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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966152 viewsTaken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook22y.JPGFDC Tent after Pink Kitty152 viewsThis new tent also served as the FDC sleeping quarters. The cot is in the background. This is a close-up view of the left end of the FDC tent with me at the Firing Chart.
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JCook85.JPGCSMO152 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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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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JCook59.JPGSpecial Forces - protecting village151 viewsSame photo - more detail upon enlarging.
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war151 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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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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JCook-132.JPGNo homeowners insurance151 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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JCook31.JPGDUI Driver - May 1966150 viewsOur Jeep Driver was drunk coming back from Pleiku on a pass and ran the Jeep off the road. No one was hurt.
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JCook52.JPGTonight's Entree150 viewsThis lizard came into our AO and didn't live to tell about it.
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JCook45a.JPGSpoils of war150 viewsCaptured enemy grenades. Also known as "potato mashers".
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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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