Goose
Well-known Member
What was your most memorable New Year's Eve?
Mine was 1958. I was in a Marine Corps jet fighter squadron deployed to a Nationalist Chinese Air Force Base near PingTung, Taiwan.
The officers and Staff NCO's of our unit were invited to a New Year's Eve party at the Nationalist Chinese Air Force Officer's Club in PingTung. The Chinese celebrate New Year's with fireworks, and there were so many fireworks going off in the club that they had to stop the dance several times to sweep the debris from fireworks off the dance floor.
At one point, I left the club and went a couple of blocks down the street to reload on fireworks. From a block away, it sounded like a full scale firefight was going on in the club.
Never will forget that one.
Mine was 1958. I was in a Marine Corps jet fighter squadron deployed to a Nationalist Chinese Air Force Base near PingTung, Taiwan.
The officers and Staff NCO's of our unit were invited to a New Year's Eve party at the Nationalist Chinese Air Force Officer's Club in PingTung. The Chinese celebrate New Year's with fireworks, and there were so many fireworks going off in the club that they had to stop the dance several times to sweep the debris from fireworks off the dance floor.
At one point, I left the club and went a couple of blocks down the street to reload on fireworks. From a block away, it sounded like a full scale firefight was going on in the club.
Never will forget that one.