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JCook57.JPGAPC114 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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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!114 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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JCook46a.JPGMore spoils of war113 viewsNote RPGs...one of the enemy's most effective weapons.
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JCook60.JPGTea Plantation112 viewsRice paddies and tea fields were everywhere.
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JCook-109.JPGLooking more like a war zone now112 viewsBattery Commander Osborne has the troops in formation for a message. Probably told them to bathe more often. You can now see the glimmer and shine of stateside OD uniforms give way to continuous field duty. Certainly not how we started out!
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JCook26.jpgLZ Oasis111 viewsLanding our gear at LZ Oasis.
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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up111 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 village111 viewsSame photo - more detail upon enlarging.
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JCook-136.JPGA cloud of dust111 viewsLooking through the dust cloud, you can find the source....yep....it's a Chinook.
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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966110 viewsJoe notes: "Protecting Route 19 - Field Problem". Yep, fer shure. And Hwy 19 remained a "field problem years later, too.
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JCook54.jpgMore Info110 viewsThat's me loading the breech. Nash is the Gunner and PFC Larry L. Dodd is the Asst Gunner.
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - Village110 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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