Dan, Thanks for your service. 280 missions is a lot. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > I was in a Marine Phantom II squadron, VMFA-542, based in Da Nang, > Atsugi Japan 5 weeks) and Chu Lai. I flew 280 missions in country and > north of the DMZ. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sep 9, 2011, at 00:21 , Bob W wrote: Dan's answers below >>>>>>>>>> >> >>> that was a fascinating piece to read, Joe - thanks. Have you ever been over >>> here and followed in his railtracks? That would be an interesting holiday. >> >> No chance I could afford such a trip now, unless I sold all my cameras and >> had all my credit cards paid off. Then what would be the point of going? >> <grin> I have followed it on maps from Liverpool to Utah and through >> France and Germany. Even have a list of directions on how to get from Texas >> to the last place he was stationed. Hardest part was finding a train to >> cross the Atlantic. >> >> Haven't been in Europe since 1974 while working as a contracted photographer >> who was supposed to allow planes full of tourists to leave their cameras at >> home. We built up a library of stock photos of the places and monuments that >> each type of tour would visit as part of the group, covering sunny, cloudy, >> and rainy days which would be the basis of each photo album we would >> pre-sell them. Then I was at the disposal of anyone who had bought the album >> beforehand, or anyone I could sell the concept to as we went along, to >> photograph them in front of attractions, eating at a table, or dancing the >> night away, sober or drunk. Those were then overnighted back to >> Massachusetts for processing the night before they group got back on their >> plane to return. I would have already met the group arriving at the airport >> that morning, then seen my last group off (same plane, same gate). The >> random shots were interspersed with the stock shots at appropriate places, >> and were ready for them to pick up as they deplaned in Boston. >> >> It was quite a gig. I was young and thin, dapper in my light beige rough >> weave sports coat to which I had added epaulettes of similar weight material >> but in a psychedelic pattern of bright colors, popular at the time, so my >> damn Pentaxes and camera bag would stop falling off, interrupting my >> concentration on the subject at hand, usually the just divorced daughters >> who came with their mothers to brighten their lives after such a tragic >> event. Like I said, quite a fine gig for a 29 year old who was getting over >> his first divorce two years prior. >> >> Yum. >> >> On Sep 9, 2011, at 07:04 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >>> When were you "in country" Joseph? >>> >>> Dan >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> Actually only "in country" for 4 hours when I rode with the COD to deliver >> something to someone (wink-wink) in Saigon. Landed at Tan Son Nhut and hung >> out, then back to the USS Bon Homme Richard on Dixie station. Don't know >> what the package was, but it seemed important. Perhaps some film that had >> greater priority than the usual daily trip. I was trying to stay qualified >> so I'd get my flight pay every month, but was unable to catch another ride >> until we went home to NAS Miramar, now a Marine base. No longer Top Gun >> school. Sniff. ;-( Spent 10 months on the high seas! :-) >> >> What base did you belong to? >> >> Joseph McAllister >> [email protected] >> >> “ Nature is considerably more creative and inventive than humankind. Without >> Nature there isn't any humankind. Without humankind, Nature is fine.” >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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