Most viewed - Rick Ericksen
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File_3-2.JPG"Light 'em if ya got 'em!"140 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_8-1.JPG1/14th Plt Ldr139 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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Rick_E_3-6.JPG139 views
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Rick_E_6-2.JPGTrying to destroy ammo138 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 File137 viewsAnother search & destroy mission.
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File_9-2.JPGB/1/14137 viewsSmoke break while defending position with B/1/14.
These guys were no nonsense and as tough as they came.
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File_3-3.JPGEntrenching Tool136 viewsThe US Army entrenching tool....the time-honored way to dig your hole and doubles as a weapon also.
Actually, I was warning the Capt Jerry Roberts, the "B" Company commander, (at left) to get us out of the f-g mountains...it was too g-d cold!
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File_3-6.JPG"Got any Tabasco?"136 viewsTypical C-ration "meal-in-the-field". Sp4 Rick Ericksen here..."should I really eat this stuff or just give it to the VC?"
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File_1-3.JPGBoring135 viewsNap time. Taken around Christmas, a gun bunny from the 2/9th (UNK).
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File_1-4.JPGCasino Royale135 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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File_3-1.JPGBreak time135 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_4-2.JPGPuffing away135 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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