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Best Friends Joseph (Joe) Crump William (Bill) Norberg
Best Moment Getting off a 12 hour midnight shift, going to breakfast and eating like a pig, going to Officer's Club for drinks and a movie, jumping into a murky swimming pool at the club, checking my mail, stripping down in my cubicle, taking a shower, jumping into bed, getting up with my clothes cleaned and ironed with rice starch, my boots already shined, going to work, getting off work; and starting the whole thing over again. Meeting my wife on R & R in Hawaii from 20 November to 26 November 1968. When we weren't alone, we would spend some time with Bill Norberg and his wife Diane and tour the island.
Worst Moment First night assigned to Pleiku. 122mm rockets blowing up everything. While in Hawaii we stayed at a hotel on the upteenth floor. Un beknownest to us, they were doing construction work right next door to the hotel on our side of the building. We were awakened by a very loud crash and I was headed for the bunker. In the barracks I lived on the second floor and when the need arose I would jump to the first landing then into the underground bunker next to the barracks. Well, I was headed for the first landing when my wife grabbed hold of the back of my BVDs and kept me from jumping over the balcony. During one of the nighttime rocket attacks, the plane I was guarding, which was parked in an reventment, was blown to bits. Luckily I had made it to a secondary bunker just off the runway.
Chain of Command Sgt, SSgt, TSgt, MSgt, Lt., Capt., Col.
Other Memories During my assignment here on one particular night, the VC bombed our fuel storgae area. The fuel was stored in huge rubber/plastic bags that were set below ground level. The area had an entry controller, and two tall towers in each of the two corners, manned. A 122mm rocket hit one of the bladders and sent fire high into the sky. Both towers were charred as a result of the fire but our two tower guards managed to get out without any injuries. My wife, in the states traveling with her sister in a car, heard on the radio that Pleiku AB had been blown up. "The misquotes of the media". She naturally went into shock. After reading that news article I immediately wrote home and told her that the base was still in tact and that NO ONE was injured or killed in that rocket attack. I did not have time here to mess around like I did at Phu Cat. Working twelve hours and sleeping eight only gave you four hours to get ready four work and eat.
