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GDS-45f.JPGEnrouteLooking up the underside of a sling-loaded Chinook.
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GDS-49.JPGRSOP-ingHueys leaving LZ 10B
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GDS-50.JPGRSOP-ingA look inside the Chinook. A fully-loaded jeep is in the transport.
Enroute to LZ 10B
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GDS-51.JPGRSOP-ingLoad arrives at LZ 10B. Now the fun begins to set everything up once again. Sp4 John M. Waldman takes a rest on a downed tree at right.
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GDS-52.JPGRSOP-ingOn the ground at LZ 10B
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GDS-56.JPGField DiningThe first thing you have to do in the field is to learn the primary sitting position. Virtually every Vietnamese you met relied on the "squat" position. Comes in handy for field dining, too.
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GDS-57.JPG"It Went Somewhere"UNK, Lt Kermit DeVaughn, FDO, "A" Btry, UNK (Ortiz?). The "boys" in the FDC look a little puzzled.
Lt DeVaughn (center) was the man who conceived the idea of a 2-CONEX container FDC, totally transportable by air and ready for immediate firing operations. Virtually all firing units adopted the idea.
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GDS-58.JPGUniform of the Day"My jungle fatigues are coming in when??" Those arriving in the 1966 timeframe often had to wait for a set of jungle fatigues and jungle boots to be issued. Also, a lot of incoming personnel were given M-14s instead of the newer M-16s.
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GDS-59.JPGField DiningBattery Exec Officer (XO) Lt Jim Daly cooking his rations.
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GDS-60.JPGRSOP-ingSetting up a new position after a move involved a lot of preparation.
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GDS-61.JPGFine Dining in the FieldFresh eggs??? I have no idea where they came from and probably don't want to know. I can only hope that they came from a chicken.
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GDS-62.JPGEmptiesLots of expended canisters from the 105mm rounds.
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