"Starlord" wrote in message
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I didn't even own a telescope back in the winter of 68/69, but I was
able to use
some Bino's and as long as the guard capt. didn't catch me looking up
instead of
out I could at lest scan the ultra dark sky overhead and sitting up on a
dead
volcano top I wasn't worried about anything sneaking up on me from the
plains
below.

I was in the Central Highlands of Vietnam just about 3 clicks from the
4th Inf.
main base.

Yep! Skies were nice and dark (when there weren't parachute flares
drifting down) around Chu Lai, the year before, too...