John Bracy's USO photo from August 1974 (above)
Ed Gosselin's comparison photo from May 2007 (below)
Comments from Ed's email about the following pictures:
A couple of comments on the USO pictures:
On your Working Map and on the 553rd Map, this building is labeled "Dining Hall
#2" and on the aerial photo the building labeled as USO does not correspond. I
looked about in the area indicated on the aerial photo but could find no
evidence of a building that would match the configuration indicated by Green's
and Bracy's photos. I then remembered that I'd been in the "Dining Hall #2"
building and it is still used as a club by the Thais,
complete with pool
tables and a stage, so I gave it a closer look.... The ramp leading to the door
visible in the Green photo and the curbs visible in Bracy's photo confirm that
this is the right building. I could not get the full field of view for the Bracy
photo because more-recent construction and a threatening dog limited how far
back I could get.
The following 4 pictures show the comparison.
Jim Green's USO photo from 1975 (above)
Ed Gosselin's comparison photo from May 2007 (below)