Joe Cook
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JCook30.JPGBase Piece - May 1966Joe notes to family back home: "These guys are members of the Base Piece Section; we do most of the firing. On all adjustment missions, we fire the BP. It is set over Battery Center. 10,000 rounds shot in Vietnam. This round (foreground) was shot at a suspected VC campsite. The whole battery fired it".
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JCook28.JPGBase Piece - May 1966#3 Gun Section - Base Piece
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JCook31.JPGDUI Driver - May 1966Our Jeep Driver was drunk coming back from Pleiku on a pass and ran the Jeep off the road. No one was hurt.
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JCook41.JPGFeathered FriendThis bird showed up with the "A" mess ration, delivered every day in the field.
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JCook-124.JPG
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JCook42.JPGField EntertainmentSgt Cook does a "Napoleon" pose seated next to an unknown star in the entertainment world. But, thanks to Danny Yates, he now knows that it is Diane McBain sitting next to him. She is wearing the same outfit she wore while visiting Danny Yates' battery. The arm of Tippi Hedren can be seen next to the Battery Commander. Seated next to Joe is Cpl William C. Tyler, based on the name placed on his helmet liner.
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JCook43.JPGLt Herrick, 2/9th FA staff; Lt James A. Mager, Corps of EngineersJoe poses with two Lieutenants. The sign overhead reads: "Bravo Ever Ready" and "Mighty Ninth Sir" with the unit designation and the 25th Inf Div Tropic Lightning patch in the center.
L to R: Lt Chris Q. Herrick and Lt James A. Meger (Corps of Engineers) on either side of Sgt Joe Cook.
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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966Taken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook45a.JPGSpoils of warCaptured enemy grenades. Also known as "potato mashers".
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of warNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook51.JPGBomb craterAccording to the cardboard mount, it indicates a bomb crater filled with water. I think it was a 500-lb bomb.
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JCook15.jpgLizard on deckLizard found at LZ 270. Musta got into our supply of C-rations.
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