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Scenes of Christmas 40+ years ago in a country 10,000 miles away…
Just before Christmas in 1970, our company returned to Cu Chi base camp (Vietnam) for a three-day stand down. My package from home included a Christmas tree and tins of home made cookies. Everyone pitched in to decorate and devour…I’m on the left!
South Vietnam, December, 1967: 9th Infantry Division soldiers Staff Sgt. William Dowell
On Hill 875 near Dak-To
Field Resupply – bringing out hot meals from the rear
12/25/1969-Cu Chi, South Vietnam- During a Christmas cease fire at Fire Base Evans, 40 miles west of Saigon
Bob Hope Christmas Show – 1969
Cans used as ornaments on artificial Christmas tree
Christmas Bush – 1967
Bu Dop, South Vietnam, December, 1967: Spec. 4 Ron Brault of Kansas City, Mo., eats dinner while sitting next to a Christmas tree sent to him by his family
1970: Pfc. James Heckman, 20, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, reads a letter attached to the Christmas present he received while stationed in Con Thein, Vietnam. | (Bettmann/CORBIS)
1969: U.S. soldiers set up a Christmas tree in a spare mortar pit at the Duc Lap Special Forces camp. | (Bettmann/CORBIS)
Audience & special guests at a Bob Hope Christmas Show
Bunker ornament – 1967
Mechanized unit in the bush
Screen dump of a video game showing a 1st Cav Christmas in Vietnam
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