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The
next day we set out to take care of business before enjoying China Beach.
First we traveled to NSA hospital, near Marble Mountain. We made contact
with HMC HORSLEY and made arrangements for the truck. We also dropped by the
Optometry Lab and made arrangements for the plague vaccine, which we would
pick up on our way back north. We then tried to find L/Cdr
Miller at the White Elephant in the city of Da Nang, but were unsuccessful.
We then headed for Camp Ten Sha and found LCU
1624, a landing craft that was large enough to travel the ocean, but small
enough to get up the Cua Viet River at Dong Ha.
We then went back to NSA hospital and got a truck. Then it was off to the
Air Force PX to buy the beer. Everywhere we went in Da Nang we felt out of
place, but especially at the Air Force PX. The guard at the gate was not
going to let us in because our uniforms were faded, unstarched,
and our boots were not polished. We informed him we were not from Da Nang,
but Dong Ha. His response was "Where's that?" We explained it was
where the real war was being fought. He still was not going to let us in,
so I asked to see the duty officer. When he came I explained the situation
and he let us in. The beer was purchased and loaded on the truck and then
we delivered it to the Deep Water Pier where it was loaded aboard the boat.
We then went back to China Beach.
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