Thanks for your comments and interest, Brian. I was in the Army. My problem was that I was NCOIC of a Short Range Radio Direction team. I spent my first six months with the 11th Armored Cavalry and my last 12 months with the 1st Infantry Division. My job entailed constant shifting of positions all over III Corp. We usually set up operations with Fire Support Basis, ARVN camps or Special forces camps. Other times, just out in the bush where we could get some coverage from combat troops. I could not tell you (or the VA) where we were operating from at any particular time/date, nor do I think that it would be a matter of record anywhere. We just followed the path of the VC and NVA to get close enough to copy their transmitters and DF them for target practice!! We never operated "inside the wire" because it affected the sensitivity of the loop antenna. We operated mostly around Nui Ba Dhin (sp:) (the Black Virgin Mountain). I spent Tet in Loc Ninh, a fun place to be during Tet. I not only recall times when we were oversprayed but also when the tracks of my APC churned up gas settled in the ground (mostly tear gas though) and God knows what else.....