Vietnam
June 1966
DEROS!
DEROS: Date Eligible for Return From Overseas

 © 1997 by, Don Poss , LM 37
23rd ABG/AP; 6252nd APS; 35th APS; 366th APS/SPS
 APO for Đà Nàng Air Base was APO San Francisco, 96337
Telling it like it was!

DEROS 1966.

DEROS

1. Đà Nẵng AB, DEROS:</strong> DEROS-DAY! Boarded C-130 for flight to TSN and the Freedom Bird to LAX, Los Angeles, California. 1966.
1. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS: DEROS-DAY! Boarded C-130 for flight to TSN and the Freedom Bird to LAX, Los Angeles, California. 1966.
DEROS 1966.
2. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
3. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
4. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
5. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
6. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
7. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
8. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
9. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
10. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
11. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
12. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
13. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
14. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
15. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
16. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
17. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
18. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
19. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
20. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
21. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
22. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
23. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
24. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
25. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
26. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
DEROS 1966.
27. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
A2C George Hoagland took over handling Blackie when I DEROS'd. I took this photo from a distance so as not to interferr with their bonding. 1966.
31. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS: A2C George Hoagland took over handling Blackie when I DEROS'd.
I took this photo from a distance so as not to interfere with their bonding. 1966.
DEROS 1966.
31. Đà Nàng AB, DEROS:  1966.
 

Lessons Learned:  I landed at LAX safely, of course.  I was glad to be home but nothing was the same, and the country did not seem to understand that we were fighting a war and thousands had died.  My old high school buddies seemed twelve years old.  Nothing was as-it-was before, and should be, so I thought.  What the heck just happened to me!

In 2008, I wrote out how I felt about "what the heck just happened to me" in Vietnam, and it is called Airplane Hill .  I think that if you served in Vietnam or Thailand you may have had a similar coming-home experience.  I came to understand that some experiences in life can last a life time, and cannot nor should not be ignored.  I hope that you will take a few minutes and read Airplane Hill .

Don Poss
 
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