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Picture taken May 1970. At that time, Pleiku was home to the 362 TEWS and
Detachment 2 of the 6994 Security Squadron. Pleiku is located in the Central
Highlands of Vietnam with an altitude of 1,500 to 2,000 feet (I'm guessing, it
may have been higher?). Compare this altitude with the 5-20 feet above sea
level at DaNang. The weather at Pleiku was generally cool and pleasant.
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Picture taken May 1970. I'm not certain, but this may have been the
recreation building with swimming pool out back?
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Picture taken May 1970. The Base Chapel.
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Picture taken May 1970. This should be a familiar sight to anyone stationed
at Pleiku. It shows one of the Det 2 Dorms/Barracks (I think), plus the
outdoor movie screen. Good (or bad) movies were shown here most every night.
The dinning hall is visible to the rear of the screen. The flight line plus
TEWS and Det 2 operations were off to the right of the picture.
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Picture taken May 1970. An overview of the base with the swimming pool shown
in the foreground.
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Picture taken May 1970. The Airmen/NCO Club straight ahead with barracks
shown to the left.
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Picture taken May 1970. Shows the barracks area.
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Picture taken July 1970. Taken from the Airmen/NCO Club and shows the
Barracks with flight line in background. The 362 and Det 2 were relocated to
DaNang at this time. How did I get back to Pleiku in July? Well, after
returning from an afternoon mission to DaNang, the weather was bad and we were
advised that there was a hour to hour and a half wait to land. The pilot
advised that we did not have enough gas to stay up for another hour. The
control tower inquired if we were declaring an emergency and the pilot
responded "no, I just don't have enough gas to stay up here for another hour."
Control tower advised us that our alternates were Phu Cat and Pleiku. The
pilot opted for Pleiku since it was closer. We had to stay with the aircraft
all night guarding our "mission bag" since there was not a secure area left at
Pleiku following the move to DaNang. We took turns going to the club for
dinner and I shot a few more pictures of the place.
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Picture taken July 1970. It shows the Airmen/NCO Club with the Outdoor Movie
Screen and flight line in the background.
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