The American association with Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base lasted officially from the early 1960's thru 1976. With the end of Vietnam came the end of the American portion of Udorn. Many sites chronicle the war era. I want to show you our normal life as  "run of the mill" G.I.'s. The Vietnam war ended and we just went on following orders.  We were young, far from home and looking to see our world. And hoping to get back to The World soon. So I went "kalong" diving in my closet looking for my old picture book, and these pages were the result. Like most of us my time "in country' was short. From 1975 until the American portion closed in 1976. Making somebody go "Kalong diving" was a common humorous threat in a land where every vile thing was tossed into the

(ditch) Kalong.     Thanks for visiting

Tango Row . . .at the end of the Runway. This is a good example of a Kalong too.

I received a note that the foundation in the foreground is part of a bridge that was the Main Gate in the early ‘60’s. The gate officers had a locked ammo box mounted on a post, that contained a..45 pistol. Or sometimes an unloaded rifle. The part about the gun in a box, I have confirmed via people that were “there” (Picture credit: Ron Bell)