Dan, thanks for your dedication, service & sacrifaces made.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: OT: Answers for Bob and Daniel ???
I was in a Marine Phantom II squadron, VMFA-542, based in Da Nang,
Atsugi Japan 5 weeks) and Chu Lai. I flew 280 missions in country and
north of the DMZ.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com>
wrote:
On Sep 9, 2011, at 00:21 , Bob W wrote: Dan's answers below >>>>>>>>>>
that was a fascinating piece to read, Joe - thanks. Have you ever been
over
here and followed in his railtracks? That would be an interesting
holiday.
No chance I could afford such a trip now, unless I sold all my cameras
and had all my credit cards paid off. Then what would be the point of
going? <grin> I have followed it on maps from Liverpool to Utah and
through France and Germany. Even have a list of directions on how to get
from Texas to the last place he was stationed. Hardest part was finding a
train to cross the Atlantic.
Haven't been in Europe since 1974 while working as a contracted
photographer who was supposed to allow planes full of tourists to leave
their cameras at home. We built up a library of stock photos of the
places and monuments that each type of tour would visit as part of the
group, covering sunny, cloudy, and rainy days which would be the basis of
each photo album we would pre-sell them. Then I was at the disposal of
anyone who had bought the album beforehand, or anyone I could sell the
concept to as we went along, to photograph them in front of attractions,
eating at a table, or dancing the night away, sober or drunk. Those were
then overnighted back to Massachusetts for processing the night before
they group got back on their plane to return. I would have already met
the group arriving at the airport that morning, then seen my last group
off (same plane, same gate). The random shots were interspersed with the
stock shots at appropriate places, and were ready for them to pick up as
they deplaned in Boston.
It was quite a gig. I was young and thin, dapper in my light beige rough
weave sports coat to which I had added epaulettes of similar weight
material but in a psychedelic pattern of bright colors, popular at the
time, so my damn Pentaxes and camera bag would stop falling off,
interrupting my concentration on the subject at hand, usually the just
divorced daughters who came with their mothers to brighten their lives
after such a tragic event. Like I said, quite a fine gig for a 29 year
old who was getting over his first divorce two years prior.
Yum.
On Sep 9, 2011, at 07:04 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
When were you "in country" Joseph?
Dan
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
Actually only "in country" for 4 hours when I rode with the COD to
deliver something to someone (wink-wink) in Saigon. Landed at Tan Son
Nhut and hung out, then back to the USS Bon Homme Richard on Dixie
station. Don't know what the package was, but it seemed important.
Perhaps some film that had greater priority than the usual daily trip. I
was trying to stay qualified so I'd get my flight pay every month, but
was unable to catch another ride until we went home to NAS Miramar, now a
Marine base. No longer Top Gun school. Sniff. ;-( Spent 10 months on the
high seas! :-)
What base did you belong to?
Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com
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