After Dark

Pleiku, Republic of Vietnam, 1971.

The near door is Ward 1 of the 71st Evacuation Hospital. The ward was being used as a barracks by the time I arrived, and is where I lived for most of my tour. The entry to Ward 2, also a barracks housing our operation, is at the other light. As you can see, the place wasn't really well-lit.

Steve Streeper left me a note a few weeks back remarking on all the weeds which grew up after the medicos ceded the buildings to us signal folks. You can see some of those weeds growing atop the blast wall (which protected the building from stray 122 rockets). When I arrived, merely six months after Steve left, the weeds had already taken possession of the place....