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| Latrines built and used by the Armed Forces in Vietnam circa 1966 | |||
Always remember We have been working pretty hard trying to finish The Wall of Names. Most of the panels are finished but there is still one to go. All but one helmet has to be added for Sgt. Cox. We are adding three head markers for Lt. Danielson , Sgt. Cox and the last my brother Jack Manson. You can see more by following this link to the millbury memorial. |
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| Mr. Hart was talking to another Veteran who was an Engineer with the Marines. They called there latrines six-holers. Come to think we built 4-holers. The pictures below were taken at our new area of operations just south of a Special Forces Camp called Bear Cat. The first picture is the starting structure for an Officers Latrine. Second picture after clearing the jungle the first order is to build four holers that are located to the right side of the picture. Horsing around (we did it a lot) behind those two was an Officers Latrine that had a sign that said Officers only. |
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A downpour in Vietnam with Pee Tubes in the distance |
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| The picture above was taken during a Monsoon down pour at a communication center just down the road from our encampment. Pee tubes can be seen in center of the compound. This was taken in Vietnam in 1965. In case you wondered...Most of the soldiers had pee cans inside their tents. |
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Bear Cat Forward Area - Start of the Latrine |
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Building latrines after clearing the jungle at Bear Cat |
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Letting off steam and goofing off in Vietnam at Bearcat area in the jungle |
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Another picture showing how they got rid of human waste in Vietnam Photo contributed by E. Hart |
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Pants down...Rifle ready Photo contributed by E. Hart |
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Piss Tube used by the Army 1966 This piss tube was used in Vietnam 1965 - 1966. It was located just down the road from Bear Cat Special Forces Camp. Photo contributed by E. Hart |
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Latrine used by the Army 1966 Photo contributed by E. Hart |
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Open air latrine during a monsoon in Vietnam Photo contributed by E. Hart |
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 More permanent latrine in Vietnam used by the US Army Photo contributed by E. Hart |
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Mr. Hart was kind enough to send us some pictures of latrines (The Army doesn't use the name bathroom, outhouse or lavatory) that were built and used in Vietnam during the Vietnam war in 1966. This is what he wrote... "This is a urinal that was used in Vietnam. A rocket tube placed in the ground above and over stone. It had a three sided privacy fence to give you at least a little privacy! The next picture was taken during an afternoon monsoon of another urinal that was built in the center of our camp (no roof). The last picture shows that after we got settled in and being at a permanent site, we built much nicer out buildings. Under the seat were three 55 gallon drums cut in half. When full they were pulled out and at a safe distance set a fire the reason for the vents was during the day the temp. It would reach 112 to 120 deg. with high humidity." You can see the barrels burning on this page on the tour. Mr. Hart is also a poet. Here is one of his poems: No #1 | |
| What else can you see in the images shown? Many times a photo is worth a thousand words and I've only elaborated with a few so why don't you add some "color commentary" to my collection. If your addition is worthy, you will find the quote added on the Comments to the Curator
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