chrisjensen

From Chris:

I joined the US Army on 06 Sept 1966 in Spokane, WA. Basic training was at Fort Polk Louisiana, “Tiger Land”.

AIT, Topographical mapping, was at Fort Belvoir VA where I finished May 1967. I was then assigned to 64th Engineers battalion in Teheran, Iran. “TTT” Topo training team. Arrived 25 May 1967, two weeks before the Middle East war broke out. Six days was a long time being new to the Middle East.

First Iranian assignment in June took me to Yazd. Among the things I carried were two important ones that stand out. 1. A Kodak Instamatic camera 2. An Angry 9 short wave radio

The photos you are getting are nearly 100 percent from that camera. The radio changed my MOS. After 4 months doing field surveys in Yazd, on 1955 aerial photography, they thought my skills as a radio operator were needed in Teheran. Bruce Bright was my boss. I occasionally made field trips to Mashhad as radio operator at “Landlords” for two week stints. Most of my time in Teheran was in the “Ampere” Station.

I mustered out ofthe US Army and Iran on 05 Sept 1969. (54 years ago today)

My memories of Don Bradner were you carrying your camera with telephoto lenses. Always around taking pictures, I did not know that you had taken the shot of me on the roof with the ill fated guitar.

Thanks for including these photos and narratives of a thing long, long ago in a place far,far away.

A view from the Topo House roof.	The Topo House pool.	Another view out over Tehran.	And another look at the swimming pool.	Topo House from the other end of the pool.
Topo House from outside the property.	De Havilland U-6A (DHC-2) Beaver	Sadly this is not in color. Small village water supply, on the road to Khor by the big desert. Gold sand, blue water, and awesome palm trees.	Myself, Jim Wheat, Dean Mohr at our Yazd house. June 1967n.	A bus to avoid. The two buses laying on their sides on either side of the center bus, crashed head on in the middle of the night because they drove with headlights off. 34 dead.
Sad photo. Broken cable tool driller. Bit must have become stuck. Trying to pull it free bent the tower.	Water for our cistern in Yazd. Had to boil it to drink it	Best restaurant in Nain. Chilla kabob and Fanta soda pop. We had good chow in Iran.	IRANIAN I-5 Isfahan to Yazd	Lots of fresh fruits and veggies on the streets of yazd.
Fed X iranian style	Public works project. Hard working folks in the direct sun when it's 110 in the shade.	Iranian rials with the shah and a lottery ticket I bought in yazd.	Take a close look, my camera, nothing like (Don's), a Kodiak instamatic.	Petro station. 25 cents a gallon for gas. Beautiful buildings. Next photo shows mosaic up close.
On a wall at the gas station. Incredible.	Dean Mohr and one of our Sargents literally in a sandy no where place. We were trying to figure out which direction the wind blew over the sand dunes to cause the horse shape	Camels. Huge herd. Most be moving them to the used camel store in Yazd. If such a thing existed.	A very old bridge in isfahan. Like 400 years old.	The gold domed mosque and minarets of Qom
De Havilland U-1A (DHC-3) Otter