Jack E. Hammond
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One thing that doesn't seem to make much sense is the fact that they were based in Cam Rahn, about 255NM south of Da Nang. Given that their mission profile seemed to be more up country, I wonder why they were not based at Da Nang to save transit time and fuel burn?
Ever been to Cam Rahn or Da Nang?
Cam Rahn is like being on vacation, Da Nang gets rocketed (sp?) on a daily basis. :)
The Other Bill
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My Uncle in 1967 was in the Marines and stationed with a helicopter unit at Marble Mountain. I think that was near Da Nang if I remember correctly. He said about the same thing about rocket attacks. He had a pretty good safe job accept for that. Years after the Vietnam War ended, it was discovered that the VC/NVA had Marble Mountain honeycombed with tunnels right under the base!!!
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Anne Umphrey (KBED)
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Dave Siciliano (ADS)
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More fuel for the fire <g>
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In support of Harley: From Dr. Mark Perryman's blog: http://mjperry.blogspot.com/
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Dave
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In honor of National Grammar Day, here's my personal choice for the most abused grammar/spelling rule in the English language: the frequent misuse of "it's" (contraction for "it is") when it should be "its" (possessive).
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It's pretty basic: "It's" is always a contraction for "it is" and if you can't substitute "it is" for "it's" in a sentence, you know it's wrong, e.g. "the company couldn't meet it's obligation," and "boxing at it's best" are both wrong because you can't substitute "it is" in those sentences for "it's."
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Terry Carraway
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And you can tour those tunnels. Actually, they had an entier hospital under there.
You can also tour the Chu Lai tunnel complex.
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