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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:02 PM
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Chopper Pics from Korea (Dial-Up WARNING)
A family member served and took
these pics. One of the many I am
trying to scan for them. Sorry about
the size......
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:02 PM
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1. Is it broken?
Why won't it fly?
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:04 PM
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2. Not broken....
just have not got but
1 flying pic scanned.
Not sure if it is the
same chopper.
This was at their base
in Korea, if I recall
correctly, he calls it
'Rat Hill'.

Let me get the flying one...
BRB
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:08 PM
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4. Here is the other one......
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:07 PM
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3. sad thing..those pictures are in full color. nt.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:10 PM
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5. They look
Edited on Thu Jan-03-08 01:11 PM by citizen_jane
B and W to me...
:shrug:
Looks just like the
original I have here
on the desk

edit to add: the camera was
purchased there and the film
developed there. He actually
got in trouble (minor) for bringing
the camera back to the states
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:11 PM
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6. its a Korea joke. nt.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:36 PM
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7. Where was he stationed?
boy, those bring back some memories. I did a year in Uijongbu in 1996-7.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:51 PM
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9. Not sure....
he calls the area at their
base, 'Rat Hill', not far from
Propaganda Village. He has pics
of that and of the bridge of no
return.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:53 PM
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11. He was up on the DMZ, then.
theres a couple of tiny bases up there. I visited them, but never stayed more than a day.
I have some pics of that bridge, too! You're not supposed to take pics of it, but everyone does.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:56 PM
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12. Yes,
he has told me several of
the pics were no-nos. What
amazed me though was, even though
they would not give him certain
pics he took, they gave him the
negatives. :crazy:
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:39 PM
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17. a common saying
"theres the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way."

looks like they were doing it the Army way.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 03:55 PM
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19. Camp Bonifas, perhaps?
Camp Bonifas<1> is the US Army post closest to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, or more accurately, closest to the Joint Security Area and Panmunjeom. Camp Bonifas is home to the United Nations Command Special Security Battalion, which pulls guard duty in the DMZ, and also in the JSA. The guards also conduct special tours of the JSA. The camp has a gift shop which sells DMZ and JSA related souvenirs.

--------------

I was stationed at Camp Casey for a while back in 1998. Those were the times, man.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 03:59 PM
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20. That must be it....
I have heard him talk about
the United Nations Command,
and am pretty sure there are
pics of it somewhere in the
pile he brought me.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:48 PM
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8. Cool pics
Back before the latest neocon wetdream in the ME I used to like military flight sims. Actually I still do, but time, and current events keep me away from them. My father also served in the military, career Navy pilot who served in Vietnam. Anyhow, I am still fascinated with what aeronautical engineers can make fly.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 01:52 PM
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10. Thanks.
I have always wanted to learn
to fly.
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Ryano42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:07 PM
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13. The spine of an old H-1 Huey...updated and still going strong
Everytime I think choppers and Korea...
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:11 PM
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14. Those are AH-1 "Cobra" gunships
The percursor the the Apache.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-1_Cobra



The helo in flight is a UH-1 "Iroquois", often called the "huey"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-1_Iroquois
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 03:28 PM
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18. Thanks!
I could not recall
what he said they were.
:hi:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:17 PM
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15. Okay, whoever is humming the MASH song, please stop.
:evilgrin:
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Ryano42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:20 PM
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16. Because...suicide is painless...
it brings on many changes....

Painless??? :wtf:
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