Although Quonset huts were primarily used during WWII, they were also present during the Vietnam war. The following are some pictures and personal accounts.
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An aerial view of the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang, 1966 Source. Herman 156 |
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The OR Quonset Hut at 7th Surgical Hospital, Cu Chi, 7th Surgical Hospital (MA) Vietnam, taken by Dr. Neill Baker |
Source: Lt Col Neill H Baker, Army Medical Corp, Vietnam 1966-67
The OR Quonset Hut at 7th Surgical Hospital interior, Cu Chi, 1966 Source: 7th Surgical Hospital (MA) Vietnam, taken by Dr. Neill Baker |
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Sandbagging the OR Quonset Hut 7th Surgical Hospital, CuChi,
Vietnam August,1966
Source: 7th Surgical Hospital (MA) Vietnam, taken by Don Elsom
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Abandoned Hospital Complex, Pleiku, Vietnam; 1971 Source: Joel Dinda |
Abandoned Hospital Complex, Pleiku, Vietnam; 1971 Source: Joel Dinda |
Source: Joel Dinda
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Seabee Team 0809 erecting the Quonset tool storage area at the equipment compound, Can Tho, Vietnam, April 1968 Source: US Navy Seabee Museum |
EO1 William Wannoner, CMH2 Robert Riley, and SWC Charles Bixby erecting the quonset tool storage area at the new Seabee Team 0809 equipment compound
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Company picnic volleyball game, Saigon, Feb 1967Source: Daniel P. Cotts 101st Radio Research Company 1966-`68 |
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Seabees erecting Quonset Hut, Chu Lai, Vietnam, April 25, 1966
Source: US Navy Seabee Museum
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"About halfway through my tour at Chu Lai, we moved into air-conditioned Quonset huts, with cement floors, sandbagged head-high, inside and out. We still called them hooches"
Source: Dave Hunter, US Naval Academy Class of 1965.
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Officer's "Hooch", Chu Lai, 1967-68 |
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Hooch, Chu Lai, July 17, 1970 Source: Vietnam from the backseat of a fighter-bomber |
"OPs quonset hut left, Supply quonset hut right. Admin quonset out of picture to left. Supply room destroyed by 122mm rocket in Spring 68"
Source: Daniel P. Cotts 101st Radio Research Company 1966-`68
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Latrine, Company A, 52nd Sig. Can Tho Airfield, 1969-70.Source: Riley Cook & James Barron |
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Dan Sweeney and friend, Can Tho Airfield, 1967-68, Source: Dan Sweeney |
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A friend of Dan Sweeney, Can Tho Airfield, 1967-68, Source: Dan Sweeney |
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Jan K Herman, Navy medicine in Vietnam: Oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon, (North Carolina, McFarland and Co., 2009) 156
"Vietnam from the backseat of a fighter-bomber," accessed Dec 10, 2012
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