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https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gifField Marshall Sarit Thanarat taking control of student demonstrations against the election methods of military dictator and PM Phibun Songgrom. FM Thanarat served as PM from 1959-1963. Just a contemporary history of rotating military regimes....up to the present. Military presence into civil Thai politics is historic.
https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gifThe first in many visits to Thailand to gather support for his Brother's covert activity in Laos and Vietnam. About this time {'62-'63}, America and Thailand came into their agreements to have more American military personnel and bases on Thai soil.
He looks like a bloody fruit loop.:)
https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gifQuite the lavish affair. Heads of states, Monarchs, and representives from the world over attended this historic event.
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From Sukhumvit Soi 8 1986
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And the other way (dias)
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Golfing in Phuket 1986
Wouldn't it be cool if Bangkok still looked like that. I know that the basics for that street in Yaworrat are still there but now its all conjested with power cables, shitty streets and traffic.