x My cousin Captain Muffley (AirForce), flew Caribous into small special forces camps like Loch Ninh

Typical freight for the twin engined caribou aircraft was "live food", and people to areas without road access. Some of the landing sites were so small that he would fly in, break hard, turn around and reposition the aircraft for immediate take off. It was not uncommon to be "mortared" during this process. On the 2nd day of flying with him, we landed in Dau Tieng to unload 25 US troops we ferried from Long Binh. We were mortared during the unloading process of turning around;