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JCook64.JPGDon't Do This129 viewsYou were supposed to learn in Boy Scouts not to do this: pitch your tent on low ground. We had to move, obviously!
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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966128 viewsJoe notes: "Protecting Route 19 - Field Problem". Yep, fer shure. And Hwy 19 remained a "field problem years later, too.
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JCook53.JPGBreaking camp128 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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JCook35.JPGWater Buffalo Herd127 viewsThis photo taken near Route 19 (later known as Hwy 19) reveals a herd of water buffalo in the distance.
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JCook58.JPGSpecial Forces - Village127 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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JCook-136.JPGA cloud of dust126 viewsLooking through the dust cloud, you can find the source....yep....it's a Chinook.
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JCook32.JPGAlong Route 14125 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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JCook72.JPGChu Pung Mountains125 viewsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.
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JCook37.JPGMakeshift Hooch124 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 crater124 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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JCook90.JPGFresh from the Stattes124 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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JCook92.JPGStatue124 viewsA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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