Most viewed - Leon "Lee" Dixon
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Dixon71.jpgHere come the tanks150 viewsThese were some of the tanks that armor guys operated out of LZ Montezuma. I remember them, the ordnance and the engineering boys clearing a road for us to convoy once.
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Dixon72.jpgOne way to do it!149 viewsOne of the tanker trailers that brought water for our wonderful SHOWER! We painted a 50-gallon drum BLACK and it sat in the sun all day long... so we had HOT showers at night!!!
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Dixon62.jpgEat Your Heart Out, SW Airlines!148 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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Dixon64.jpgBuddhist BBQ147 viewsBuddhist monks (Thailand). Sadly, these are the guys you sometimes heard of barbecuing themselves on the streets of Saigon. I witnessed an immolation in Saigon. It was NOT a pretty sight, nor smell. Unforgettably horrible.
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Dixon65.jpgSkikorsky SkyCrane147 viewsThe Sikorsky Skycrane at Duc Pho. Over the mountain is the South China Sea.
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Dixon67.jpgThe Supply Dude144 viewsHere was a jolly little fellow who worked in supply. But heaven help you if you didn't follow all the rules by the book! The jolliness stopped right there! Sadly, I just don't recall his name either. Memory is eroding now on the names.
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LD-1.JPGPopular Dog136 viewsLooks like we have yet another photo of "Short Round". Much talk and I think a special place on the 2/9th web site for pics of unit adopted dogs. Here is another. This dog had several names as I recall... "Short Round" being one of them, but he had others as well. Guy with him here was a Commo member, but I cannot recall his name. Possibly Terry. If I remember, he was a lineman. He arrived shortly before went home. By this time, I believe the 'ol hard-ass sarge was gone or at least not somewhere close enough to have influence. He would have never allowed boots to look like that! Note the the "urinator" and ammo boxes in the background. I think this was at Kontum...
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Lee_at_Duc_Pho.JPGDuc Pho HQ63 viewsHere I am with my favorite guitar. I left it behind for someone else to play. Hope they got good use out of it! The Mighty Ninth sign is just over my right shoulder.
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