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N0EFD - 1st Marine Division - Chu Lai, RVN 1966 - 67

CHOPS - N0EFE N0EFD N0EFC

Seabee, Rick Norris, Frank McCullum - Ham(m)s chilling at N0EFD

Courtesy of Will Dunn

N0EFD - June '66 - Tent Living

8 X 16 tent on left sleeps 4 - WX tarp for Marines - 1 of 2 vans on right

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

N0EFD - Chu Lai - '66

Tent City - 2 El Quad (Home Brew) - Mike Malsbury Waving (Left Edge Quad Pole

Courtesy of Will Dunn

N0EFD - Van From AC Side

AC obviously not on - note open window and roof vent

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

N0EFD - Living The Vida Loca

edge of tarp on left- Hq Bn supply ahead - generator for N0EFD on right

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Get That Antenna Up Boys

Bob Rotella, Dick Stulz And Don Chilcote fight to re-raise antenna at N0EFD (does this remind you of Iwo?)

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Hold That Antenna Up Boys

Bob Rotella, Dick Stulz And Don Chilcote Success!

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

El Toro - 10000 Miles Ahead

N0EFD sat on a 40 foot bluff overlooking South China Sea – N0EFC 1 1/2 miles on left

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

N0EFD - Monsoon Season 1966-67

Sundown and monsoon blowing in off South China Sea, WX tarp sailing

Courtesy of Will Dunn



Generals Mess And Helo Pad

Mess on right - CG's Staff NCO provided scotch and cigars

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

 

Hq Co Hq Bn 1st Mar Div Chu Lai

Monsoon season - Flags streaming on left - always had a spectacular sunset over the mountains to west

Courtesy of Will Dunn

South Of Chu Lai Late June 1966

Airstrike by F-4

Courtesy of Lewis Westfall

 

Rick Norris

Cameo of Sgt Rick Norris - First CHOP - N0EFD

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Will Dunn

I quit smoking that pipe 34 years ago

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Will Dunn - N0EFD - 1966

We should have won on mean and ugly alone - 20 meter quad reflector on right.

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Will Dunn - N0EFD - June '66

In my spare time I ran patches, QTCs, etc - but mainly I took pictures

Courtesy of Will Dunn

Mike Malsbury

Mike Was From Griffen, Ga - College educated and read Playboy for the articles

Courtesy of Will Dunn

Bob Rotella

Cameo of GySgt Bob Rotella - CHOP - N0EFD

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Don Chilcote

That smile was genuine - Don was a pleasure to work with

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Don Chilcote

Cameo Of Sgt Don Chilcote - Boy did he look good back then

Courtesy of Will Dunn

Don Chilcote At N0EFD

At the controls of the S-Line and Henry 2K - Summer 1966 - Chu Lai, RVN

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Sleeps 4 Uncomfortably

Don taking a break - Note reading material (Playboy) - Tent hard-backed and floored

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Two A4s Taking Off

2 A4s on mat strip runway at Chu Lai - Squadron in background

Courtesy of Will Dunn

 

Will Dunn - 17 Yrs Old

1 year later I was in boot camp - Knight Kit R55 Novice RX - It worked – WN0HKG

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Letter of Commendation, Will Dunn

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