From a Red Cross blog on the awful murder at Cu Chi. By George S. Slook. See:
http://www.war-stories.com/donut-dollie-diary-ii-slook-1970.htm

From a Red Cross blog on the awful murder at Cu Chi. By George S. Slook, and others. See:

http://www.war-stories.com/donut-dollie-diary-ii-slook-1970.htm

Military investigators handout to 25th soldiers who were palm printed at Cu Chi. Article from AP on the murder. Courtesy of James Stoup, author of "Behind the Wire - A story about life in the rear during the Vietnam War", available on Amazon.com.

The very best non-fiction work about REMFs in Vietnam. Stoup was a military journalist who served in several roles during 1970-71, the "drawdown" years, including a stint at the 25th Infantry at Cu Chi. His insights are razor's edge, his style compelling. Order it through Amazon online. (ISBN-13: 978-1682131084)

Sunset at Di An...Jan. 1971. From a 45 year-old Kodachrome slide, scanned on a Nikon Coolscan IV ED. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Stopping to feed his horse. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Caravelle Hotel, January 1971. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Relaxing at the hooch, DiAn. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Bob's room at our hooch, Long Binh. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Mike's room with wall hanging from the girlfriend (Bridge Over Troubled Waters). © 1971, MJ Roche.

John F. Kennedy Cathedral, Saigon. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Landscape near Dau Tieng. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Largest PX is Vietnam at Long Binh. Note the barber shop, center right. You could even purchase a car here and have it waiting for you when you returned home. Our hooch dog chases the guys going on guard duty at Long Binh. Shot from the front steps of our hooch. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Outside Saigon. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Where GI's played. © 1971, MJ Roche.

GI hangout, Saigon. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Square in Saigon, 1971. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Market in Saigon, 1971. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Army personnel who worked in Saigon lived in hotels. Mama San washed uniforms during the day and hung them to dry on the railings of the balconies. © 1971, MJ Roche.

The ubiquitous motorbike-infested traffic in Saigon. I never went through a single motor trip in Nam without seeing a serious accident on the roadways. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Crowded Saigon intersection. 1970. © 1970, MJ Roche.

Entering Saigon, February, 1971. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Street scene, Saigon. Traffic lights were generally ignored. © 1971, MJ Roche.

The guys welocme home SSG Spivey to the hooch. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Castle Courier Assistant Editor Bill Smith at the Head Shed (US Army Headquarters, Vietnam). © 1971, MJ Roche.

LT LALLI, Long Binh. © 1971, MJ Roche.

A secretary types a news story at the Castle Courier office. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Steaks on the barbie. Jeff Lowe, Bob Eveler and Paul Mahoney. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Tom Magee types a story at Castle Courier Long Binh office, US Army HQ. © 1971, MJ Roche.

Author's desk at the newspaper office at Long Binh. Note the Coke can opened by a "church key" in pre-pop-top days. © 1971, MJ Roche.

The bunker at DiAn hooch/office. LT Paul Mahoney poses. © 1971, MJ Roche.

A Vietnamese village from the air. © 1971, MJ Roche.

MAP OF CU CHI BASECAMP 1969. THE 3/13TH FIELD ARTILLERY is located in two spots near the wire on the northwest, with the HQ in the center of the base (from the web).

Urinalysis was required to get on a freedom bird (at Long Binh from the web).

Cu Chi basecamp, home of the 25th Infantry (with a VC tunnel complex beneath the camp).

The photographer at 19 years old , Long Binh. Photo by Bob Hinchliffe, Boston, MA.

Just prior to heading to Vietnam, I attended the Department of Defense Information School (newspaper, radio and TV journalism training) at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. There, all four US services were in attendance, as well as foreign servicemen (we had a South Vietnamese Navy Seaman in our class). There were also female service members from all four US services. Here I discuss interviewing techniques with Paula, a "Private" in the US Army.

Our Journalism graduating class in July, 1970, from the Department of Defense Information School at Ft. Harrison, Indiana. Steve Hoffman from Indiana and Howard (Dick) Hodges were my roommates. Always wondered what happened to the South Vietnamese Seaman, Nguyen Dung.

Basic training company at Ft. Campbell, KY. Dan Potter, center front, was the platoon guide. The squad leaders were Joe Putnam, Tom Morgan, Chet Morawski, and myself. Drill Sergeant was Robert (Dick) Kohlman. Since the war was fairly docile in late 1970, there is a good chance that most of these guys made it home in 1971.

Military Regions map, June 1967.

CU CHI BASECAMP 25th Division HQ (from the web).

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