Vehicles

Unknown women in Biên Hóa
1.  I bought a new slide scanner and ran across a slide with this picture in it. It's been blown up a bit, which explains the bluriness, but if anyone knows who these women are, please let me (and them) know.  If anyone can identify the uniforms, that could help.

Blowup of name tag
2.  Here's the most informative blowup I could get of the nametags; no useful information, I'm afraid.

Land Rover in Biên Hóa
3.  Land Rover in Biên Hóa.

Land Rover, Series IIa, in Biên Hóa
4.  Land Rover, SWB (88" wheelbase or shorter) with the LR badge painted over; the latest version this could be would be a Series IIA, but it could be a lot earlier.  Can anyone pin down the year a little better?  Remember, the picture was taken in 1970, probably Q2 or early Q3.

SAIGON tanphat BAOLOC bus, green and orange
5.  Busses were everywhere in Việt Nam, and almost all were brightly colored.

Yellow, beige, chrome and grey bus
6.  Bus.

Sàigòn to Tây Ninh bus, yellow, black and red
7.  Sàigòn to Tây Ninh bus, coming across a one-lane bridge while we waited.

Ordinary yellow school bus
8.  Well, not all busses were painted in interesting ways.

Grey and silver bus
9.  Bus.

Red, white and blue buses in downtown Sàigòn (Tân Sơn Nhất in background)
10.  Bus.

Orange, grey and chrome bus
11.  Bus.

Yellow, orange and chrome bus
12.  Bus.

Car wreck of late 50s American car
13.  And not all casualties on the highway were due to acts of war.

Traffic, downtown Sàigòn
14.  Taxi caught in traffic in Sàigòn.

Bridge betwen Sàigòn and Biên Hóa
15.  Crossing a bridge between Sàigòn and Biên Hóa.  The route number might be 363, or it might not, but it certainly joined with 363 and later QL 12 going to Phú Cường where we would catch TL 8A back to Củ Chi.  This bridge carries both railroad and auto traffic, and there's only one of those near Biên Hóa, where it crosses the Sông Đồng Nai.

Bridge betwen Sàigòn and Biên Hóa
16.  The same bridge between Sàigòn and Biên Hóa.

Old man in cone hat crossing the Sông Đồng Nai bridge
17.  Crossing the Sông Đồng Nai.

Railroad tracks in Biên Hóa
18.  After crossing the bridge, heading back to Củ Chi.

French Diesel loco near Tân Sơn Nhất
19.  Industrial locomotive near Tân Sơn Nhất.

French Diesel loco near Tân Sơn Nhất
20.  Industrial diesel locomotive near Tân Sơn Nhất.   This is the second occasion on which I saw locomotives in Việt Nam, the first being near Dĩ An.  I missed that shot, however.

ARVN Troops, male and female, in Sàigòn
21.  Troops in Sàigòn.

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