Memory Joggers From Roland Heatley
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Roland's photos were taken in early 1970, he was assigned to the 355th Field Maintenance Squadron electrical shop.
Wild Weasel ready for a mission - Tail RK-416 |
Takhli Base Chapel, by 1970 the trees have grown up on the circle compared to Clarence Dick's photo |
These little geckos ate tons of mosquitoes, and gave out a little tsk, tsk chirp. Found everywhere, they were treated much like pets at times, downside was their droppings turned up everywhere too |
Roland himself and the 355th Field Mainenance Squadron's stepvan |
A B-66 on an otherwise pretty empty parking ramp. RH tail, but cannot make out the number |
The road and means to town, a one-baht "bus". For a nickel, these converted pickup trucks would haul you to town, two bench seats facing each other in the back with a roof for rain. Not quite up to OSHA requirements. You could tell who had been there a long time by the way they would step off the little step on the back while the thing was still moving |