: The day I arrived incountry. The World Airways
: flight landed at Bien Hoa at night. The
: busride to Longbien- a Buddy Holly medley
: playing on the busdrivers radio. At Longbien
: The Bob Hope Show was on base one day, but
: my group was detailed to fill sandbags and
: burn sh--. I arrived at Camp Holloway late
: on Christmas Day 1968, and reported to the
: 119TH on 12/26. When I reported to the
: orderly room I think I said something like I
: am not sure where I am supposed to be, and
: Sgt. Wyatt said well thats par for the
: course. o well Merry Christmas, EVERYONE!

Gene, I had been there about six months by then, had just gotten back from a couple of months at Dak To, was getting out of maintenance and started flying, and I remember Christmas Day, 1968 as one of the worst days of my life. Yours could not have been much better than that, if at all, and was probably worse.

Merry Christmas; Silent Night.