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Long Binh 1967-1968

 People from the past

Newport 1967-68

Convoys 1967-1968

Tanks 1967 - 1968

Long Binh

Barge site south of Long Binh

Just a few thoughts

Roll 1 1967-68

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Map of TC Hill
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Work in progress
I will put up more as I get them.
I have been collecting old postcards and Photos of Vietnam. I decided to put a few up here.
If you have any please let me know. I am always looking for more. A high quality scan will be good.

Something new here. A wonderful friend, named Nguyen Van Anh, in Saigon, and I are researching old buildings
and places in Saigon and we hope to have more photos of those places as they are now. We will be getting them
up as we find them.

Cross reference of street names, Now and in 1951

Street name now19511968
Cach MangThang TamRue de Verdun
De Tham - North of THDDi Dixmude
De Tham - South of THDDi Louvain
Dong KhoiRue CatinatRue Tu Do
Hai Ba TrungRue Paul Blanchy
Ham NghiBoulevard Somme
Le DuanBoulevard Norodom
Le LoiBoulevard Bonnard
Mac Thi BuoiRue Adrian
Nam Ky Khoi NghiaRue Mac Mahon
Ngo Duc KeRue Vannier
Nguyen Binh KhiemRue Rosseau
Nguyen HueBoulevard Charner
Nguyen Tat ThanhRue Jean Eudel
Nguyen Thi Minh KhaiRue Chesseloup Loubat
Nguyen Van TroiDid Not Exist
PasteurRue Pellerin
Ton Duc ThangBoulevard Luro
Tran Hung DaoBoulevard Gallieni
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Cross reference of street names, in 1951 and Now

19511968Street name now
Did Not Exist Nguyen Van Troi
Adrian Mac Thi Buoi
Bonnard Le Loi
CatinatRue Tu DoDong Khoi
Charner Nguyen Hue
Chesseloup Loubat Nguyen Thi Minh Khai
Di Dixmude De Tham - North of THD
Di Louvain De Tham - South of THD
Gallieni Tran Hung Dao
Jean Eudel Nguyen Tat Thanh
Luro Ton Duc Thang
Mac Mahon Nam Ky Khoi Nghia
Norodom Le Duan
Paul Blanchy Hai Ba Trung
Pellerin Pasteur
Rosseau Nguyen Binh Khiem
Somme Ham Nghi
Vannier Ngo Duc Ke
Verdun Cach MangThang Tam
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This is the Casino, in 1922, on what is now Le Loi.

 The Casino is now almost unrecognizable. It may have been covered up with the new structure or it may have been torn down and the new buildings built. The front of the movie theater looks like it may be covering the old building. We will have to get into the buildings and look around. The corner section looks much diferent. It is interesting that the corner of the old Casino is now an Ice Cream shop where Dylan, Chau, Chuot, Nhut and I visited the day we went to Dam Sen Water Park.

Petrus Ky College was on the Northwest edge.

 Now the city has grown way beyond the College and the college buildings are now Le Hong Phong High School and, think part of it is the College of Natural Sciences. The buildings marked in yellow were Petrus Ky.

Another view of the old Petrus Ky University.This looks like the Northeast corner, looking Northwest.
Old US Embassy Saigon
The US Embassy in Saigon 1964. Around that time the New US Embassy was built on what is now Le Duan Street. That new building is the much more farmiliar building that we saw in the news during the war, especially at Tet of 1968 and at the end as Saigon was falling. This building was used as the US Embassy Annex after the new Embassy was built.

I found a photo of the building after it was no longer being used by the US.

 Van Anh, in Saigon, and I are looking up old buildings and she took the photo above in October of 2006. The building is at 39 Ham Nghi.

Saigon
Charner is now called Nguyen Hue. Here we are standing at the fountain at Nguyen Hue and Le Loi looking towards the river. On the right is the Department Store.


Another view of Rue Charner and the cross street of Rue Vannier. Rue Vannier, now Ngu Duc Ke, is a block or two from the river.

Nguyen Hue in 1964, looking towards the river.


Saigon Tax Store across Le Loi from the Rex, however I am not sure why they call it the Tax Store.


Looking Northwest at the west side of Saigon. There is a red roof building near center. To the right is Nguyen Hue and to the left is Ham Nghi.


Rue Adrian which is now Mac Thi Buoi


Another view of Rue d'Adrian


Ben Thanh market, probably in the 1960's


Ben Thanh market much older. To the left is the rail road station which is now a park.

Saigon Railroad Station when it was next to Ben Thanh Market.


Rue Pellerin is now Pasteur



The Municipal theater, known as the Opera house in the 1960's, at the end of Le Loi. Plays are preformed here, we looked in on my last trip.


From the Municipal Theater looking west. On the right is a pharmacy which was, in the movie "The Quiet American", the Ice Cream parlor where Phuong liked to meet her friends.


Hotel Caravelle


Hotel Majestic, at the foot of Nguyen Hue, on the Song Saigon (Saigon River).


I do not know this building


To the left of this street is the Ben Nghe Canal. The bridge and the one off the left side of the postcard go to Khanh Hoi.


I was not sure why the City Hall was sometimes refered to as the Hotel Da Ville, However now, thanks to Mike Haas, I find that in Paris, as in Saigon, City Hall is refered to as Hotel da Ville.


City Hall


City Hall is on the right and on the left is the Rex Hotel in Pre Rex days


Tu Do is now Dong Khoi


Khanh Hoi is a section of Saigon that is in the South of the city, just across the Ben Nghe canal. This is probably the dock at M&M Docks. This is probably a good while before we were there.


I think this may be "Trinh Minh The" around K Docks. I will look next trip.


This is spelled Khan Hoi but it says Saigon so I think it is a different spelling of Khanh Hoi. In 1967 - 68 there was a lot of swamps and canals only a few blocks west of Trinh Minh The.


A canal in Cholon


Canal in Cholon

The Bridge is over the Ben Nghi Canal. Where the photo is taken from is the Duong Nguyen street bridge, also over the Ben Nghi Canal. The small building to the right is on the left of an earlier postcard which shows a street by a canal.

Pagoda

Mosque in Saigon

This looks like we are looking south from the area just above the Saigon Yacht Club at the confluence of the Ben Nghe canal and the Song Saigon (Saigon River).

The large red roofed building on the left is across from Ben Thanh Market and across form the park which was the old railroad station. This building was the railroad office during the French time. I am not sure what it is now.

Palace of Justice

Saigon Race Track

Saigon National Bank

French military barracks

Notre Dame Cathedral

Fish Market

The translation is Maritime Transport. This building is now the Ho Chi Minh Museum. It is just across the Ben Nghi Canal from the Saigon Yacht Club. It is at the North end of what was "K" Docks during the war.

Saigon Public Docks

Ships at the Dock. This is a long dock and I think it may be the old Naval dock which was just north of the Public dock. The public dock is at the end of Nguyen Hue.

Ships at the old Saigon docks.
Vung Tau

This is the "Back Beach" in Vung Tau. Around the point, in the distance, is Old Vung Tau and the Vung Tau Rex Hotel. The beach continues to the left a few miles. The place I took photos during my 2003 trip is just a short ways up the beach (off left of the photo).

I remember seeing the Sunrise over the South China Sea. I also remember walking along the beach in the moonlight. Both were beautiful.

The ship is the Johanna K which ran aground in 1975.
Hue

Railroad Station in Hue. This is where we re-met miss Alina. We came out the door behind the rickshaw to the right. This photo is taken from a bridge over a small canal. Just off the right of the photo is a road. I kilometer down the road on the left is Miss Alina's home