Post by peterd on Nov 5, 2013 15:33:25 GMT -8
THUA THIEN PROV., Vietnam — 'Twas the night before Christmas and the GIs hit a blackened landing zone then humped up and down a couple hills and spent the evening in the rain and the mud on a bushy hilltop. They weren't waiting for St. Nick.
As was the case with other units around Vietnam, it was business as usual on Christmas Eve for D Cc., 1st Bn., 506th Inf. from Camp Evans.
Just before the company left Fire Support Base Jack, about 75 miles northwest of Da Nang, a light plane flew over and broadcast "Jingle Bells" and "Noel." The music was drowned out by a helicopter idling on the pad and the plane flew away.
www.stripes.com/news/no-sugarplum-visions-dance-for-d-co-1.42672
As was the case with other units around Vietnam, it was business as usual on Christmas Eve for D Cc., 1st Bn., 506th Inf. from Camp Evans.
Just before the company left Fire Support Base Jack, about 75 miles northwest of Da Nang, a light plane flew over and broadcast "Jingle Bells" and "Noel." The music was drowned out by a helicopter idling on the pad and the plane flew away.
www.stripes.com/news/no-sugarplum-visions-dance-for-d-co-1.42672