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| My name is Tom Poston. I was with the 154th Transportation Company from July 1968 to July 1969. I was a platoon leader at Newport Terminal. We loaded and unloaded barges, LSTs amd LSUs. For my last month in country, I was assigned to Saigon port and lived in a hotel in Saigon. |
| Tom Poston At Camp Camelot |
| My Hootch - Note 3 Doors To Cubes In Middle And A Door On Each End |
| My Hootch - Five Officers To A Hootch |
| Looking From My Front Porch Down The Walk Way Of The 154th Company Area |
| My Cube On End Of Hootch |
| Mail Call At The 154th Orderly Room |
| 154th Company Commander |
| 2 1/2 Ton Truck Next To Stand Up Latrine At Camp Camelot |
| Heading Down To Newport |
| Some Of The Men In My Platoon - Man on left is Sgt Wright. |
| More Men In My Platoon |
| Couple Of The 154 Men At The Barge Site |
| More Of The 154 Men |
| On Left LT Tom Poston - On Right LT Joe Drinon |
| Jeep Driver And One Of Our Foremen |
| Tom Taking A Banana Break |
| Picking Up The Trash |
| LST Office |
| My Office |
| Retrograding Tanks |
| Another Tank Heading Home |
| Philco Ford Trucks Waiting To Pick Up Cargo |
| LST Decks |
| Bunkers At My Office - Newport |
| Bunkers At The LST Site |
| Floating Crane And Tug Bringing A Barge In |
| Aussie Truck At Newport |
| Headquarters At Newport |
| Big John - The Floating Crane |
| Shipping The Garbage Out |
| Fuel Boat Going Up The River |
| View Of Barge Site From The River |
| Approaching The South China Sea & Vung Tau Port |
| Route 1-A - Somewhere Between Long Binh And Newport |
| Aussie Truck Picking Up Cargo At Newport |
| Looking Out Over The Land From The Chopper |
| The Foreman Shows The Evidence - Want some more Wayne? |
| Wayne Really Got Drunk - First And Last Time |
| Coolies Who Worked For Me |
| Coolies Re-Banding Freight |
| Crossing The Newport Bridge During A Rain Storm |
| Office Workers Going Home |
| LCU Coming In |
| LST And My Two LCMs |
| RT Forklift Loading LCU |
| Two LSTs In Port At My Site |
| LST Coming In Assisted By One Of My LCMs |
| Discharging Thai Vehicles From LST During A Rain Storm |
| Loading An LCU |
| Coming Into The LST Slip |
| One of the LSTs from the 97 Heavy Boat Company arrives at Newport Terminal. - We haul anything big or small. |
| 2 LCUs At My Site |
| RT Forklift & Crane Load Cargo On LCU |
| Sea Train New Jersey - Carries Mostly Vehicles |
| Tug At Newport |
| Transporting Thai Troops From Vung Tau To Newport |
| My Helicopter To Vung Tau |
| Pilot Checking Controls Before Taking Off |
| PBR escorts LST with Thai troops on it. |
| Victory Ship Meridian Passing LST |
| Victory Ship Harding |
| Mike Boat Approaching Newport From Saigon |
| Mike Boat Pulling Away From Ships At Saigon Port |
| Escort Gunship Flying About Four Feet Above The River |
| Our Escort Chopper |
| Chopper Leaving Vung Tau |
| View From Pier Across Saigon River |
| Chopper Flying Directly Overhead |
| My Two Mike Boats Which I Use To Assist LSTs Coming Into The Port |
| Phillipino Tug In River - Moves Barges When We Request It |
| Main Source Of Transportation For Most Vietnamese |
| Rice Patties Along 1-A |
| Below are some photos I took in and around the Saigon area after most of the 154th was reassigned to the Saigon Port. |
| The Resting Vietnamese Soldier On 1-A |
| Honda Roadside Gas Station - Orange bottles have gas in them. |
| Traveling On 1-A |
| On Our Way To Saigon For A Vietnamese Party |
| Driving Down The Honda Filled Streets |
| Buddhist Temple |
| Fueling Up At The Shell Gas Station |
| Wayne - Off To The Party |
| The Presidential Palace |
| Esso Barrel Yard Off Saigon River |
| In The Big City At Last |
| Peasant Huts On The Way Down River To Saigon |
| Scenic Saigon From The Saigon River |
| More Photos From The Saigon River |
| Homes Along The River |
| Hope you have enjoyed looking at my photos. Please contact me with any questions or comments. |
| E-Mail Tom Poston |
| Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens - 1968 |
| Full Speed Ahead |