Best Friends I have so many memories of friends that I made on the "Monkey" that I could never post all of them or recall there names. I even had two nephews nearby who often visited me on pass. My two nephews were Paul Halloran (my sister's) and Brad Ogden ( my brother's).
Best Moment The visit with the Honorable Senator Barry Goldwater. All of us enjoyed the day we spent with him. For more about his visit view my Reflections Shadow Box. There you will also note a number of my friends both Army and Air Force. You may also read more of this visit in my Relections Shadow Box.
Worst Moment The Monday morning a buddy from AI8AD Mars in Danang and I were returning from the city of Siagon to Ton Son Nhut Air Base and we walked passed a '59 Chevy with a driver inside . We were both watching our six as the man did not look Vietnamese but more like a latino and we wondered what he was doing there with an American car. As we moved along he got out and opened the left rear car door, reached in and pulled out a weapon. When we heard the bolt slide back, we jumped behind the end of a brick wall and watched him as he cautiously crept toward us. My buddy had whipped out his pocket knife and opened the 4 inch blade while I picked up a large stone. Luckily at that moment, a large group of Vietnamese Airmen rounded the corner on motorbikes and our Cuban friend quickly departed into a nearby apartment building.
Other Memories Finding snakes in the shower, trips to Danang and China Beach, watching C123 Providers laying what I thought was a smoke screen, turned out they were spraying the Mountain with Agent Orange. Being transported to downed aircraft and other sites on salvage assignments.
