Some of our "QRF" - Quick Reaction Force boys playing with their new toys.
I would have joined but they wouldn't let me play with the really BIG guns...
Do you think the local sappers were scared?
The local Thai Army garrison ran some joint maneuvers on the post.
I guess they figured they were better equipped than our own QRF.
Not surprising - they had tanks, we had jeeps...
Sgt. Myron Husband from California, one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet.
He ran the mailroom at the 7th so all of us owe the guy for the great service.
He wasn't an ASA'r officially - came over from Vietnam where
he was a crew chief on choppers - just wanted to stay in Asia.
I took a lot of portrait-type shots of the local Thais. This is one of a whole series.
"HEY, all you swing-shift pukes GET THE FBLEEPK UP!!!"...
Education Center.
There was an education center at Ramasun so that personnel, having recognized
the error of their previous ways, could endeavor to "get smarter". If you took enough
courses and *really* got smart you could figure out how to get OUT of ASA 8-)...
Entertainment. Basically, there were two options - either you could use the facilities on post -or-
you could head downtown to Udorn to see what was happening there.
On post - there was the special services game room pictured here - pool, ping-pong, shuffleboard.
In Udorn... well you know... Here's the game room at "rush hour" - take a number?!
Ramasun's Mess Hall.
Operated at all hours of the day and home of the world's greatest Western Omelet. Period.
Ramasun's indoor (and air-conditioned!) theater.
At this resolution you can't see that the advertisement in the
window is for Bruce Lee - starring in "The Chinese Connection".
Two flicks I remember from that year were "Silent Running" and "The Godfather".
The Ramasun base chapel. In good weather services were held under this canopy in the outdoors.
The panel on the right has two messages: "God is dead" - Jack. and right underneath that "Jack is dead" - God.
Guess the chaplain, Capt. Johnson had a sense of humor.
The elephant cage with some Thai Army tanks.
The sunsets (especially during the monsoon season) were often spectacular -
made even the "elephant cage" look attractive..
This is leaving the main gate. So is this a warning or an advertisement?!!! 8-).
I really liked shopping in Udorn - but the parking was a bitch! 8-).
Everywhere you went there were small shrines to keep the Gods happy.
The 7th had it's own shrine in front of HQ - a bow to local custom and our Thai hosts.
Just outside the main gate there were lots of small concession stands like this.
Tired of what's in the mess hall? How about some dried squid for a change?
(Did anyone actually try this stuff)? If so, E-mail me -
I want to have your head preserved for later study... 8-)
