In a message to Robert Linenweber  David Kirschbaum wrote:
 DK> I only got up to DaNang once (hitched a ride in a VNAF KingBee to
 DK> visit a buddy at the CCN camp there S of DaNang).  Thought I
Wow!  As I recall, few Americans would set foot on VNAF airplanes.  Through 
no fault of their own, the VNAF pilots didn't have a good reputation.  You 
were either of a different mind-set or you really wanted to see your buddy.
 DK> Now I can't even remember if the Stars and Stripes had a photo.
If they did, I didn't see it.  However as I remember Stars and Stripes only 
reported "happy news."  Nobody on the Allies side ever made a mistake in 
Stars and Stripes.  There was a battalion that refused to go forward and it 
was a big news item.  It was only a couple miles from where I was and I 
didn't hear a word about it.  The first I learned of it was when I got the 
Saint Louis Post Dispatch in the mail with its 3 week old news.  --  On the 
other hand, when Ted Kennedy's car went off the end of a bridge the Stars and 
Stripes carried it in every edition.  --  If you put the left wing Saint 
Louis Post Dispatch in a blender with the Stars and Stripes you would come 
out with one good newspaper.
 DK> Yeah, me too.  Hope somebody's writing all this stuff down.
I wish I had kept a journal when I was in Nam.  Every once in a while I think 
about writing what I can remember for future generations but there never 
seems to be enough time.
What were you doing there?  Service, job, etc.  ???
Good talking with you.       --- Bob Linenweber ---
PS - If you're a glutton for punishment I'll tell you my war story about the 
time I tried to takeoff on the wrong runway at Marble Mountain.
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