Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: 71st evacuation hospital

"Only evac hospital in-country with our very own pool." --Lynda Van Devanter, quoting Captain Bubba L. Kominski (quite certainly a made-up name) Been reading Van Devanter's Home Before Morning . Didn't remember any swimming pool in the 71st Evac. But it appears I took a picture of it....

Vietnam in the morning, 1971. This is Ward One of the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku, RVN; home of Signal Support Detachment Pleiku at that time, but once a crucial part of a large hospital. In the background are the water tower and a corner of one of the large tropo antennas everyone associated with the Signal Corps in Pleiku. During my year in Nam, I first lived in Ward Two, then moved to Ward One when a less public room, suitable for NCOs (and real people, for that matter), became available there. Camera: Polaroid SX70