Most viewed - Rick Ericksen
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File_8-1.JPG1/14th Plt Ldr178 viewsAt left is Lt Joe Mailla, nicknamed "Bomber", one of the Platoon Leaders of "B" Company, 1/14th. Lt Joe Hannigan and I were humping the bush with him. Nice guy, but he was nervous all the time. Of course, weren't we all? He had a tendency to let it show.
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File_1-4.JPGCasino Royale177 viewsPlay with us and you lose! A convoy cover vehicle which plied the road between Pleiku and An Khe on Hwy 19 through the infamous Mang Yang Pass.
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Dollies-1.JPGDonut Dollies177 viewsWow...you didn't see this very often in a combat zone! They're out of uniform, but we let them ride in our truck anyway.
As of November, 2014, we know that the Dolly in the middle is Margi Ness.
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File_3-2.JPG"Light 'em if ya got 'em!"176 viewsCapt Jerry Roberts, CO of B/1/14, (aka "Pilot", his call sign) takes a smoke break while checking out a defensive position. We were later sent into the mountains you see in the background.
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File_4-2.JPGPuffing away176 viewsCigarettes were a way of life back then. FO Lt Joe Hannigan (foreground) plots our location. You must always know where you are in the jungle. Lt Hannigan was always on top of his game. You couldn't ask for a better FO and a nicer guy. {See next photo: RTO Mike Pskowski was identified in the summer of 2014 by his family who contacted the website.}
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File_1-3.JPGBoring175 viewsNap time. Taken around Christmas, a gun bunny from the 2/9th (UNK).
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File_7-4.JPGHumping the bush173 viewsSingle file patrol with the 1/14th. {UNKs}
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File_3-1.JPGBreak time172 viewsThis photo taken shortly after our rush to the village to find Charlie after the bushwhacking he gave to a humanitarian team.
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File_7-5.JPGCalling Home172 viewsWhere are we, anyway? FO Lt Joe Hannigan takes a break with RTO Rick Ericksen on the horn.
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Rick_E_3-6.JPG172 views
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Rick_E_6-2.JPGTrying to destroy ammo172 viewsThis is a better look at one of the rounds without a fuze that was attempted to be destroyed with C4 and det cord.
The outcome was almost a disaster!
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File_8-5.JPGSingle File171 viewsAnother search & destroy mission.
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