Sgt. Mike Viet Nam Humor

[18robert]

i have to stick up for my air force also. my time in rvn in 64-65, i never saw a club of any kind, ate in a mess hall like all my buddies. but hey, i did sleep on a mattres most times..

 

[justwippet2006]

Post-Vietnam (1979) but I was in the Coast Guard and got stationed at MccLellan AFB in Sacramento out of A school (we had a C130 unit there). They put me in the temporary barracks until I could get an assigned room in the USCG barracks. My first night I met a fellow Coastie in the room across the hall and we decided to go check out the enlisted club - which we proceeded to close since neither of us had to check in for another day.
The next morning I woke to somebody knocking on the door. I assumed it was my new buddy from across the hall so I kind of grunted. The next thing I heard was, "Maid service." Yeah...maid service.
Freaking Air Force.

 

[14daMoney]

I tried to avoid those places. I had an aversion to Corpsman and large needle to fix the aftereffects!

Also I have to agree with Winston. Was lucky and never got a Purple Heart!
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." - Winston Churchill

Lucky you.... been there done both, and they both sucked!

 

[AJ]

anyone remember, or ever get to meet, a photojournalist named George Stewart, who published "What's so funny about Vietnam?"

He also published some amazing Pacific/Asian prints...

Please post those page by page and each picture. Have never seen that book before.

 

[AJ]

i have to stick up for my air force also. my time in rvn in 64-65, i never saw a club of any kind, ate in a mess hall like all my buddies. but hey, i did sleep on a mattres most times..

What base?

 

[18robert]

What base?

a small vietnamise air base, bien hoa

 

[AJ]

a small vietnamise air base, bien hoa

You just got there a bit to early. By the late 60's/early 70's it was nice from what I heard. A Marine Air Group was stationed there in 72.

 

[AJ]

Glad I never had to scrounge for food in the vill!

 

[14daMoney]

Please post those page by age and each picture. Have never seen that book before.

not sure what you mean "by age"? The book is a first edition May 1968. The art prints are not dated, but I'd guess they also have to be c.1968 (+/-)

 

[AJ]

not sure what you mean "by age"? The book is a first edition May 1968. The art prints are not dated, but I'd guess they also have to be c.1968 (+/-)

I meant "page by page". This computer has a sticky key and it is the "p".

I looked at my book source and no luck finding it there. Can you scan the prints and post them here?

UPDATE: Found it on Amazon for $120.00. Don't think I will buy it.

 

[Retired W4]

a small vietnamise air base, bien hoa

Little old Bien Hoa. Took this pic some time in early 1970. Army was there too, 145 CAB as well as 5th SFG HQ.

 

[14daMoney]

I meant "page by page". This computer has a sticky key and it is the "p".

I looked at my book source and no luck finding it there. Can you scan the prints and post them here?

UPDATE: Found it on Amazon for $120.00. Don't think I will buy it.

I've attached photo's of the 3 that I have framed on our hallway. These came as an "A" & "B" series with 5 prints in each. I do have the complete "A" series but am missing 2 from the "B" series. If you click on each photo you should then be able to click on that photo to expand its size for better viewing.

The book is about 150 pages +/- so scanning all them and posting them up would not be a simple task.

But, there is a copy available on AbeBooks for $16 -

What's So Funny about Vietnam? by Stewart, George: Good - Soft cover (1968) | Second Edition Books

Soft cover - Tampa Art & Publishing Co., Tampa, FL - 1968 - Condition: Good - - No Jacket - Rare. Binding tight, interior clean. Pictorial wraps worn. 1 3/4" tear to top of spine, held with clear tape. 3/4" tear to bottom of spine. unpaginated - What's So Funny about Vietnam?

www.abebooks.com

there's also one on Amazon for $120, but someone is dreaming . . . . .

Sadly, it seems this man never got the recognition that I feel he rightfully deserved for his work.

I'm proud to have his work to display, and I'm still trying to obtain the 2 missing prints of my "B" series.....

 

[gunbarrel]

This one too, according to my older friends and relatives who were there.

 

[AJ]

I've attached photo's of the 3 that I have framed on our hallway. These came as an "A" & "B" series with 5 prints in each. I do have the complete "A" series but am missing 2 from the "B" series. If you click on each photo you should then be able to click on that photo to expand its size for better viewing.

The book is about 150 pages +/- so scanning all them and posting them up would not be a simple task.

But, there is a copy available on AbeBooks for $16 -

What's So Funny about Vietnam? by Stewart, George: Good - Soft cover (1968) | Second Edition Books

Soft cover - Tampa Art & Publishing Co., Tampa, FL - 1968 - Condition: Good - - No Jacket - Rare. Binding tight, interior clean. Pictorial wraps worn. 1 3/4" tear to top of spine, held with clear tape. 3/4" tear to bottom of spine. unpaginated - What's So Funny about Vietnam?

www.abebooks.com

there's also one on Amazon for $120, but someone is dreaming . . . . .

Sadly, it seems this man never got the recognition that I feel he rightfully deserved for his work.

I'm proud to have his work to display, and I'm still trying to obtain the 2 missing prints of my "B" series.....

I ordered the book from ABE. Been working on this thread for three years so scanning and posting isn't that bad. Thanks.

 

[AJ]

Little old Bien Hoa. Took this pic some time in early 1970. Army was there too, 145 CAB as well as 5th SFG HQ.View attachment 755468

Just a sleepy backwater airfield.............

 

[Retired W4]

Just a sleepy backwater airfield.............

Yea, but it was home...for a while. We lived in ex-Air Force hooches which were pretty nice. Flush toilets, hot water and everything. Great chow and a fabulous O'club, for in country.

 

[18robert]

You just got there a bit to early. By the late 60's/early 70's it was nice from what I heard. A Marine Air Group was stationed there in 72.

a.j., i heard the base had got larger, but didn't know marines were also ther. we were teaching vnaf how to use the ai-h and a1-e's 9 skyraders). i was withthe air commandos,flying c-47s doing flare missions. puff had nor arrived with us before i drros. i flew back on hops in c-130s to the usa,interesting. aj, this is rick, you know...

 

[AJ]

a.j., i heard the base had got larger, but didn't know marines were also ther. we were teaching vnaf how to use the ai-h and a1-e's 9 skyraders). i was withthe air commandos,flying c-47s doing flare missions. puff had nor arrived with us before i drros. i flew back on hops in c-130s to the usa,interesting. aj, this is rick, you know...

The Marines got there in 1972. This was when Nixon Re-escalated the war. Half of the Marine Aircraft Wing went to Thailand and half to Bien Hoa. The A6's and F-4's went to Thailand (longer legs with heavy ordnance). The A-4's and some helos went to Bien Hoa.

 

[Retired W4]

The Marines got there in 1972. This was when Nixon Re-escalated the war. Half of the Marine Aircraft Wing went to Thailand and half to Bien Hoa. The A6's and F-4's went to Thailand (longer legs with heavy ordnance). The A-4's and some helos went to Bien Hoa.

By mid-1970some of the 1st Cav was retrograding to Bien Hoa. I'll bet they were happy.

 

[pmanton]

I was at Bien Hoa Army Base with 801 Maint. Bn. 101st Abn. The Air Force stacked their bombs too close to us. A rocket set off the whole mess and I got a visit to a Hospital in Japan. This was Aug or so in 1968.