Most viewed - Rick Ericksen
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Dollies-1.JPGDonut Dollies150 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_8-1.JPG1/14th Plt Ldr149 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.JPG149 views
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File_1-3.JPGBoring147 viewsNap time. Taken around Christmas, a gun bunny from the 2/9th (UNK).
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File_1-4.JPGCasino Royale147 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_3-3.JPGEntrenching Tool147 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_8-5.JPGSingle File147 viewsAnother search & destroy mission.
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File_9-2.JPGB/1/14147 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_7-5.JPGCalling Home147 viewsWhere are we, anyway? FO Lt Joe Hannigan takes a break with RTO Rick Ericksen on the horn.
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Rick_E_6-2.JPGTrying to destroy ammo147 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_3-6.JPG"Got any Tabasco?"146 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_4-2.JPGPuffing away146 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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