Wards 1 & 2

The covered walkway between the "front" doors of Wards 1 and 2, 71st Evacuation Hospital, Pleiku, Republic of Vietnam. This photo was taken from the entryway of Ward 2. (Last week's Vietnam photo showed the "back" doors of the same buildings.)

By the time I arrived in Pleiku, these wards had been converted (ha!) to barracks and Signal Support Detachment Pleiku (or Company A, 146th Signal in another incarnation) had taken up residence. I originally lived in Ward 2, in a "room" I shared with several others; around the middle of my tour I moved into Ward 1 and shared a more private room with Sgt Curtis Alford, who was Duty NCO to my Trick Chief (Shift Supervisor) on what was usually the night shift.

Once again you can see the substantial blast walls which protected us from incoming rockets.