mc-27.JPGExecutive Officer for "A" Battery120 viewsCaptain Jerry R. Benton. At one point, he was "Lt Benton" and served as XO of "A" Battery.
mc-6.JPGPython, but not Monty's115 viewsSp4 Roy Ellsworth holds the working end of a dead python.
mc-1.JPGFrontal View 113 viewsThis is a frontal view of the 2/9th compound at LZ Oasis.
mc-8.JPGBattalion Staff112 viewsLeft - LtCol Redmond Forrester, Battalion Commander; Right - Major Jerry Orr, Tactical Operations Center (TOC).
mc-11.JPGInterior View110 viewsNo names, but these two are enjoying the field mess hall.
mc-5.JPGSgt Smith and Sgt Stewart109 viewsStanding among the tents of the 2/9th Oasis compound.
mc-15.JPGHqs Service Battery, Mess Hall at Camp Enari109 viewsSp5 John O. Olson and Sp6 Bob McLaughlin holding up the Mess Hall sign.
mc-9.JPGCarpenter in chief106 viewsSFC Clyde A. Roker turns ammo boxes into building materials. His "regular job" was working in the Battalion TOC. In the rear at left is Jim Castelletti.
mc-12.JPGInterior View101 viewsYep...we done built a great mess hall.
mc-2.JPGLarge Tent98 viewsThis may have been "Home Sweet Home" for some of our redlegs at the Oasis.
mc-10.JPGThe Mess Hall98 viewsThis is the Mess Hall at LZ Oasis; it had a dirt floor. I don't know its origins. This is the building that we totally refurbished into a first class dining place.
mc-7.JPGHuey formation93 viewsA flight of Hueys departs the Oasis.