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3rdBdeConst.jpgLZ Montezuma - under constructionThe 3rd Bde, 25th Inf Div build their HQ at LZ Montezuma in Duc Pho, very close to the South China Sea. Grunts later named this place "Fire Support Base Bronco".
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3rdBde.jpgBrigade HeadquartersLanding strip and tarmac at 3rd Bde HQ, 25th Inf Div, LZ Montezuma, Duc Pho, Spring, 1967.
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LZ-OD-lake.jpgLZ ODA/2/9 occupied the southern end, BnHQ for the 1/35 occupied the northern end. The lake was periodically drained to flood the rice paddies. Due east was LZ Montezuma (Bronco) and the South China Sea.
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LZ-OD-lake_filled.jpgLZ ODThe lake is filled once again. Made a very nice swimming and bathing hole. Note fortified howitzer positions.
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Orphanage.jpg"Boys & Girls Home" at Duc PhoIn smaller print: DAI-UY RONALD ROD.
This orphanage was dedicated to Capt Ronald Rod who served as an "Advisor" prior to open hostilities. Capt Rod was previously an ROTC instructor at Loyola University in New Orleans.
The men who volunteered to serve as Military Advisors had no support of armed US troops. They were, indeed, sitting ducks.
Capt Rod was one of my ROTC Instructors. He left for Vietnam while I was still a student at the University.
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Duc_Pho_Orphanage-2011.JPG44 Years Later!Just amazing! The son of Capt Ronald Rod, who helped this Orphanage as a "Military Advisor" and was later KIA, visited the Orphanage in 2011. In this photo are six (6) of the original orphans along with Sr. Emmilene, who founded the Duc Pho Orphanage in 1966. Capt Rod was one of my ROTC Cadre at Loyola.
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Caribou.jpgLZ MontezumaThe Army's Caribou on the tarmac
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C-123.jpgC-123A cargo workhorse plane in Nam, each ride rattled your teeth and you could almost hear the bolts falling off.
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Chinook_Refuel.jpgChinookA CH-47 Chinook refuels from a fuel bladder away from the center of activity at LZ Montezuma/FSB Bronco.
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SouthChinaSea.jpgDivision DumpThis was the site of the Division-sized ammo dump that eventually provided us with the fantastic July fireworks display.
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Tents.jpgEncampmentYou know you're with the "grunts" when you call a tent "home". And when a helicopter lands, you get to chase everything all over the landscape.
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Mass.jpgMass in the fieldA Chaplain prepares for Mass in the field. He shields his face from the sun. (in vain, of course)
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