After dinner on my last night in the General's Mess, MG Pepke awarded me the
Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal.
The next afternoon, 28 June 1969, I was flown to
Can Ranh Bay on a small plane.
MG Pepke after pinning on my Legion of Merit |
After adding the Bronze Star Medal, we cut the celebratory
cake. |
Approaching Can Ranh Bay
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One of my Command and General Staff College classmates was Commander
of the 22nd Replacement Battalion and took good care of me. Lacking transportation, I didn't see
much of Cam Ranh Bay but did get a couple of pictures.
Barracks in the 22nd Replacement Battalion |
An ugly bunker on a beautiful beach |
Over Cam Rahn Bay. My last look at Vietnam |
A couple days later I flew by charter to McCord Air Force Base near Tacoma,
WA, took a taxi to the Seattle-Tacoma airport just in time to hop on an
overnight Northwest Airlines flight, and arrived in Madison, WI, early on 2
July. I had called my wife during a transfer in Minneapolis, and she was at
the airport with our four sons to meet me. The adventure was over!Page 1
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