth.

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  3. A-7-3 Sept-Oct 1968 was assigned 11H 106rr and 90rr. went on to Jump School 42nd Co then shake & bake school. Never fired a 106 or 90 after AIT. Two tours Vietnam C Trp Scouts Gunner/Observer Loach 7th/1st Air Cav Blackhawks Vinh Long Second tour 11th CAB Marble Mountain Army Airfield.

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