Jumat, 07 April 2017

‘Two Million Miles of Bad Road’

Long-haul trucking on Vietnam’s treacherous Highway 19 The 64th Transportation Company departed for Vietnam in July 1966. We moved out with our 60 5-ton tractors, 120 12-ton trailers, 20 headquarters vehicles and 186 officers and men. The advance party went by air. Vehicles were shipped via the port of Charleston, South Carolina. Our main body …

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