Most viewed - Leon "Lee" Dixon
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Dixon6a.jpg179 viewsMemories are made of this! The 3" reel-to-reel GE brand tape recorder operated on D-cell batteries. Just so happens that everything else in the field operated on D-cell batteries, too! Great way to communicate back home. Still works today!
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Dixon41.jpgThe Children of War178 viewsOne of the saddest things I recall is seeing orphaned children along the roads as we caravaned. This boy and girl were sister and brother and said they had no parents (killed by the VC). They were huddled together as if all they had in the world was each other. It was heartbreaking, but we couldn't take them with us. We weren't even supposed to stop in most places...
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Dixon70.jpgUnknown177 viewsSomeone wrote in about a fellow in one of the field batteries whom I believe had a Spanish surname. I am not sure if this was him or not, but I recall knowing this guy who I think was either B or C battery. As I recall he was shot, possibly KIA. Great fellow with a good sense of humor... but again, darned if I can remember his name...
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Dixon45.jpgLZ English - Bong Son176 viewsNow, one day near the perimeter, this Chinook chopper lands, drops off a couple of things, then suddenly...see next photo....
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Dixon66.jpgArmed & Ready176 viewsThis fellow whose name I surely can no longer recall was shot on perimeter guard at Duc Pho. I think he was either from Michigan or Illinois. A very likable guy as I recall. He was sent home after he was shot, and survived.
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Dixon10.jpgShining through175 viewsThe sun appears to be shining through the Chinook as it makes its landing.
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Dixon37.jpgC-130175 viewsHere is a shot of one of the many, many, many times I was flying out on a C-130. Some of the guys on this very plane I never saw again. I heard they were later killed in an ambush. Note the DC-3-based "Puff The Magic Dragon plane in the background!
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LD-4.jpgPatrol Training - 2175 viewsOne of my buds was walking one of these dikes in a rice paddy when he stepped on a VC landmine. It was NOT a pretty experience...
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Dixon60.jpgWhatta Takeoff!171 viewsDuc Pho Runway, LZ Montezuma, August, 1967. Although I thought that the runway had metal planking by this time, I could be wrong. Note the dirt runway with tire tracks. Certainly not a pilot's dream. Recall taking this shot from the back door of a C-123...a noisy, scary plane, but exciting to fly in especially when they later added JATO-assist pods on the wings.
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Dixon39.jpgGoing to Bong Son - LZ English170 viewsHere we were gathering to move to the dreaded Bong Son/LZ English. None of us had heard anything good about it and some guys who had lived there before told horror stories, so we knew we were in for it. Look closely and you can even see the company clerk's group filing cabinets on the back of one truck to the lower right.
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Dixon62.jpgEat Your Heart Out, SW Airlines!168 viewsHah! Southwest wasn't the first to come up with cheap boarding passes. The Loadmaster would simply tear off a piece of paper from something else and write "boarding pass" along with the flight # and destination. The "PKU" is a baggage stub. Sometimes you had to check what you were carrying, sometimes you didn't.
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Dixon68.jpgAdoption168 viewsRemember the photo where I mentioned that I adopted a boy and a girl from the local orphanage? {See Photo Dixon #16} You saw the boy in that shot. Here is me and the little girl when she came to visit at Duc Pho. Photos are even fading now. I think this was Christmas of 1967...
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