Looking for anyone who lived here during 1964. The compound was bordered by the Airport, a graveyard and a golf course. Many kids who attended school lived here.
Jay
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Jay,
my family, the Yeagers, lived on JDP. I spent some time there in 1964 upon my return to Saigon after a stint in Washington, DC. I have a kid sister who was there at the time, about 8 or 9 years old. My Dad was working for USOM as a contractor at the time. Ken
Jay,
I am the kid sister that Ken is talking about. We spent at least a year and a half on JDP. We lived on the middle street and I believe there was a baseball field across from us. Did you live there at the time a family had a gibbon that howled and had a perch from their house to some type of structure in their backyard?
Hey Sis, welcome. Big Brother – Ken
Jay,
My dad was a hydrologist with USAID.We lived in a Bungalow that had a maid’s quarters downstairs. It was across the street from Dr. Smith, a missionary who had two sons, Brian and Ray C. Next door there was a woman who had a Gibbon monkey named Noui. One of the JDP kids got a python and we had a picture taken with it slung over our shoulders. Our mascot was a brown dog we called Charlie Brown. When the war escalated, our house at JDP was turned into a quartermasters hooch by the marines.
In addition to the airport, graveyard, and golf course, I remember a fruit orchard. Also, there was an observation tower built by the french. There was a guy named Bill Neese who had a Honda.
We went to ACS in a bus with white mice and steel mesh on the windows.
This is Jay Oylers sister and I remember you Debbie! Wow, after all this time and here you are. Thanks big brother for finding this place.