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Turner_67.jpgLZ Montezuma108 viewsThe 3rd Brigade Special Task Force Headquarters airstrip. The South China Sea lies just behind the hill in the background. Reports are that the US Marines occupied this area first and left a hellacious number of mines on the hill.
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Turner_27.jpg107 views
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Turner_39.jpgConvoy107 viewsRoadside sights include an abandoned bicycle.
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Turner_62.jpgLittle Shopper107 viewsYoung girl in Pleiku.
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Turner_76.jpgSignpost107 viewsIt was typical to have a signpost in your duty area. Everybody wanted to be someplace else. Note the "soft cap" with the 2/9th Arty insignia.
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Turner_89.jpgThe Central Highlands107 viewsTypical scene in the Central Highlands...hills, lakes, and rice paddies.
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Turner_108.jpgConvoy sights107 viewsNow the question is: Was is a toll booth or a lemonade stand?
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Turner_107.jpgMeeting?106 viewsThey're probably wondering who called this meeting.
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Turner_49.jpgAir Force dud hidden in trash sump104 viewsIt was in the Spring-Summer of 1967. "A" Battery was ordered to a "hip-shoot" on LZ Anchor. Problem was that this was a "re-occupation" and Charlie had a surprise waiting. Check out the war story "Adventures At LZ Anchor" for details.
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Turner_69.jpgLZ OD --- The Beginning104 viewsSpring, 1967. "A" Battery occupies LZ OD along with the HQ, 1/35th Bn. The battery took the end nearest the lagoon which supplied water to the rice paddies controlled by a floodgate.
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Turner_73.jpgTaxi?104 viewsThis place looks better than some stateside posts!
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Turner_122.jpg104 views
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