| Page 38 Photos From Bernie Rodgers I arrived in Vietnam in February 1968. I spent four months at the Blackhorse base camp in Xuan Loc with the 551st Light Maintenance Company attached to the 11th Cav. as a mechanic. In June of 1968, I was reassigned to the 567th Transportation Company where I originally ran the tool room and repaired fork lifts at the Maintenance building at Newport Terminal. Later, I drove truck and transported equipment on a low boy trailer to the boneyard. By the time I arrived at Camp Camelot, there weren't any of the orignal tents left in our company area. We also made the trip every day to Newport on that Maintenance bus which we just received in September 1968. |
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| That's me, Bernie Rodgers, in front of the Pollock's 10-ton tractor. |
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| Mess Hall And Headquarters Buildings At Camp Camelot One Of The Hooch Girls Doing Her Daily Routine |
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| Our Home At Camp Camelot |
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| Left Photo - That's me on the left and a buddy from home who came to visit on one of the few days we had off. - Right Photo - I believe the guy on the left was Roman Palowski. He was known around the camp as "The Pollock". He and I transferred together from the 551st. I sure would like to run into him someday. I don't remember the man on the right except he was our SGT. |
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| Down At The Dock At Newport |
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| Here's me and the bus we rode in everyday to Newport. Notice the sign on the bus I made. We were quite proud of that bus. It sure beat riding in the back of a deuce and a half every morning. It meant extra sleep on the ride down. |
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| Full Speed Ahead |
This concludes my section on the site. I'm still looking for more of my photos and will send them to Al to add to this page at a later date. Hope to hear from some of my old friends who may find this site. Email me from here. Bernie Rodgers Next Page |
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| The Pollock And Me Outside Hooch #3 Having Some Fun With The Mamma Sans |
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| My Living Area Inside Hooch #3 |
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| That's Me At 18 Years Old The Pool At The 64th QM Across The Road From Camelot - On Our Off Time A Lot Of Us Would Use The Pool |
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| The Pollock And Tippi Hedren - When She And Joey Bishop Visited Us Outside The Maintenance Building At Newport |
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| Joey Bishop And Myself Outside The Maintenance Building - December 1968 |
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| Lunchtime Inside The Maintenance Building At Newport Papa San Who Worked In The Tool Room With Me At Newport - Photo Taken In The Tool Room |
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| Then & Now Holding the flag sent to me from the 551st Light Maintenance Company in support of the 11th Cav. Me in 1968 and 2005 |
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| Ghost Riders In The Sky - Johnny Cash - 1979 |