Vietnam
Bình Thủy AB
Photos-1
(TDY from Đà Nẵng AB)
by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968
DN, 366th SPS, DET CB-China Beach; DH, 1/620th TCS/SP; BT, 632nd SPS
© 2011, by Dr. Mel Hecker

The Bình Thủy pictures were taken when I was assigned TDY from Đà Nàng for about a month after TET 1968. I was initially PCS’d to Đà Nàng in December, 1967, from Little Rock, AFB, flight line Air Police (April 1966-November 1967) . After my TDY and return to Đà Nàng, I put in, and was assigned to Security Police detail at the Air Force site at Đông Hà. I returned to Đà Nàng in August 1968 and then sent to Security at China Beach until late November. Upon receiving my orders to Minot, North Dakota, I extended my duty in Vietnam until August of 1969 and returned to Đông Hà for the balance of my extended tour. I was promoted to E-5 in June of 1969, but was somewhat burned out by that time. I spent the end of August-December 1969 at Scott AFB, base Security; awarded an Article 15 for clearing my weapon at the firearm barrel without proper NCO supervision (the $100.00 fine is still not paid).

The picture # 117 was taken in June of 1990, after a two year tour at Sheppard AFB as their base Hospital Emergency Department physician (the AF recruiter near York, PA was MSgt Bill Barton; a Security Police veteran who s*it nickels when he found out about my old Article 15 in 1987)

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Photo 013: Bình Thủy AB, Aerial.

014: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter road. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

015: Bình Thủy AB, A-1E flight line. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

016: Bình Thủy AB, Perimeter Tower. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

017: Bình Thủy AB, Gate. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

018: Bình Thủy AB, Gate checking bus. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

020: Bình Thủy AB, Bridge. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

021: Bình Thủy AB, Tower (photo center). Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

023: Bình Thủy AB, Tower view. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

024: Bình Thủy AB, children mugging for camera. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

025: Bình Thủy AB, SP. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

026: Bình Thủy AB, SPs. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

026a: Bình Thủy AB, SPs setting up hooch with lockers and cots. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

026b: Bình Thủy AB, SPs setting up hooch with lockers and cots. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

027: Bình Thủy AB. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

028: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter road. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

030: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter bunker. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

031: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter bunker overlooking marsh. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

032: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter with tank. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

033: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter bunker. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

034: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter tank. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

035: Bình Thủy AB, perimeter bunker. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

036: Bình Thủy AB, SPS. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

037: Bình Thủy AB, SPS in Caribou(?), taxiing on flight line. Photo by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968

117: Dr. Mel Hecker.