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JCook21.jpg"Base Camp" - Jan 1966151 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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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966151 viewsTaken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook22d.JPGUnderground Bunker - the orginal CONEX FDC concept151 viewsThe next change for our FDC operations was CONEX containers. We buried two (2) CONEX containers in Base Camp. They were dug in with the help of a bulldozer. They were facing each other, dropped into the hole and covered with sandbags. We made a "sandbag staircase" to get back to the surface. I don't know how this would work out in monsoon season. Inside the containers, we used red lights at night and white lights during the day. We moved in our standard field tables for the charts and placed the radios on ammo boxes.
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JCook85.JPGCSMO151 views"Close Station, March Order" - get the hell out of Dodge. Ammo placed in the A-22 slings. The 3/4 ton is loaded up with the FDC gear.
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JCook45a.JPGSpoils of war150 viewsCaptured enemy grenades. Also known as "potato mashers".
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JCook59.JPGSpecial Forces - protecting village150 viewsSame photo - more detail upon enlarging.
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war150 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook89.JPGHere...write this down150 viewsSp4 James McBrayer, Jr is giving me the coordinates for Battery Center
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JCook11a.jpgGI Coffee150 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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JCook-129.JPGMucky-Stucky150 viewsThe Huey lost its hydraulics and the skids collapsed.
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JCook-132.JPGNo homeowners insurance150 viewsNote the "hooch" that appears just below the belly of the Chinook. After the Chinook lifts off, there is no more "hooch".
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JCook26.jpgLZ Oasis149 viewsLanding our gear at LZ Oasis.
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