A definitive map of the  8th RRFS

Red lines       - Trench line.
Blue's            - Star Bunkers 
Blue T's         - Towers
Yellow Lines    - Shows the azimuth of the rising sun.
Orange Lines    - Shows the azimuth of the setting sun. 
The North lines show the sun location for January. The South lines show the sun location for July.

I have numbered building/areas on the photo with what I remember them to be.
— Email: WHHAWKINS@aol.com

1.   Operations Building
2.   BOQ
3.   Supply Warehouse
4.   Motor Pool
5.   EM Club
6.   Mess Hall
7.   Swimming Pool
8.   Mortar Pits
9.   Officers Club
10. PX
11. Library
12. MP Station 1968-1969
13. Vietnamese Shops 1968-1969, MP Station 1971-1972 (Don't know the actual year it moved)
14. Basketball court
15. Theater. Destroyed by a Typhoon
16. MARS Station right end of building. HQ Co., Orderly Room left end of building.
17. MP Hooch Area.
17a. My room, first room on the left. (NW Corner).
18. Ball Field / Helicopter pad.
19. Main Gate (most of the time the only gate)
20. Phu Bai Area PX.
21. Fire Station
22. Water purification plant
23. VOQ
24. Generator's
25. Chapel
26. Railroad tracks
27. Military Police - TOC
28. Snack Bar
29. Covered Area used by the Vietnamese workers.
30. This is where the Vietnamese workers check in/out. Also on a random basis they were searched on entering and leaving. Found one worker with a drawing of the base, on cardboard from around the beer/soda pallets. He had the Clubs, Mess hall, Operations, and Theater all paced off.
31. Back Gate
    William Hawkins 95B Military Police Feb 68 - Feb 69 (8th RRFS) Dec 70 - Sep 71 (1st RR Co (Avn) Sep 71 - Apr 72 (8th RRFS)

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