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Collimnator.jpgCollimnator replaces Aiming Stakes"High Tech" arrives in Vietnam. The brand new tool called a "collimnator" provides a gunner with a superior tool replacing the red & white banded aiming stakes. Only problem was that Ft Sill hadn't counted on the 110% humidity and the sight glasses fogging up. Stakes were still needed. Also, protective boxes had to be constructed.Mar 28, 2008
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CommoWire.jpgFun jobThe commo guys had to run wire all over the place. Here some of it is exposed.Mar 28, 2008
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TamKy-Goodbye.jpgThe Final DaysRushing around to take pictures of "my guys" before catching a chopper and meeting my "Freedom Bird" home. Some of the last photos of cannoneers of A/2/9 taken before going home.
Here I bid farewell to PFC Doug Wigginton, Sp4 Ed Selent, and Sp4 Ron Hammond. Late October, 1967.Mar 26, 2008
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Working_Crew.jpgStreets of SaigonAnother culture shock...the "coolies" working on this culvert repair job include women! Note the "staw boss" standing to the right of the truck. Some things never change...even halfway across the world.Mar 26, 2008
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TamKyClouds4.jpgThe Final DaysStrange view from a firebase. We definitely took the "high ground".Mar 25, 2008
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TamKyClouds3.jpgThe Final DaysMy last RSOP...way up in the clouds.Mar 25, 2008
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TamKyClouds2.jpgThe Final DaysWorking above the clouds...hard to believe.Mar 25, 2008
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TamKy5.jpgThe Final DaysSetting up shop way up in the mountains.Mar 25, 2008
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Andrews.jpgThe Final Days at Tam KySection Chief SSG Lake Andrews...one of the best and most respected leaders in the battery.
I was blessed with excellent Section Chiefs! God Bless them!Mar 25, 2008
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CampAlpha.jpgWelcome to Camp AlphaNovember, 1966. The Beginning. This was the Reception Station that greeted the incoming unit "replacements" as they awaited orders assigning them to fill unit vacancies. The "Speedy Four" in charge took great pleasure in barking orders to NCOs and Officers alike knowing full well they could not do a thing about it. Every order we had was dumped into a trash barrel. You would wait for further instructions.
I was given a handful of dusty, dirty letters that had piled up. One was my promotion to 1st Lt. Mar 25, 2008
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Dignitary_Visit.JPGLZ ODUnidentified higher ups visit LZ OD.Mar 22, 2008
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Visitors.JPGLZ EnglishActor Wendell Corey went on a tour of LZs in the boonies.Mar 22, 2008
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