Most viewed - Terry Savely
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TS-6.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot316 viewsAll UNKNOWNS! Anyone have names?
Sign says: "BAD NEWS" then "SOUTH VIETNAM". Margin reads "B Btry" on the left and "2/9th" on the right.
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TS-1.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot314 viewsR-292 radio antenna stands in the middle of all the muck.
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TS-10.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot302 viewsGreat photo of Section ammo bunker. UNKNOWN cannoneer. Real artillerymen use big bullets.
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TS-9.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot290 views"We Were Cannoneers....and Young!" Posing with four-legged friend.
UNKNOWN cannoneers. Camouflage strap has the name "Dick". Anyone have names?
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TS-13.jpgTick TOC284 viewsThe fierce & determined guy at far left is Joe Henderson, then Larry Leonard, Bob (Smitty) Smith, Rick Algren & Terry Savely. FR: John Blanche, Gary Williams (2/9th) and Gary Butler (Ft Worth), also 2/9th.
Photo date is October, 1968.
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TS-11.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot283 viewsUNKNOWN cannoneers. Here's one for you, Charlie. Loading up the newer M102 howitzers.
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TS-D5.JPGGoing to the Dogs: Mascots282 viewsNot for sure, but this may be the TOC mascot who was also named "Short Round".
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TS-72.jpgThe Standown Ladies275 viewsThese young beauties, out of uniform as they may be, are still a very welcome sight at LZ Oasis as the unit was "standing down". Admiring are: Frank Adams, Terry Savely, and Bill Burdick.
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TS-D6.JPGGoing to the Dogs: Mascots of Bravo Battery263 viewsLooks like Mocha get tagged for Guard Detail again. Photo taken at LZ Ranger, Ban-Me-Thuot.
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TS-12.jpgThe Fickle Finger of Fate260 viewsRick Algren has a unique backscratcher. Or, perhaps he was in charge of assigning details. Actually, it's his "Short Timer's" stick. Photo taken on a convoy to the Chu Pa mountains, Spring, 1969.
Rick was an RTO before coming into the TOC.
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TS-5.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot245 viewsUNKNOWN Cannoneer. Sandbag City. Ammo is within reach.
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TS-24.jpgThere's War... and then there is war243 viewsThe editor of the newly-renamed "Ivy Leaf" rag of the 4th Inf Division may have wished he gave more thought to this page layout. At top, you have and Infantryman in the jungle, at bottom, you have our cannoneers with "B" Company (s/b Battery), 2/9th, firing a mission, and to the right...TA-DA! An 8,800 sq ft brand new PX has a grand opening...complete with 500 soldiers and a band! Wonder if they sang "Happy Days Are Here Again"?
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