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Photo's of VW-1 deployed at Chu Lai

Photo's courtesy of Bud Hummel AE-3 1966-67, unless noted otherwise

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Pictured at the left is one of the flight crews having a party, I think this is Jesse Garcia ADR-1 at Sangley Pt. having a warm one. 1967.

Pictured 2nd from the left is John Persson and other flight crew members at Sangley Pt. get-together.

Pictured 3rd from the left is the Sangley Point P.I. Sheraton, enlisted quarters. This replaced the quonset huts in 1966, which are shown in the forground below.

4th. picture from the left: When the new barracks were full we had to stay in these old quonset huts. courtesy of Al Garza ATR-2 VW-1 66-67 TE-4

Here is an old fellow. A B-47 doing a tango on the Cavite, P.I. runway behind our quonset huts, these huts were replaced by the Sangley Point P.I. Sheraton.

Pictured on the left is a couple of the VW-1 ground pounders filling sand bags for the bunkers. You can just about hear these guy's commenting, "Think we will run out of sand before the C.O's castle gets built"?

Pictured 2nd. from the left is of Bud Hummel in bunker outside the butler hut that was the VW-1 headquarters in Chu-Lai. Taken about March 1967.

Pictured 3rd. from the left is Jon Persson making sure he has a spot inside the bunker in Chu-Lai. 1968

Pictured 4th. from the left is our headquarters in Chu-Lai. About March 1967

Pictured on the left is our shower room in Chu-Lai March 1967

Pictured 2nd. from the left is our outhouse. With Air conditioning. Chu-Lai

Pictured on the left is a Connie coming in for a landing with some fan fare of other planes.

Pictured 2nd. from the left is TE-1 coming in after a flight with #2 engine broke. This was fairly normal for us to take off with 4 engines and come back with 3 engines running. The prop governor wires would break or short out. I spent a lot of time building prop governor pigtails. There is a good story there too.

Pictured 3rd. from the left is TE-1 being cleaned up and ready to fly again. March 1967

Pictured 4th. from the left is TE-5 with an F-4 behind it, and an A-4 taking off. March 1967 at Chu-Lai.

Bud Hummel (on left) and an unknown friend, hitting the town outside Chu-Lai Vietnam Base.

Pictured on the left is Eugene "Gene" Kipp ATR2 with an open side panel of an IP-203/APS-20 radar indicator. This picture was taken inside the Avionics Trailers that were located beside the Butler Building towards the duty runway at Chu Lai Circa Nov 1968

2nd. picture from the left Krieberg ATR2 looks it up on the schematic as he works on an APS-20 radar problem. This picture was also taken inside the Avionics Trailers

3rd. picture from the left caribou passing by front of VW-1 Det C operations.

Photo's at Chu Lai Nov 1968 courtesy of Eugene "Gene" Kipp ATR2 VW-1 Det C 68-69

4th. picture from the left: TE-5 BuNo 145931 on the ramp next to the butler hut that VW-1 shared with NASU in Chu Lai.

Photo #4 at Chu Lai Jan. 1968 courtesy of John "Moe" Moehlenkamp ATR2 VW-1 TE-9, 2 66-68

Pictured on the left TE-4, "The City of Naminoue", at Chu Lai.
Photo courtesy of Scott Bates Civ./TSgt, USAF 60-62: & 66-68

1st Picture on the left: Barracks in Chu-Lai, Looks like a good heavy rain.

2nd. picture from the left: Looking at a Vietnamese fishing boat over the perimeter wire

3rd. picture from the left: Search light to watch for infiltrators.

4th. picture from the left: TE-5 BuNo 145931 on the ramp with a F-4 taking off.

Photo's courtesy of Vic Cook AG2 VW-1 TE-7 68-70

1st Picture on the left: Vietnamese fisherman walking on the beach just outside the perimeter wire.

2nd. picture from the left: Vietnamese girl with her baby.

3rd. picture from the left: Vietnamese girl playing on old war materials.

4th. picture from the left: Vietnamese boy near Chu Lai.

Photo's courtesy of Vic Cook AG2 VW-1 TE-7 68-70

1st Picture on the left: Vietnamese fisherman walking on the beach just outside the perimeter wire.

2nd. picture from the left: Looking at a Vietnamese fishing boat over the perimeter wire

3rd. picture from the left: This is not a super connie.

4th. picture from the left: TE-1 and TE-3 on the ramp at Chu-Lai..

Photo's courtesy of Vic Cook AG2 VW-1 TE-7 68-70

1st Picture on the left: Rockets.

2nd. picture from the left: A Vietnamese village outside the base at Chu-Lai, our crew only got into the village one time.

3rd. picture from the left: A bunker for VW-1 personnel.

4th. picture from the left: We had just taken off from Sangley Point, PI. Just before we were to rotate and lift our nose, we lost power in two engines, too late to stop.
We eased into the air then made a large loop around Manila bay, dumping fuel to get light enough to land. My weather observer window was a perfect location to view the dumping so I grabbed the camera and snapped this photo.

Photo's courtesy of Vic Cook AG2 VW-1 TE-7 68-70

1st Picture on the left: Navy Patrol Boat going out on patrol.

Photo's courtesy of Vic Cook AG2 VW-1 TE-7 68-70

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