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First Trip to Vietnam - 1967

By 1967 most RVN replacements such as me were flying to Vietnam on commercial planes contracted by the USAF Military Command. The two means of getting to RVN was to fly or go on a troop ship. Before you started you Vietnam experience you had to get there. I told them I would write ezines on my experiences in then the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). I had some interest from my college students on my experience in Vietnam.

I think the Army rooked me out of the standard 30 days of leave. Ohio, after processing out of Fort Gordon I went home on leave to my home in Delaware. The Army referred to this as a Port Call. California, i was given a set of military orders and about $360.00 in travel pay to get to Oakland Army Base. Georgia, i received my orders for Vietnam sometime in early June of 1967 while assigned to Fort Gordon.

RVN, my next article will explain the in processing procedure at the 90th Replacement Battalion in Long Binh. And then on to Saigon, philippines, clark AFB, the flight stopped in Hawaii. I boarded a Braniff contract airplane and off I go to Vietnam. California, finally the group I was assigned to was bused to Travis AFB. I was at this depot for about three days and what I remember about this place was all the confusion and moving from one billeting area to another. Once in San Francisco I caught a cab to Oakland and soon knew I was back in the Army. This was the last time I would feel free for a long time. This four hour flight seemed to only last about 10 minutes. California, ohio to San Francisco, once my leave was up I caught a plane from Columbus.