- Not much
to report today. I ran into Major Neil Saling, who is in the engineer office,
MACV, an old friend. He invited me to stay in his BOQ room in one of the
hotels downtown. There is an extra bed for a few days, so I move in there.
What a difference, dining room, and bar, and seems like a nice place. Noisy
though, what with the Saigon traffic going on all around.
I finally got rid of SSG Bell's stuff. Not without a fuss about the red tape. A lieutenant in the supply system asked why it took me so long to get rid of it, and I came a bit unglued, and read him the riot act about none of you sumbitches would tell me how to do it, and I had been trying to get rid of the stuff since August. Seems, if no one is shooting at you all the time, you become rather Mickey Mouse!
And, I went to the PX in Cholon, I think, to buy black pants, a white shirt, and a black coat to wear on the plane. It seems uniforms aren't allowed on the Embassy flight. I also turned in my field gear to the MACV supply room.
Sure feels strange not to have a steel pot, or M-16 at hand. I mean, suppose something breaks out in the next couple of days! I would be almost necked!
Three and a wakeup!
