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JCook-136.JPGA cloud of dust147 viewsLooking through the dust cloud, you can find the source....yep....it's a Chinook.
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JCook35.JPGWater Buffalo Herd146 viewsThis photo taken near Route 19 (later known as Hwy 19) reveals a herd of water buffalo in the distance.
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JCook53.JPGBreaking camp146 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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JCook55.JPGSetting Up in a new LZ145 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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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966144 viewsJoe notes: "Protecting Route 19 - Field Problem". Yep, fer shure. And Hwy 19 remained a "field problem years later, too.
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JCook41.JPGFeathered Friend144 viewsThis bird showed up with the "A" mess ration, delivered every day in the field.
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JCook51.JPGBomb crater144 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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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up144 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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JCook72.JPGChu Pung Mountains144 viewsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.
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JCook90.JPGFresh from the Stattes144 viewsAt left is PFC Norma McLeod, Jr and PFC Gerald L. Yacavone. Took AIT with them at Base Camp. They are listed as members of Hqtrs Battery.
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - Village143 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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JCook92.JPGStatue143 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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