Ha Thanh website

Hosted at the War and Peace show, Beltring, Kent, England, 22nd-26th July 2009

This display is dedicated to US Special Forces MSG T Sosniak & PFC R Traster

both killed in Ha Thanh Teamhouse by a direct hit in August 1968

    1                                2                                   3                                                   4                                   5

Central display

The photo one to four were taken under natural day light and photo five late at night with very little light to create a real night ambiance. All

photos are enlargeable for you to see the display details. 

Check out the Ha Thanh sign on the wall, (originally place on the west wall by the fridge), the pin ups are a bit more dressed up that the original

“Playmates”, NVA helmet is hanging on the wall, a mixture of 60’s novels, Training Manuals and Army Digest books, a PRC25 spare battery aC

ration box as well as an Army flash light can also been seen on the shelve above the small field made cupboard. A field phone and a small radio

are on it,  On the table is an old coffee pot placed on an Oriental coaster, next to it is a standard US Army cup and a genuine 60’s Playboy

magazine, a parcel from the USA is waiting to be open.  Behind the two curtains you can see on south side corrugated iron sheets and on the

east side a wooden window shutter, on both window sills are positioned PRC 25 with speakers and on the table below you can see an

assortment of writing pads, pen/pencils, Diana pad, folded maps etc . All uniforms and equipments are genuine period items and out of my

collection. A few items like the parcel have been created under the guidance of  Ha Thanh veterans.  The montagnard friendship bracelet that

the centre mannequin

is wearing, was made up by myself out of a brass rod, all USSF A-team members were given several by the Yards

and they use to

wear them all the time as a mark of respect and friendship for their Montagnards soldiers.