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27 Aug -

Not much new - [?] morning trying to
finish things off so I could leave for Okinawa
- change my mind at 1300 - too much of a grind
so I just took it easy - I and up the area
went [?] squadron to take pictures -
finish off a reel - [?] an hour and a half
& got some of A-4 taking off & landing - It was
worth it - One CF dropped a 250# on
the runway as it took off - I followed it -
then the bomb went off after skiding about
1500 ft down the runway - about 40 - 50 yds
from me - [?] the other side gets way - I was in
the RDO shack - got some good pictures of
AH2 [?] flying about. - 2 A-4
got holes in the tails - [?] cratering [?]
easily repairable

Got half drunk that night - MAJOR Cox
[?] his last combat hop & was buying -
Got a bird colonel in a 3-man lift - then
some carrier grabs -

28 - Aug -

Up at 0630 to catch C-117 to Danang -
It didn't go so I booked a C-123 - Spent
morning with no heater driving around Danang
trying to get booked to Okinawa - no luck -
[?] & me 0800 29th Jr Booking -

Slept & read the afternoon away - joined
Terry Cornell & Bob Tieken at the bar - found
out - Terry - Villanova with [?] of electronics
Engineer - 4 kids - Bob - Brown '63 - Biology
Both are pissed about [?] FAC