1966

Rolando Salazar arrived in Vietnam in Dec. of 1966 and left in Dec. of 67. He was asigned to Co-D 2/7 Calvalry 1st Air Cav. Division

Portrait of Rolando Salazar

Self propelled howizer (8" gun) making its way around the base

Entrance arch and the road leading to Phan Thiet Village

Waiting for an airlift

Closer look at the entrance arch

The cemetery outside Phan Thiet

Hq compound of the 2Bn 7th Cav

Civilian girls wearing Ao Dai a traditional dress on the streets of Phan Thiet

Workers prepare Nuok Mam Fish sauce jars at the Phan Thiet factory

Coke stand at the beach

Street scene in Phan Thiet

Shops and the Pedicab stands in downtown Phan Thiet

Ca Ty River near the water tower and the Chieu Hoi Center

The Following pics are from Phil Tilghman. His tour of duty was from October 66-67 Was with MACV assigned to Air Cav . He was a 1st Lt working with S-4. Was doing whatever the Cav needed from supply missions to forward LZs to supervising construction on the LZ.

LZ Betty in early 1967

LZ Betty 1967 A bit different look

LZ Betty 3rd View

West side of LZ mid 1967

Graveyard / Big titty / whiskey mountain in the back ground

Wire at beginning end of the runway looking down toward boat landing area. We had no docking facilities at all.

Graveyard , Charlie loved to shoot from here at night.

. Land side perimeter in 1967. 40mm armored vehicle and bunker. We had 5-6 of these weapons along with bunkers and 50cal. on the towers. Barbed wire was only yards from troops and tents. We had underground, covered hooches to sleep in with mortar protection pits inside

Fuel stored in offshore barge. Most tricky ‘cause small boats supporting VC worked offshore at night. They were so many of them that their night running lights looked like a continuation of Phan Thiet for miles out to sea.

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