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Returning to Qui Nhon - 1971 - Federal Electric Corporation (FEC)

By early 1971 the situation in Vietnam Commander. FEC told us the Army and local
became so unstable that I was more afraid authorities would protect us. Bunk!I was
of being robbed and killed by one of our a telephone cable splicer working on the
Vietnamese Allies than I was the exact same telephone cable I worked on as
communists. I returned to Vietnam after a Soldier. On this contract we had to use
being discharged from the U.S. Army. I the same crap trucks and the same crap
took a job with the Federal Electric telephone equipment the Army used. Matter
Corporation (FEC). This company had a of fact the Army just transferred their
contract with the U.S. Army to assume equipment to FEC. I thought we'd be given
responsibility for the military telephone commercial equipment to keep this
system in Vietnam and later Thailand. telephone system operational. I got to
Basically I returned to Vietnam for fun work on this old system for a whopping
and adventure; not the money. This $2.85 an hour for 56 hours a week. By the
company was one cheap Charlie outfit. way, overtime was paid straight time.
Anyway I am back in Qui Nhon in early Your 40% yearly bonus was paid on a 40
1971 and I could really sense that hour week. Some people in company
something was different in this coastal management actually expected us to work
city.American was withdrawing from like galley slaves and get this system
Vietnam. The more U.S. military personnel ready to turn over to the Vietnamese
that left Qui Nhon the more dangerous the Army.After 18 months in Qui Nhon I was
city became. There were hoodlums just assigned to the company engineering
about everywhere. They were called the department in Saigon. I actually got paid
cowboys by the Americans. Besides just almost a fair wage in this position. For
out and out robbing you these punks would any of you old FEC or GHO hands who might
rip off your watch, camera, and anything be reading this I will tell you what I
else you might be carrying. One of their know about some of our employees in
favorite tricks was to jerk your watch company. Over the past ten years I have
off of your arm and run off or hop on a been in contact with Marvin Curtis, Dick
Honda 50. . My boss lost his Rolex this Posey, and Fred Wheat. The following are
way. As long as you were inside military deceased, Gerry Cronan, Al Kee, Mike
facilities you were safe but once on the Brown, Bob Canlett, and Bob Frase. Gerry
outside you had better watch your and Al are in the VA cemetery in Las
surroundings.As civilian contractors we Vegas. Mike Brown is interred in the VA
were not allowed to have weapons. Be cemetery in Riverside; CA. Bob Canlett is
assured many of us acquired weapons. In buried in Petaluma, CA. I would like to
Qui Nhon departing GIs would often give know what happened to Jim Harrison (James
me weapons. I never asked where they got C. Harrison, originally from
them from. At one time in my villa in Qui Indianapolis).Dr. Mike Copper retired
Nhon I had 4 or 5, M16's, 1 AK 47, 1 from the U.S. Army in 1994. Dr. Copper
Thompson machine gun, an Army 45, and a has a Master's Degree in Data
case of grenades. When I was transferred Communications and a Ph.D. in Computer
to Saigon in '72 I had to leave the Information Systems. Dr. Copper
weapons behind but once down south I currently lives in Delray Beach, Florida.
picked up a nice derringer and a Colt




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