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TS-28.JPGWillie PeterA brilliant capture of white phosphorous rounds landing. It looked white hot because...it was! LZ Penny.Sep 18, 2009
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TS-26.JPGA Well-Known Detail"Well, someone has to do it!". The most famous-infamous detail of all Vietnam....the "shit-burning" detail. Larry Kettner does the honors.Sep 18, 2009
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TS-27.JPGTanks on the horizonNotice three tanks in the photo. Likely taken at LZ Penny because we had to help some out while at Penny.Sep 18, 2009
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cannon_cockers.jpgThey Call Us...Cannon Cockers or gun bunnies. We load & shoot. Can't do it without us!Aug 30, 2009
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Sp-4_Woodhouse.jpgBest DefenseIn order to make sandbags, you gotta make mud first. Sp4 Woodhouse takes a pickaxe to break up the soil. Note the 2/9th insignia on his field cap.Aug 30, 2009
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Sgt_Goodrich_Sp-4_Sternadel.jpgBest DefenseThe best defense is a filled sandbag. Sgt Goodrich holding the shovel and Sp4 Sternadel managing the bag.Aug 30, 2009
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Tucker.jpgCommo CheckLooks like the guys are calling each other. The guy on the left is Tucker from Tupelo, MS. He knew Elvis. I'm on the right.Aug 30, 2009
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Sp-4_Farley.jpgThat's MeSp4 Farley proves he served with the 2/9th Arty in Vietnam. Here's his photo.Aug 30, 2009
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New_LZ.jpgStarting OverFamiliar sight for a 105mm battery of the 2/9th! Starting all over at a new LZ.Aug 30, 2009
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Dixon54.jpgHere is what kind of damage a communist 122mm rocket could do in the hands of a VC. This building in Saigon was hit during the Tet Offensive and so was I... but that's another story.
Aug 29, 2009
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Dixon53.jpgA Military Bus in SaigonMost GIs never saw such a clear view of the city because unlike in the movies and stories I've read, we had to ride in military busses with thick screens/grates over the windows. The screens weren't for keeping out bugs... they were for keeping out bombs and grenades thrown by VC nuts! THIS was our usual view from the military busses.
Aug 29, 2009
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Dixon56.jpgUS Embassy - SaigonA photo of the US Embassy in Saigon before the attacks. Notice how high the front wall is over the fellow walking. One wonders how the press depicted the embassy wall as so easy to climb!
Aug 29, 2009
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