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| Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam | home |
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A hooch was built on a concrete pad or wood platform. |
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2 x 4 side and rafter framing. |
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Plywood siding with screened windows and eaves for ventilation. |
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A 12-man tent was stretched and secured over the rafters to serve as roof. |
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Plywood, framed doors with screening were at each end of the hooch. |
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The hooch could house 8 - 10 people. |
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Straw/bamboo matting added over screened windows for dust and inclement weather protection. Some hooch's had personally made wood frame matted window shutters that could be opened and closed. |
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All were wired for electricity with outlets. |
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The hooch had beds/cots, footlockers/wall lockers, and later fans to help with ventilation. Key placement of overhead and oscillating fans eliminated need for mosquito netting around beds. |
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No running water. A water trailer or running water spigot was close by. |
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Toilet facilities were 6, 8 or 10 hole out houses and urinal relief tubes buried in gravel. |
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Shower facility located within short walking distance. Luck if hot water was available. |
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Sand bag bunkers located either in front or adjacent to hooch for base attack protection. |
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