Newman 1136.

"The book is named for the place the veteran poet served, an important base in the Mekong Delta, a bus ride away from Saigon. The author helped guard the air control tower. Most of the poems are about climatic adjustment, interaction with the Vietnamese, and GI culture-- including anti-VD propaganda, hiding stashes of marijuana, a deadly brawl over a card game, cobras in the bunker, R&R in Saigon, mamasans as cleaning women, the black market in Binh Long..." -- Newman 511

Inscribed by author: "For Greg Heiser, Perry Oldham, 26 May, 1977"


"Perry Oldham was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1943. He has degrees from Oklahoma State University, University of Maryland, and University of Oklahoma. He was in the Air Force from 1966-1970, including a year spent with the Army in Viet Nam." -- back cover