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SIGHTSEEING - People, Places and Things - then and now
Last Revision: 19 Aug 2018 - Pictures from Joel Boroff's Visit to Tay Ninh in 2018
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LINKS to WEBSITES and U-TUBE patriotic materials from the Members of the Unit - click the LINKS below USO Show - Bob Hope USO Show MUSIC - The Star Spangled Banner - the FOURTH Verse MUSIC - The Army Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6QQGMcGfIQ MUSIC - Soldier's Song - Dinky Dau Blues MUSIC - The Promise - by Jack Murphy of 199th Liight Infantry Brigade MUSIC - USO Tour - Military Service Songs by KISS SPEECH - Oliver North Speech on 31 May 2010 - US Navy Medic with USMC and Wounded Iraqi SPEECH - The New "Greatest Generation" - THE VIETNAM VETS by Retired General Zinni SPEECH - Medal of Honor Roy Benavide VIIDEO - POWs at White House - http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LemllfcAY8A&sns=em VIIDEO - We Are Americans - a Patriotic Speech by President Ronald Reagan VIIDEO - Pledge of Allegiance - a serious word by word explanation by comedian Red Skelton Interviews - 2CA LT Earl Simms - http://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/Vietnam/5650 thru 5659 and about 'going back'.
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SIGHTSEEING - People, Places and Things - then and now
LOCATIONS - I heard about but I never had a chance to visit. PLACES - I had no idea they even existed. THINGS - I had no idea they could really do that.
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Mechanical Dust-Off Chinook Ambulance with a disabled Huey being evacuated to the Huey Hospital photos from the Dwight Young collection |
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Nui Ba Den Black Virgin Mountain - Hill 985 - northeast of Tay Ninh the Summit was occupied by a platoon from a Signal Battalion plus a CIDG unit; the VC utilized the lower hills and caves for their base camps; while the Plains below were owned by 196th Light Infantry Brigade. |
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Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
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Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
Roof of the Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
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The Eye "The One Eye - looking north" on the outside of the Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh |
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The "EYE" in the globe Inside the Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh |
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Buddhist Temple Tay Ninh |
Buddhist Temple Tay Ninh |
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Catholic Shrine - Virgin Mary Tay Ninh
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Toa Do Chinh Saigon City Hall circa 1969 RSVN Flag in the center of second floor |
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Nha Tho Duc Ba The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Saigon circa 1969 |
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Downtown Saigon
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Downtown Saigon
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xx The Emperor's Summer Palace at Dalat, Vietnam xx Before World War Two, the French Government in Paris ruled French Indo-China through a group of local royal rulers. There was a King in Laos, a King in Cambodia and an Emperor in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Emperor had a Summer Palace at Dalat. The last Emperor, Bao-Dai (1913-1963), certainly lived better than the Tenant Rice Farmers in the III and IV Corps areas ! He was deposed in 1955 and died in exile. above and from the SFC Robert Gulley collection - circa 1969
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Amusement Park with Rides for Kids in Saigon Why Not ? I surely missed this spot ! |
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A ZOO in Saigon with live animals ! why not ? pictorial proof from John Martin, Hal Lynch and Tom Slusher
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1-LT Hal Lynch visitng the Zoo between JUSPAO Classes |
Two Kangaroos having lunch |
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Elephants Better off in the Saigon Zoo than carrying cargo down the Ho Chi Minh Trail |
Two Black Bears Why not take a 'Cooling Bath' Vietnam is 'too hot' for my fur coat ! |
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Bird House |
Strolling Around looking for a Fish Dinner |
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Climbing a Tree |
A Jump into the Lake |
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Tennis Courts - in Tay Ninh ! Tennis Pro and 2nd CA LT Lou Stein vs. Gen William Westmoreland Did Lou " Let the General win ? " Absolutely R.H.I.P. |
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Certainly a Unique Trailer In-Transit to destination unknown - an NVA-VC Hotel on the Ho Chi Minh Trail ? or perhaps with a new type of CIVIL AFFAIRS camouflage ! No, but with a coat of new paint, the future home of the C. O. of the 2nd CA. |
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Aerial Photo of the 2nd Civil Affairs Company Area The Buildings - from Right to Left 2nd CA Supply, 9th Car Company BOQ and last 2nd CA BOQ #2 and BOQ # 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 90th Replacement Battalion - top of picture 552nd Military Police Company - Enlisted Housing Area - upper right buildings House Trailers - in temporary storage but for the future use by the ' Generals in the field ' ! |
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xx the ultimate CAPITALIST SYMBOL in a Communist Vietnam ! a TOLL PLAZA on Highway 1 - - - - - on the Saigon to Long Binh Road about 2 miles north of the Saigon River Bridge. Do you think they have E-Z Pass ? |
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Saigon Telephone System in 2010 After 40 years, the telephone communication system has not changed that much. Perhaps, a current day member of the Communist Secret Police attempting to put wire tap on "Yellow Dragons" Xin Loi |
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SAOLA xx A newly discovered animal in the ANTELOPE species with 18"- 24" Horns which diverge slightly. xx The animal was "discovered" in Vietnam in 1996 and this is first new large mammal discovery since 1937. xxxx Picture from the Smithsonian Magazine, August 2008 xxxx P.S. this animal's ancestors have been around for thousands of years, perhaps longer than man's ancestors and they survived the B-52 bombings of their habitat along the Ho Chi Minh Trail too. |
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