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JCook19.JPG"Base Camp" - Jan 1966155 views"Base Camp" - We arrived on Jan 1966 (by Starlifter - C-141 on dirt runway) and as you see we are the only one in the area ('B' Battery 2/9 Field Artillery). We only called it "Base Camp" and by February we we in the 'boonies' and never saw Base Camp again. In Jan and Feb of 1966 we ONLY had tents. When I came back in (to rotate out) Dec 1966 there were walkways and wooden barracks and Mess hall.
This hole is where we later put in two CONEXs and made our FDC bunker. Left to Right: Sp4 James McBrayer, Jr, PFC Richard A. Williams.
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JCook86.JPGThe MarketPlace in Pleiku155 viewsThat ain't fresh bread you smell, either!
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JCook24.jpgPacking Up154 viewsCSMO - Close Station, March Order. Close the trails, stick the load on top and wait for the CH-47.
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JCook40.JPGFeb 1966 High Angle Fire154 viewsHowitzer ready for high angle fire. Note the tents in the foreground.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging Out154 viewsSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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JCook61.JPGSchool Girls154 viewsTwo school girls walking into Pleiku.
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JCook28.JPGBase Piece - May 1966153 views#3 Gun Section - Base Piece
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JCook57.JPGAPC153 viewsIn the background is an APC of the 135th. To the center right is a piss tube. You probably don't want to know what is in the cut-off barrels in the foreground.
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JCook63.JPGMore153 viewsSame photo minus the cardboard frame. A 2nd click of your mouse will reveal even clearer detail.
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JCook27.JPG"Base Camp" Haircut152 viewsGetting a haircut while part of my wash (see the green fatigues?) is hanging in the background. Note the 2/9th insignia on the barber's cap.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_2.JPG152 viewsI wasn't doing a good job, so the Medic took over. Note the surgical precision he uses to cut the bread. Medic Riddle was the same guy who attended to SSG David Spears who was KIA during a firing incident.
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JCook38.JPGFrom the "Pink Kitty" to Tent City for the FDC152 viewsWe bailed out of the "Pink Kitty" FDC. Obviously, it was not sustainable in our new jungle environment. This GP-small tent also served as the FDC sleeping quarters.
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