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During
the first week of October one of the biggest disasters to hit the BAS was
about to occur. We were getting low on beer. The Chief went into a panic.
He got on the phone and called Da Nang and after a few hours he had a plan.
He was going to send myself and HN Steve ROZZI down to Da Nang after Plague
vaccine. We were to spend 3 days at China Beach on in country R&R.
While there, we were to purchase and make arrangements for shipping a
pallet (144 cases) of beer back to Dong Ha. Since that quantity of beer
required the authorization of an officer, the Chief presented me with a
document which gave me authority to buy the beer. He also gave me a set of
instructions on who to contact to make the arrangements. We had a beer
fund. Each time we took a beer from the fridge we put 10 cents into the
kitty. A pallet of beer would yield $345.60 so there was more than enough
money to purchase another pallet. I never did inquire as to what the extra
money was being spent on since the Chief was in charge of the fund.
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