Back in Vietnam
October - December 2009
Henry M Bechtold
     
Guest Book



2009 Trip

Journal of my trip October 2009

Autumn in Kontum

Life in the alley

Saigon Seminary

Markets Western / Eastern

Tan Son Nhat




USARV Today from Satalite

TC Hill Then and Now

Long Binh Today from Satalite

Long Binh - Ammo Dumo - Bien Hoa

Newport Today

Thu Duc Today

Map of Long Binh Post



Guest Book

Favorite Links

Some responses I have received

Pham Thi Chau
Pham Thi Tram
Le Thi Thao Ly

Miss Dung

Travel Tips

Indochine
Old Postcards of Vietnam

Vietnam 1943



2008 Trip

Journal of our trip July - August 2008

Friends old and New

China Beach Danang

Fishing in Danang

Hoi An

Mui Ne

Mekong Delta

The Alley

Around Saigon

Park, Water Puppets, Circle Sportif

Ben Thanh Market at Night

Cholon Market

Ana Mandara - Dalat

Church of Saint Marie - Dalat

Crazy House - Dalat

Around the University - Dalat

Around Dalat



2006 Trip

Journal of our recent trip February March 2006

Vung Tau

Wedding reception of Trevor and Ky

Chau Chuot and Dylan at Dam Sen

Tay Ninh

Cu Chi

Dalat 

Da Nang

Nha Trang

Hue 

Tu Duc's Tomb

Imperial City

Around Saigon

Suoi Tien Park

Vietnamese Navy Headquarters

Bien Hoa

Mekong Delta

USARV Headquarters

Ba Son Ship Yard

MACV Hue



2003 Trip

People from 2001 - 2003

Journal 2003 Trip

First Days in Saigon

 Hanoi

 Ngoc Son - Children

 Bat Trang

 Sapa

 Agent Orange Assistance

 Ha Long Bay

 Hue

Mekong Delta

My Tho Lady

 Saigon

 Vung Tau

 Dalat

Mausoleum of Emperor
Khai Dinh

Cruise on the Perfume River

Tomb of the Emperor
Minh Mang

Tomb of the Emperor
Tu Duc

Miss Alina Ton

The Imperial City
and
The Forbidden Purple City

USARV Long Binh 2003



2001 Trip

Hong Kong 2001

Bien Hoa 2001

My Best Picture

 Hotel Tan Nghia

 Cu Chi - Tunnels

Around Saigon

Outside Saigon

Tay Ninh - Cao Dai

My Tho - Mekong Delta

Then and Now

Daily Journal of my trip

Some interesting people



Long Binh 1967-1968

 People from the past

Newport 1967-68

Convoys 1967-1968

Tanks 1967 - 1968

Long Binh

Barge site south of Long Binh

Things most people do not want to know

Roll 1 1967-68

Roll 2 1967-68

Roll 3 1967-68

Roll 4 1967-68

Roll 5 1967-68

Roll 6 1967-68

Roll 7 1967-68

Roll 8 1967-68

Roll 9 1967-68

Roll 10 1967-68

Roll 11 1967-68

Map of TC Hill
1968


 

WARNING - As I begin this trip there is a new scam where people send emails to contacts of people traveling saying they are stranded and need money to be sent to them via Western Union so they can get home. If you hear from me asking for money it is a scam. I have a round trip ticket and a source of funds should I need money.

WARNING - Yahoo was hacked, or my Yahoo account was hacked and everyone on my contact list was sent an ad for Viagra, in my name. I am sorry this happened and also I am sorry for any inconvienence or embarrasement this may have caused.

I now have a phone number in Vietnam. 01 226 754 379. This is a new number since I had to buy a new SYM card.

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This Barber Shop proves that no space is wasted. The shop is in a place that is just a little bigger than the chair itself.


Thanh Ngan workes on Bui Vien Street and was in the park one morning


Nguyen Xuan Hai is in his first of 6 years of study after which he will be ordained as a Priest. He told me that the campus was so quiet because much of the stydies were carried out in silence.


Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi and Le Thi Gai were inte park enjoying the festivities of the SEA Indoor Games Celebration.


Thu is left and Mai is right

Mai invited me to her home today for a dinner of some things she liked to cook. Mai is my Little Sister. We have been corresponding for almost a year. Mai is a teacer and she also invited one of her students, Thu. We had a very nice meal of Spring Rolls, Noodles, Meat and a Salad of Lotus Flowers, greens and peanuts.


I was out by the remnants of Petrus Ky University and stumbled on this group. They invited me in and kept the Ice Tea flowing. We talked for two hours with almost no comon language. Still we found that to of us were both in the service in 1968. I was in the US Army and Thai was Viet Cong. It was a beautiful time. This group was so happy and fun loving.


Newark to Taipei
Boeing 777 300 ER
Anyone who lived in Philadelphia will recognize the color scheme. PTC Trolly Cream over Green with an Orange stripe around center and a small Cream stripe under the Orange.


Taipei to Saigon
Airbus 330 200


The page you recognized as my home page is still here. You can go down to the link for "2008 Trip". I am now preparing for my upcoming trip of 19 October till 16 December. By October 22 I will be filling in the photos on my home page and writing my journal.

I look forward to this trip so much. I have new friends to meet, who know history. I have new places to find including the French Infantry Barracks from the days of French rule. Also the French Artillery Barracks and the Barracks of the Army Annamite. There is also the posibility of finding a Japanese prison camp from the second world war. Much to see and much to do. I will also be meeting Andreas who is from Germany and we have been writing for some time. This year we will be there at the same time so that will be nice.

I think my index is complete. The home page has links to every page on my site. In each section the pages have links to all pages in that section plus Guest Book and back to Home page. This allows me to add a new section without having to changing every page in every section. I hope you all like it. As always suggestions are always welcome.

I have a Phanfare account and if you go to www.henrybechtold.phanfare.com you can see all the Post Cards I have collected so far. Some are duplicates and a few may be unlabeled or miss labeled. I also have every photo I took on my trip of 2008 since I am now 100% digital it is relatively easy to upload everything.

Please write if you wish. I love these contacts I make here.









My name is Henry Bechtold and I live now, as I have for most of my life, in Beautiful Bucks County, in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Just north of Philadelphia, along the Deleware River. I was in Vietnam from September of 1967 till September of 1968. Stationed at Long Binh, RSVN. Most of my time was with the 572nd trans company but I spent some time with the 10th trans, 534th trans and the 543rd trans which was at the OK Coral in Thu Duc. I returned to Vietnam in 1969, 2001, 2003, and most recently, in February and March of 2006. This site is about my trip in 2006. There are also some pages, in the links to the left, which will take you through my 2001 and 2003 trips and there you will find some photos and stories about my time in 1967 - 68.

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