Ron and Sue Wall Family Photo Album, Thailand 1966-1967

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Looking towards Wat Pho in Bangkok from the top of the Temple of the Dawn, November 1966

Wat Pho in Bangkok - a Wat is a complex of Buddhist temples; this was the largest in Thailand

Looking across the Chao Phraya River from Wat Pho towards the Temple of The Dawn in Wat Arun

Temple of the Emerald Buddha, inside a solid emerald statue, three feet tall, dressed in precious jewels

A Buddhist monk in Wat Pho - in Thailand every young male was expected to serve as a monk for a period of time to teach him humility

Temple of Many Buddhas, Wat Pho

A1C Ron Wall (me), Wat Pho, Bangkok, November 1966

Wat Pho - the female Kinnaree (gold of course) and male Garuda (the ugly ones in back) celestrial creatures, originally Hindu dieties adopted by Thai Buddhists

More Big Ugly Fellows - Wat Pho

1000 year old Garudas guarding a 1000 year old temple in Wat Pho

The solid gold Buddha, discovered centeries ago north of Bangkok covered in cement to make it look invaluable to foriegn invaders

The gigantic Reclining Buddha (notice the monk in lower right)

The "Floating Market" in the klongs (canals) off of the Chao Phraya River near Wat Arun

The "Floating Market" was Thai women (usually) selling produce from their boats along the maze of canals on the west side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok

A monsoon sunset over Korat RTAFB

SMSgt Larson and A1C Ron Wall TDY at Udorn RTAFB, doing my communications security job

The Royal Thai Air Force bases in Thailand used by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War

SMSgt Larson and A2C Roger Hawk at Udorn in February 1967

March 1967, Mekong River, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand looking across the river towards Laos, Ron Torgensen and Roger Hawk

The A-26 Counter Invader flown by the Special Operations Squadron (Air Force Air Commandos) out of Nakhon Phanom for straffing and bombing missions on the North Vietnamese resupply trails along the banks of the Mekong River in western Laos. The A-26's in Thailand were Korean War versions pulled out of "moth balls" and retro-fitted at Davis Montham AFB in Arizona. Versions of this plane flew in WWII, the Korea and Vietnam wars.

Our usual mode of transportation around Thailand, the reliable C-47 Gooney Bird - every airbase had a couple

A2C Ron Torgensen and A1C Ron Wall on the banks of the Mekong, Nakhon Phanom (NKP), Thailand looking across towards Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

A 388th TFW F-105 Thunderchief, lovingly nicknamed the Thud and Lead Sled by its pilots. These planes flew from Korat and Takhli air bases on bombing missions over Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam. Many did not make it back.

Ronald N. Wall

Modified: 03 February 2025