DUSTOFF VIETNAM
82nd Medical Detachment (Hel Amb)1967, 68, 69

Pictures Courtesy of CW2 Michael G. Lewis (Dust Off 82)
mlewis011@charter.net


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My Dust Off Calling Card.

 


Michael G. Lewis
July 1969 at Fort Rucker
Michael G. Lewis
July 1969 at Fort Rucker
Michael G. Lewis
July 1969 at Fort Rucker
Michael G. Lewis
July 1969 at Fort Rucker


Me in background with roommates
at Fort Wolters, early 1969

 

 

 


Me (on the right) with
Walter Adams at
Fort Sam Houston going
through medical training In Aug. 1969

 


My military ID Card


Peterson (left) Castranova (right) medic and crew chief.
I was shot down. I think it was Apr. 70. You can see the bullet hole in oil reservoir.


I was shot down. I think it was Apr. 70.
Castranova (at tail) Peterson ( left) Me (center) Cpt. Rodebaugh (right)

I was shot down. I think it was Apr. 70.
Peterson (left) Me (center) Cpt. Rodebaugh (right)
I was shot down. I think it was Apr. 70.
Cpt. Rodebaugh (left) Me (center) Peterson (right) & patients in cabin.


Me in the office at the 82d, Navy Binh Thuy


Me in the office at the 82d, Navy Binh Thuy
Me putting in air coditioner at our barracks room. Jim Pletcher, Pat Hays and I knocked out walls of 3 rooms and made a "suite"

Me outside room, Navy Binh Thuy


Me

 


Me

 


Me

 


Me

 


WO1 Pat Hays, May 70

 


82nd Orderly room

 
Dominick Bombaro 82nd Clerk
Bombaro (left) Cpt. Mote (center sitting) Castranova (right)
Me outside barracks room.

Me outside barracks room.


Me in Office.

 
Barracks where we lived at Navy Binh Thuy


Navy Binh Thuy

 


Navy Binh Thuy

 


Navy Binh Thuy

 


Navy Binh Thuy

 


Navy Binh Thuy

 


Navy Binh Thuy

 
Island in the river between Can Tho ahd Binh Thuy.


The Delta
Can Tho soccer field (Vietnamese patient drop off area)
Island in the river between Can Tho ahd Binh Thuy.


San Pan by Can Tho.

 


Between Can Tho and Binh Thuy.

 


Can Tho airfield.


Cloudy day over Kien Hung
Sunset at Binh Thuy.
Sunset at Binh Thuy.


Sunset at
Binh Thuy.

Sunrise (going home after a night of flying)


Can Tho

 


By Can Tho.

 
Sun Rise (flying from Chi Lang to Navy Binh Thuy)


Can Tho

 


The Delta


Just west of Can Tho airfield


Navy Binh Thuy
Our room (me, Pat Hays, Jim Pletcher)
Our room (me, Pat Hays, Jim Pletcher)

Our room (me, Pat Hays, Jim Pletcher)


Navy Binh Thuy
Our barracks at Navy
Binh Thuy.
DEROS fly by (not sure who was leaving)
DEROS fly by (not sure who was leaving)

DEROS fly by (not sure who was leaving)
DEROS fly by (not sure who was leaving)
DEROS fly by (not sure who was leaving)


Navy destroyer 90 miles off the coast of Thailand.
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Navy destroyer 90 miles off the coast of Thailand

Navy destroyer 90 miles off the coast of Thailand
Navy destroyer 90 miles off the coast of Thailand
Navy destroyer 90 miles off the coast of Thailand
Navy destroyer 90 miles off the coast of Thailand
Going in for a pickup.

Going in for a pickup.
Going in for a pickup.
Departing pickup.
Departing pickup.
Between Can Tho and Binh Thuy.


Nha Bang area.


Nha Bang

 
Shrine at Nha Bang (near Cambodian border)
Shrine at Nha Bang (near Cambodian border)
Cambodia, approximately 30 miles N.E. of Ha Thien. I had a pickup ther, May 1970

Cambodia, approximately 30 miles N.E. of Ha Thien. I had a pickup ther, May 1970
Cambodia, approximately 30 miles N.E. of Ha Thien. I had a pickup ther, May 1970
Cambodia, approximately 30 miles N.E. of Ha Thien. I had a pickup ther, May 1970


Coast south of Ha Thien.

 


Island off coast of Ha Thin.

Ha Thin.
Island(s) off coast by Ha Thin.
Sland(s) off coast by Ha Thin.
Sland(s) off coast by Ha Thin. Fishermen at work
Sland(s) off coast by Ha Thin.
Fishermen at work

VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.

VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.

VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
VC weapons captured at Ha Tien.
Ha Tien.

Ha Tien.
Ha Tien.
Ha Tien.
Caribou at Bac Liew airfield.
Caribou at Bac Liew airfield.

Caribou at Bac Liew airfield.
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