When VMA(AW)-225 TransPac'd back to the states in 1971, I and my troops
ended up stripping down their birds at MCAS El Toro since the squadron was
being deactivated. On one aircraft, we were pulling out all of the console
gear on the BN's side. Buried underneath all this gear were bags and bags of
SE Asia's finest. Our Avionics Officer called PMO, but by the time they got
there all but a couple of the bags had "disappeared". I guess some troop at
Da Nang was planning on making a killing when he got back stateside. I am
told the grass was "most excellent" as my friends Bill and Ted would say. Further
searching yielded an entire Conex box full of the stuff.
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