High Atop the Rex Hotel
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               The memo below has remained in my files somehow since 1967 and I find it as funny and telling about the American psyche today as I did back then. It is a two-sided suggestion sheet taken from suggestions made at   officers clubs in Saigon. The clubs were set up in various hotels which the American Command had designated as BOQ's.  Names like the Rex, the Brink, Splendid, Five Oceans, Hong Kong and of course my very own McCarthy Hotel where officers, some embassy personnel, and Red Cross directors lived.
         While many of us spent more time out in the boonies than we did in Saigon, most of those hanging out at the clubs worked in various capacities right in Saigon.
          When in Saigon, I hung out in the clubs including the Rex. The brass, as we all know, can really bitch! Take a gander below. This little memo tells its own story about war in a far away place. . . .