Free The POGs

when will pogs ever come back :(

I spent 2 months at U-Tapao in 1968, 10 months in 1970 working on B52 D model engines. Then went to Guam in May 1972 for 6 month TDY, home for 30 days, then back to Guam for 6 more months. Worked on both D G model engines during Operation Linebacker. Lived in tents and tin shacks, even spent some time living on the gym floor when we first arrived! Worked 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week, but the teamwork and cameraderie were something to never be forgotten. Still think of fondly of those times !

I spent a year at U-Tapao, Thailand launching B-52's to Vietnam and finally rotated to Blytheville AFB, Arkansas. After being there for nine months I was sent to Anderson for six months TDY,came back home for 30 days, back to Anderson for six more months, back home for 30 days and was preparing to go back for another six months when the operation was terminated. My prayers, along with my wife and two children's were answered

I was stationed in Guam for 6 months, February until June, 1967. This video brings back those memories.Tom

Whoa! What a flashback! I went over TDY for 6 months (to the day) in late February '72 from Carswell (7th Bomb Wing) and bunked at Marbo. I've got satallite shots of that compound off of Google Maps. When I left I had PCS orders for Clark AB. Fifteen months in the PI was much, much shorter than 6 months on the rock!

whats the song called?

"We've Got to Get Out Of this Place", by Eric Burdon, logical @ the time.

thanks

I was Navy, in VQ-1 at NAS Agana. Used to visit you guys up at Andersen - a few lucky folks went with us to secret places on the island. Quite a place when you knew where to go. Great sea duty.

I wish I'd have had a tape of that song when I was stationed on "The Rock" for a year. I about wore Freebird out, though, in my final months. I was literally ready to grab something that floats and head for the P.I. Now I'm actually thinking of moving back. At least now I can afford to leave once in a while, but I still probably ought to be medicated for wanting to go back there for anything more than a visit- at least until they act on my idea of a trans-Pacific highway.