On 10/4/2017 7:56 PM, Bill wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/4/2017 3:15 PM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 08:05:49 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

amdx Wrote in message:
I looked at some of the other pictures on your flickr page.

Did you caption this, is someone just very naive?

Anyone else have different thoughts about this? :-)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryk...7680813729976/

Mikek


Harold took that picture when he was on r&r from Viet Nam. A good
samaritan. Obviously.

LMAO!

Thailand was a favorite R&R spot, but mostly for unmarried folks. For us
married guys, the Army
would fly the wives round trip from the west coast to Hawaii, and fly
the soldier to Hawaii for a
week's R&R. Made for a nice break.



THe ol' "MAC" flights. Not comfortable, but cheap enough.




Funny about those MAC flights. I was in a MAC unit, and only time I flew
military was hopping a ride. Every other time I flew was on a commercial
or chartered civilian airline. And I can not remember being on a MAC
flight on those hops.



Many of those stationed in Puerto Rico would grab a MAC flight (when
available) out of Roosevelt Roads when going on leave back to the
states. They were free but on a space available basis only.

When we left Italy (my ship was homeported in Naples) with our then 2
month old daughter, we flew commercial to France and then on to the USA.
I thought there was a mistake in the tickets they got us because they
bought three seats. Infants usually traveled free back then but had to
held in your lap. I was concerned that maybe I'd have to pay back the
cost of the third seat but in an unusual act of consideration, the Navy
realized it was a long flight and we'd probably appreciate having three
seats, one to put the kid in a baby basket thing during the flight.