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What happens when you have an encounter with a building during a mortar attack.

Capt. Pedigo 1967

This was taken about Sept or early Oct 67 as I was promoted in

mid-Oct. The tank in the background was the second built and the

perimeter bunkers can be seen in the background. To the left is the

Muleskinner flight line. The four inch pipelone going to the refueling

nozzles is on the ground at my feet. Behind me is a ten foot wide by

eight feet deep ditch dug by the Engineers to drain the Engineer area.

The berm around the tank was a containment berm designed to retain

the contents in event of a rupture. Later, at my insistence, the berms on

all four tanks were built to the height of the tank, about eight feet.

Laterite was hauled in and pushed up using a bulldozer.

CPL Burton

Little Bears At Work

PFC Carter

PFC Coffroth

PFC Gallina

Stevens