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105Psn.JPGBattery Position87 views
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Aerial.jpgView from the chopper87 viewsNo collection of Vietnam photos is complete without a shot of the M-60 doorgunner's bird's eye view flying over a rice paddy.
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VCValley.jpgPeace in the valley87 viewsReading a book in a grassy valley
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TrngSession.jpgTraining & Demo87 viewsLooks like training in progress. Note the "stateside" fatigues with the white cloth name tags. Confirms that the timeframe is 1966.
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Well-Done.jpgBronze Star Award85 viewsLt Ed Thomas gets a congratulatory handshake from LtCol Bruce Holbrook, Battalion Commander
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Ed-GermShep.jpgEd's Arsenal84 viewsWhen all else fails, send in the German Shepard.
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B-BtrySign.jpgMorale Builder84 viewsThe sign of "B" Battery at LZ Illini says "Ready Sir". The "Dragon's Keeper" bit refers to their direct support of 1/14th Inf Regt.....the Golden Dragons, as they are known.
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Ed_Thomas~0.JPGWorld Traveller78 viewsEd has travelled the world with a personal mission to build churches in 3rd world countries, even communist-dominated countries. Here he is at his "second home", an airport somewhere.
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EET3a.jpgLt Edwin E. Thomas, FO for both the 35th and the 14th Regts72 viewsWe Were Soldiers...and Young...and Fit...and Good Looking...and all that. A "modern-day" photo can be found at the end of this album.
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Thomas-Turner-Whaley.jpgA Rare Photo26 viewsLt Ed Thomas, Lt Doug Turner, Lt Dave Whaley.
You don't often find three (3) FOs available to pose for a picture.
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Five_Artillerymen.jpgFIREPOWER!25 viewsA very rare photo consisting of: Lt Bill Farmer (KIA), Lt Dave Whaley, Lt Doug Turner, Lt Ed Thomas, and Lt Chris Herrick.
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Quick_Draw.JPGYep, we were crazy!21 viewsFO Lt Bill Farmer and FO Lt Ed Thomas engage in a game of fast draw. Looks like Ed got the drop on Bill, but neither man has their finger on the trigger mechanism. Lt Bill Farmer was later KIA as he volunteered to fill in for a absent FO.
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