 Air Force 1Lt Merline Lovelace
at Danang AB in March, 1972, just weeks before the Easter offensive of 1972 -- the largest
coordinated attack of the war by North Vietnam. |
 All night before the cease
fire, planes flew flare-drop over Tan Son Nhut AFB because of the threat of rocket/mortar
attacks by the Viet Cong. At first light, approximately two hours before the cease
fire became effective, Charley hit with one last attack. February, 1973. |
 On a break during an MACV Special Services tour of Saigon
October 1972. SSgt Claire Allison, SSgt Dianne Hatley, Airman Donna Bornholdt, and
SSgt Carol Tschetter. |
 WWII
had its Remington Raiders. The Air Force in Vietnam in January 1973 had Murphy's
Marauders. Left to right: TSgt Gini Griffith, TSgt Marge Buck, SSgt Carol
Urich, Capt. Pat Murphy, Sgt DeeAnn Masters, SSgt Linda Bellard, Capt. Jill Tate, and SSgt
Dianne Hatley. |
 Several
enlisted women from the Tan Son Nhut WAF Squadron, as well as several men, spent many a
Sunday (their only day off) at an orphanage near Bien Hoa where they played with the
children and made improvements to their living quarters. TSgt Gini Griffith with one
of the orphans. September/October, 1972. |
 SSgt. Mary Curry (left) and SSgt. Mary Webb examine flag battle streamers
at 7th Air Force Headquarters, Tan Son Nhut, 1970. |
 Sgts Dee Masters (left) and Donna Bornholdt Spaller on a
Communist tank captured from the North Vietnamese in Ahn-Loar. Pleiku, September
1972. |
 Sgts Donna Bornholdt Spaller (left) and Dee Masters with a
Montagnard family near Pleiku. All lived in the one-room "shed" behind the
group. The five children belonged to the girl in front of Bornholdt (the girl being
one year older). They shared rice wine with the Air Force women. September
1972. |
 SSgt Gini Griffith and the little "fellows" at the Nhut
Chi Mai Orphanage, Bien Hoa. The little girls stayed hidden most of the time.
November 1972. |
 SSgt
Gini Griffith at Bien Hoa Market. November 1972. |
 SSgts Joan Bence and Pat LaRocque at market in
Saigon. December 1972. |
 Sgts
Joan Bence and Pat LaRocque ready for a ride over Saigon on a rescue helicopter.
October 1972. |
 Guard
dog "Hot Shot" at the WAF hooch at Tan Son Nhut AFB,
Vietnam. Note the fence with locked gate surrounding the barracks. February 1972. |
 Sgt
Donna Bornholdt Spaller, at her desk at Air Force Advisory Group, Directorate of
Personnel Office, HQ MACV. December 1972. |
 New
WAF barracks at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam. Still have a fence surrounding the
barracks. July 1972. |
 Sgt
Donna Bornholdt Spaller, taken by a street photographer on first trip to Saigon. 10
January 1972. |
 Vo
Tahn Street, looking toward MACV, in front of the Medford Hotel. |
 Welcome to Saigon. |
