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JCook19.JPG"Base Camp" - Jan 1966121 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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JCook28.JPGBase Piece - May 1966121 views#3 Gun Section - Base Piece
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Joe_and_Medic_1.JPG121 viewsMore cooking lessons. Here, the Battery Medic (name is Riddle) watches how I cut a loaf of bread.
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JCook61.JPGSchool Girls121 viewsTwo school girls walking into Pleiku.
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JCook89.JPGHere...write this down121 viewsSp4 James McBrayer, Jr is giving me the coordinates for Battery Center
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging Out120 viewsSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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JCook11a.jpgGI Coffee120 viewsAt least I can make coffee! Hard boil water, add grounds, turn off. Let grounds settle; scoop from top. That's GOOD black coffee. It is brown if not boiled hard.
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JCook38.JPGFrom the "Pink Kitty" to Tent City for the FDC120 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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JCook21.jpg"Base Camp" - Jan 1966119 viewsThis is our FDC location at Base Camp, Pleiku, 11Jan66. Sp4 Larry L. Black is half-turned to the camera, Sp4 James McBrayer, Jr is using the pick to make foxholes, Huckaby is by the "Pink Kitty". The "Pink Kitty" is the FDC training trailer that we brought over from Hawaii. We decided later that a plywood FDC trailer above ground was not a smart move. The picture is looking north, northwest.
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JCook27.JPG"Base Camp" Haircut119 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.JPG119 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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JCook40.JPGFeb 1966 High Angle Fire118 viewsHowitzer ready for high angle fire. Note the tents in the foreground.
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