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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!116 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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JCook94.JPGAmmo Dump - Tea Plantation116 viewsUnsecured and unprotected ammo supply at the Tea Plantation forward area.
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war115 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook26.jpgLZ Oasis114 viewsLanding our gear at LZ Oasis.
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JCook54.jpgMore Info114 viewsThat's me loading the breech. Nash is the Gunner and PFC Larry L. Dodd is the Asst Gunner.
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JCook55.JPGSetting Up in a new LZ114 viewsI'm a member of the Advance Party, pulling the firing chart out of its canvas carrying bag as we begin life in yet another LZ.
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - Village114 viewsThis photo documents the "early days" of Vietnam prior to open conflict. Here is a village protected by our US Special Forces. Their "advisor" mission was a prelude to the arrival of TO&E combat units.
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JCook60.JPGTea Plantation114 viewsRice paddies and tea fields were everywhere.
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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up114 viewsL to R: PFC Vincent Vigilotti, PFC Douglas C. Johnson stack up the empty tubes from the 105mm ammo as SFC Therman L. Lowery (Chief of Firing Battery) who replaced "First Shirt" 1stSgt Johnnie Winston, does the hard job of supervising.
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JCook59.JPGSpecial Forces - protecting village114 viewsSame photo - more detail upon enlarging.
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JCook13a.JPG105mm shrapnel114 viewsNuttin' to mess with; the 105mm can do some bodily harm. Same piece of shrapnel shown on a plate.
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JCook-132.JPGNo homeowners insurance114 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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