Airfield, Dong Tam, Dec 1968 A line of Bell UH-1 Huey's used by the 9th Infantry Division for air insertions in and around Dinh Tuong Province down in the Mekong Delta. I only took one serious ride on one these when I and an officer were taken in and dropped off near a remote hamlet. The ride at nearly 140 knots at very low altitude to avoid enemy fire was incredible. When I say low we literally had to gain altitude to clear the dikes in the rice paddies. I sat between and just behind the pilot and co-pilot for the whole trip taking it all in. When we got to the LZ it was too wet to land so we had to jump out of the chopper as it hovered. After that anything any amusement park has to offer cannot compete. I shot this series on one of my infrequent visits to Dong Tam with an old Practiflex 35mm camera I initially brought over. Said camera had been picked up a pawn shop in Fresno by my dad back in the late '50's.
