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File_5-3.JPGCombat TaxiEveryone got used to ducking under the rotors. This is the "palm grove" location where we stayed for a few days.
This is where Col Simko was killed when the pilot clipped a palm tree, lost his tail rotor and spun out of control, crashing to the ground.Sep 13, 2010
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File_5-4.JPGThe Palm GroveLoading up for another Combat Assault.Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-6.JPGOn PatrolAt left is one of our "Kit Carson" scouts. Name was "Sonn", I think.Sep 13, 2010
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File_5-1.JPGYa got me againA Gillette commercial? Yeah...me trying to shave.Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-2.JPGPuffing awayCigarettes were a way of life back then. FO Lt Joe Hannigan (foreground) plots our location. You must always know where you are in the jungle. Lt Hannigan was always on top of his game. You couldn't ask for a better FO and a nicer guy. {See next photo: RTO Mike Pskowski was identified in the summer of 2014 by his family who contacted the website.}Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-3.JPGYou Lead, We FollowMe on patrol. This sh** was thick and heavy; slow going.Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-5.JPGIn the rawFinally found a mountain to take a bath and a shave. That water was g ----- d COLD! "Hey, Mom, send this one to Playgirl magazine".Sep 13, 2010
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File_4-4.JPGRough TerrainCanopy and boulders...nice combination. More of the same...slow going here.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-6.JPG"Got any Tabasco?"Typical C-ration "meal-in-the-field". Sp4 Rick Ericksen here..."should I really eat this stuff or just give it to the VC?"Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-5.JPGRoughing it{UNK} getting out of the sun. Cardboard often separated troops from the ground.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-4.JPGTenement TentDon't think you'll find this method of tent erection in a Field Manual. That's our medic, "Doc" Brown, behind this shelter.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-1.JPGBreak timeThis photo taken shortly after our rush to the village to find Charlie after the bushwhacking he gave to a humanitarian team.Sep 13, 2010
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