John Allen - Korat 70-73 388th MMS

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Sawadee Flyer Aug 27th, 1972


Cover of a Sawadee Flyer featuring the EB-66


My Sawadee Club card from 1972

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Stock of 2000lb bombs


The crew that worked the 20MM and Rocket shop


The 20MM Shop


500lb bomb buildup


Banana Trees


Ban Kao Tong


Unloading a crate of fuses


CBU Buildup


This is a shot of all the village people
we rounded up to keep them safe
while we detonated the 500 pounders that landed
in their village as the result of a missed
safe drop.


Aftermath of a MK-82 500pounder


A Korat-based EB-66


Mk 82 fins on their way to buildup.


Installing the fins


The workhorse of the Flightline, the Tug.


An incendiary CBU


MMS breakroom


Napalm buildup


trailer of 2000lb bombs


Loaded Tug and Trailer


Terry


Sgt. Dockery at NKP sitting on a 15k bomb


Rice paddy


Pei Mei Ruins located not far from Korat


Ban Kao Tong village, where we detonated
unexploded bombs after an A/C
missed the Safe-Drop Zone


python skin


John Allen and his Python Skin


banana trees in Ban Kao Tong


Detonating Cord installation on Bomb


grass cutters in bomb dump


mekong river and Laos


Our hootch bar and bunker


My Hootch and House Girls


Rice Chaff Separator


Ban Cao Tong GIs and Poochais


Ban Cao Tong Pooyings


Ban Chao Tong Deknoi


Ban Chao Tong Mk82 Entry Hole


Ban Chao Tong Monkey And Cat


Ban Chao Tong Villagers


Some more residents of Ban Cao Tong.


Gossip Time in the Rice Paddy


Little Pooyings


Diggers at Ban Cao Tong


Ban Cao Tong Digger


Ban Cao Tong Red


Lunch time at Ban Cao Tong


Babys Pet Parrot


Monk In Rice Paddy at Ban Cao Tong


John And Red On Blast Rubble Pile - Mk82


Mk82 Blasted Tree Into Tree


Poisonus Centipede


20MM shipment


500pounders ready for pre-load


Pallet Of Nose Fuzes


20MM shipment


Anyplace Korat


EC-121 at Korat


Philips And Lucas Checkers


Hendrix Checkers


Tractor Missle and Jammer