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Courtesy of D.T. Vu

WELCOME

... a billboard that most American's saw soon after landing and heading inland.
A sidebar: On my first tour I went over by boat (28 days) but came back on Continental Airlines. On the second tour, I went over on a Boeing 727 from SLICK AIRLINES ... probably only had the one plane and was the low bidder. To get to Vietnam on that type of aircraft meant flying from San Francisco to Anchorage, Alaska ... from there to Tokyo ... on to Hong Kong ... and then on again to Vietnam.


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Derry Gallagher 14-Jul-2020 19:49
I remember the sign very well!
Long Bach Nguyen22-Apr-2011 14:11
That is an awesome image of the old PAN AM...Slick Airlines got bought out to Airlift International but they went out of business in 1991. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift_International
borisalex17-Dec-2010 08:13
What a discrepancy in that scene, flying to sunny Saigon, going to war too! Amazing document! Vote!
Cindi Smith17-Dec-2010 05:11
Whoa.....what a travel itenerary! Excellent shot of the billboard. The way things look, it doesn't look too welcoming to me. A great capture of some memories. I love that you share this with us! V
Dan Greenberg16-Dec-2010 22:40
Really wild! I wonder if anyone was going there for vacation by this point.
Jim Coffman16-Dec-2010 18:02
Nice capture,Tom! V
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