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JCook35.JPGWater Buffalo Herd138 viewsThis photo taken near Route 19 (later known as Hwy 19) reveals a herd of water buffalo in the distance.
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JCook55.JPGSetting Up in a new LZ138 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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JCook-136.JPGA cloud of dust138 viewsLooking through the dust cloud, you can find the source....yep....it's a Chinook.
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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up137 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 Mountains137 viewsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.
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JCook32.JPGAlong Route 14136 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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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966136 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 - Village136 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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JCook98.JPGCaptured rice carriers136 viewsThe adults were not blindfolded - don't know why that was. You can see the Infantryman's foot on the sandbag wall who was assigned to guard him while he ate C-rations. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook41.JPGFeathered Friend135 viewsThis bird showed up with the "A" mess ration, delivered every day in the field.
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JCook51.JPGBomb crater135 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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JCook92.JPGStatue135 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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