Phan Rang Air Base
Downtown

Early Phan Rang Air Base, and area
1966
Photos by Terry Morris

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81. Thap Cham river flows through village. Note mamasan scooping water. Fish, washie clothes, drinking water, sewer.
81. Thap Cham river flows through village. Note mamasan scooping water. Fish, washie clothes, drinking water, sewer.
82. Thap Cham river and village houses. Kid along riverbank, center/left.
82. Thap Cham river and village houses. Kid along riverbank, center/left.
83. Thap Cham, Gas Station along road to Beach. Villager herds moo-cows.
83. Thap Cham, Gas Station along road to Beach. Villager herds moo-cows.
84. Road to Beach. You've got to admit... there was beauty in South Vietnam's countryside, worthy of quiet appreciation. I'm not sure exactly where that was. Looks like a view from Nui Dat, but there was no road running through there then (?).
84. Road to Beach. You've got to admit... there was beauty in South Vietnam's countryside, worthy of quiet appreciation.
I'm not sure exactly where that was. Looks like a view from Nui Dat, but there was no road running through there then (?).
85. Thap Cham: Road to Beach. Rice Paddies grace the landscape. Here and there, a farmer surveys his land... and water buffalo graze.
85. Thap Cham: Road to Beach. Rice Paddies grace the landscape. Here and there, a farmer surveys his land... and water buffalo graze.
86. Thap Cham: Road to Beach. Rice Paddies levees share the water where most needed. Villagers need the fields, center/left.
86. Thap Cham: Road to Beach. Rice Paddies levees share the water where most needed. Villagers need the fields, center/left.
87. The Beach: A day at the beach, and alittle touch of home.
87. The Beach: A day at the beach, and alittle touch of home.
88. The Beach: Wooden walkways and molten-sands.
88. The Beach: Wooden walkways and molten-sands.
89. Thap Cham: Beach... and a patio with beach-umbrellas!
89. Thap Cham: Beach... and a patio with beach-umbrellas! How cool is that!
 
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90. Thap Cham: Beach... and sodas... and buffalo-burgers... and don't tell anybody about this place!
91. Thap Cham: Beach... and... and... HEY! Where're the babes?
91. Thap Cham: Beach... and... and... HEY! Where're the babes?
92. Thap Cham: Beach... Hey--look'at the boat!
92. Thap Cham: Beach... Hey--look'at the boat!
93. Thap Cham: Beach, with Navy LSTs at shore.
93. Thap Cham: Beach, with Navy LSTs at shore.
94. Thap Cham: Pagadoa Hilltop.
94. Thap Cham:
Pagadoa
Hilltop.
95. Thap Cham: Pagadoa closeup.
95. Thap Cham: Pagadoa closeup.
96. Thap Cham: Pagadoa Temple Gardens.
96. Thap Cham: Pagadoa Temple Gardens.
97. Thap Cham: Pagadoa Temple.
97. Thap Cham: Pagadoa Temple.
98. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band. Best known for I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus.
98. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band. Best known for I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus.


99. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band. Anyone wanna Dance?
99. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band.
Anyone wanna Dance?
100. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band.
100. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band.
Dance With Me Henry!

101. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band. WOW! A real American Woman!
101. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band.
WOW! A real American Woman!
102. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band.WATCH THE HANDS FLY-BOY!
102. Phan Rang Air Base: USO Jimmy Boyd Band.
WATCH THE HANDS FLY-BOY!
103. Tan Son Nhut AB, Airport., Departures: R&R, PCS, DEROS.
103. Tan Son Nhut AB, Airport., Departures: R&R, PCS, DEROS.
104. Tan Son Nhut AB, around the base.
104. Tan Son Nhut AB, around the base.
105. Tan Son Nhut AB, Airman's Open Mess.
105. Tan Son Nhut AB, Airman's Open Mess.
 

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