THE EARLY YEARS

1965 - 1966

Major (ARTY) Howard C Wiggins, 2nd Commanding Officer, 41 CA, Nha Trang, Vietnam.  Taken outside the Orderly Room Tent early Feb 1966. 

THE IMPROVISED SHOWER CONSISTED OF A 5 GALLON CAN OF WATER LEFT OUT IN THE SUN ALL DAY.  WE WOULD SOAP UP AND RINSE IN A SANDY AREA BEHIND THE TENT.  A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH HELP TO POUR THE WATER OVER YOU WAS MUCH BETTER THAN A COLD SHOWER.

L - R: SP4 JAMES G. FORBES, SP4 JAMES B. WADE, PFC ALFRED P. GODWIN, PFC JOSEPH L. BARRY, NOT SURE ABOUT OTHER THREE.

CONVOY ENROUTE FROM NHA TRANG TO CAM RANH BAY JAN 1966 TO PICK UP VEHICLES BROUGHT IN BY FREIGHTER.  VEHICLES INCLUDED 3 DUECE AND A HALFS: 1 CARRYING NCOs, 2nd LOADED WITH ENLISTED AND THE 3rd WITH OFFICERS ALL LOADED AND READY FOR THE WORST WITH M-14s W/2 MAGAZINES LOADED W/20 ROUNDS EACH, 45s AND GRENADES.

STEVE KOHUT SHOWING OFF HIS HAIRY CHEST

THERE'S MORE TO COME!