Hay SGT.
I havent heard anything about Mars Line Calls back home!!
The only one I was able to do was late 1969. We had to get on a list that took 3 months and they gave you a time of the day and you gave them the phone you would use. You had three rings and you had better be there to answer the ring. Well I was useing the line shach phone at VMGR 152 flight line in Denang and the time was ofcourse 0330. I was sitting there and it rang. The process was a phone from me to a radio opperator to the States, the opperator in the States, called home on th phone so it was , I would say "I Love You –Over" and then my wife could talk then "over". Very old school compaired to today. Well that was the start — then the sirens started as the 122 mm rockets started hitting as I said "over" the only thing I heard from the wife (with the entire family listeing) was "what the hell is that sound !! "over" Well a, Well a — We are getting hit sweetheart "over", WHAT! "over" and more boom, boom, boom right along the taxie way out front. I looked up and all I saw was the screen door swinging —- everyone was in the bunker. I had waited 3 months and no way in hell I was leaving that phone !! All that we talked about, was her telling me to get down and I wanted to talk. Go figure. Well I only had 10 min. for the call and by that time we had an all clear and everyone had returned from the bunker. Well the next morning the SGTMJ. got wind of what I did, He asked if I enjoyed my call. I said yes thanks! He said that my extra duty was scrubing off the stains on the E-Club stone walls. That took a week of extra duty. I got my call !!!
SGT. Larry Dent RVN 1969-1970