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AB8AW

Alpha Bravo Eight Alpha Whiskey

5th Special Forces Group

Nha Trang, 1966 - 1971

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 MARS Station AB8AW was first housed in a building formerly used as a wash house behind the Communications Center.  The station was moved from its location in the antenna field to a building between the Communications Center and  Maintenance Shop.   It was a   sturdy concrete building, much roomier than the old wash house.  (This building had been a latrine in a prior life.)

The Special Forces Detachment (Project Omega) B-50's Orderly Room and Supply Room building shared space with AB8AW for its next location.  The building burned to the ground late one night.  Does anyone remember where the station was located next?

Summary condensed from statements by Sam Cook, AUS, AB8AW 1966-1967

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