I had malaria not long after my arrival in country and in my fng wisdom I talked my doctor to cut me orders for the battalion rear thinking it stayed on the boat and I could go to the Philippines with the ship. So instead of 30 days at Cam Rahn Bay I wound up in a 40 man tent in Dong Ha with a 1st Shirt who wanted to send me to Contein.We were flying into Saigon, but between the weather and incoming fire at the airfield we got diverted to Cam Ranh Bay. Often wonder what would my in country assignment have been if I had gone in at the ReplDet instead of the one in Cam Ranh. So I Corp/ was my AO and a long way from Saigon
If any of you old guys made to to Siagon back in the day, here are a few pictures that might bring back some memories. clicky