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GDS-109.JPGLZ 510BNote the use of bamboo poles to support the sandbag roof. You used whatever you could find in the jungle.
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GDS-110.JPGLZ 510BDeveloping the battery position at LZ 510B. Note that the cannons are positioned at "high angle fire" because they are surrounded by a tight tree line.
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GDS-110a.JPGBattery positionNote the use of bamboo poles to support the sandbag roof. You had to use whatever you could find in the jungle.
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GDS-119.JPGPopping smokeSmoke grenades were extremely important in the Vietnam war. It guided the helicopters to your position. Without smoke, the pilots might never see your location.
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GDS-120.JPGNVA PrisonerAn NVA prisoner captured by A/1/35 is enroute to the LZ. The prisoner had to be airlifted out by rope due to the high foliage at the capture site.
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GDS-121.JPGNVA PrisonerPrisoner enroute. If you enlarge this photo, you will see just how long the rope is and the prisoner dangling well below the Huey and just above the tree line.
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GDS-122.JPGPrisonerIf you enlarge this photo, the rope is faintly visible; it was the rope that lowered the NVA prisoner to the ground.
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GDS-110b.JPGPrisonerNVA prisoner held at LZ 510B.
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GDS-110c.JPGPrisonerNVA prisoner held at LZ 510B.
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GDS-110d.JPGPrisonerNVA prisoner held at LZ 510B.
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GDS-111.JPGLZ 510BLooking across the creek into the jungle at LZ 510B.
Your mission begins when you enter the jungle and start "humping the boonies".
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GDS-112.JPGLZ 510BThe trash sump at LZ 510B. Good place for "Charlie" to hide unexploded AF ordnance as a booby trap. Good reason not to re-occupy an LZ or have it swept first.
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