Most viewed - Michael Medley
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Million_Dollar_view.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197092 viewsMillion dollar views from Tuffy - this slide and next. Unless, of course, you looked 1800 mils and saw the ridgeline lurking over the firebase. It was a mother to try to hump trunks up the steep sides of those hills to use for overhead cover. The mountaintop was so small and steep that we could only fire the full battery (I think we were still down a tube at that time) on high angle. {continued next slide}
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Civilized.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197092 views{continued from previous slide} From memory, both the 101st and 1st CAV had previously inhabited the LZ and both had the same problem we did exiting based on the evidence of Arc Light strikes and downed chopper husks in the jungle below the LZ. Like an idiot I decided I needed a break and chose to go out on the last chopper for a change instead of the usual Advance Party. So I got to party with the gun the dinks couldn't see from the ridgeline and didn't know was there when they opened up on the Chinook carrying Pineapple's crew and gun.
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More_on_the_road.JPGUp Yours!92 viewsDespite our attempt at humanitarian aid and civil affairs, I think we were actually recruiters for the VC since the kids started yelling "GI fucking 10" and hurling them back at us. Maybe it was the stale chocolate. Could have gotten seriously injured since those things were hard-solid and could have been used as the heat shield on the Apollo moon missions.
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Christmas_convoy.JPGOn the road again92 views On the road again, another fond memory of Christmas Eves past.
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AnKhe_AO.JPGBan Me Thout92 viewsOn the ground. These two photos look the same, but they aren't.
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Hurdle___Medley.JPGHurdle & Medley91 viewsSp4 James A. "Jim" Hurdle and PFC Mike Medley. Taken right after I got to "A" Battery late May '69 at LZ St. George.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Mike_Medley.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197091 viewsMy arrival at LZ Tuffy. This is the FDC share of the big log with me sitting on it over a rubber lady.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Sikorksky_Crane_arrives.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197091 viewsThe Sikorsky Skycrane unloads a huge log, almost as long as the LZ. Many hooches used it as a foundation.
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LZ_Abbey.JPGLZ Abbey - Beautiful91 viewsLZ Abbey was as beautiful as LZ Tuffy was terrifying. It was near Bong Son. (continued).
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LZ_Tuffy_-_1970_HiAngle_Fire.JPG91 views
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On_the_road_Christmas.JPGRoad beggars91 viewsWe took along a bunch of those tropical chocolate bars and threw them out to the begging kids along the road. What intrigues me about this photo is that, as we went over a hill, I looked back and saw the kids pulling down the flag. That says a lot.
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LZ_Lois_-_Christmas,_1969.JPGLZ Lois - Christmas Day, 196990 viewsAfter barely getting back from the "Christmas Eve Raid" and getting to sleep, I get awakened by excited calls that there are round-eyes on the firebase and there is going to be a show. Yeah sure...it was an over-the-hill DJ and 4 would-be starlets stopping by for a few minutes to pose for pictures and punch their "patriotic" ticket.
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