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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966125 viewsJoe notes: "Protecting Route 19 - Field Problem". Yep, fer shure. And Hwy 19 remained a "field problem years later, too.
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - Village125 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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JCook22y.JPGFDC Tent after Pink Kitty124 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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JCook-109.JPGLooking more like a war zone now124 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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JCook-136.JPGA cloud of dust124 viewsLooking through the dust cloud, you can find the source....yep....it's a Chinook.
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JCook53.JPGBreaking camp123 viewsAs per the cardboard mount, this photo indicates that B/2/9 is breaking camp with the 105mm ammo in "A-22" slings. This is the time when the FDC was located in a 3/4-ton truck.
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JCook72.JPGChu Pung Mountains122 viewsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.
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JCook32.JPGAlong Route 14121 viewsI am thinking this picture is early and probably is an "EARLY" attempt at building fox holes. We never had any training in Hawaii on foxhole digging. But we had to dig the BC's hole and the XO's in Hawaii. Lack of training shows here - I think we put it up for show and not survival. Again this early in Nam and might even be among the FIRST hole ever dug.
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JCook-137.JPGWhere is the drain plug?121 viewsLousy RSOP. We moved into this LZ the night before and it rained. Here's what we were greeted with the next morning. The gun spade of the base piece got stuck in the mud and we couldn't fire. We moved out of here.
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JCook37.JPGMakeshift Hooch120 viewsWillie's and my hootch. It was built off the front of our truck with a foxhole in front.
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JCook51.JPGBomb crater120 viewsAccording to the cardboard mount, it indicates a bomb crater filled with water. I think it was a 500-lb bomb.
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JCook71.JPGChow Line120 viewsThe evening meal was almost always "A" Rations.
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