GDS-156.JPGExecutive Practice93 viewsRamming home the projo. Gun crews & Section Chiefs must be highly trained...lives downrange are depending on them. It is a good command policy to rehearse during H&Is or registrations. The crews handle the contact fire missions.
GDS-162.JPGQui Nhon93 viewsHotel Bed
GDS-208.JPGHill 5493 viewsHill 54 complete. Home of the 1/14th Golden Dragons.
GDS-92.JPGFiring Chart92 viewsFDO Lt Kermit DeVaughn looks up from his firing chart. Note the RDP fan and map pins. According to my diary, Lt DeVaughn was credited with convincing the BnCO, LtCol Holbrook, to try out the concept of two CONEX containers welded together to form a combat-ready Fire Direction Center (FDC).
GDS-188.JPGDuc Pho92 viewsA village in Duc Pho.
GDS-Cal-1.jpg"Short Timer's" Calendar92 viewsWoo-Hoo! Only 100 days left in-country. Some calendars started at 90 days, the same time the Bn Adjutant recorded you as a "90-day drop". Most everybody had a calendar.
GDS-11.JPGCharlie Battery91 viewsGun pit of "C" Battery, 2/9th. You can see the place getting organized.
GDS-38.JPGThe Montagnards91 viewsThe locals do their hauling...the old way.
GDS-207.JPGHill 5491 viewsHill 54 close up.
GDS-51.JPGRSOP-ing90 viewsLoad arrives at LZ 10B. Now the fun begins to set everything up once again. Sp4 John M. Waldman takes a rest on a downed tree at right.
GDS-90.JPGChinook downdraft90 viewsOf course, there is a "price to pay" for the Chinook' services. Those powerful blades will collapse any tent around. Sp4 James Louk, FDC, is smiling at the same time he is pissed.
GDS-133.JPGLZ 510B90 viewsGDS and company looking over a Corvette ad. Maybe it'll have a few mph than the jeep he's in.
