Most viewed - Michael Medley
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LZ_Lois_-_Christmas_1969.JPGLZ Lois - Christmas 196990 viewsVisiting DJ with the dames at his side.
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Building_LZ_Lois.JPGLZ Lois - Rebuilding90 viewsLZ Lois, rebuilding a RVN firebase.
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LZ_Abbey5.JPGLZ Abbey - Getting totally clean90 views(closing) Since I had stayed behind on LZ Tuffy I went on the Advance Party to the next LZ, named LZ Suzie but not-so-fondly known by us as LZ "Suzie Pig". Another stupid blunder.
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LZ_Abbey4.JPGLZ Abbey - Getting Clean90 views(continued) There is a funny story about LZ Abbey and the only South Vietnamese army soldier (Montagnards weren't South Vietnamese, they were good people) I saw in the field during my entire tour.
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An_Khe_AO.JPGBan Me Thout90 viewsOn the ground in the AO.
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FDO_Benton_and_XO_McKuen.JPGFDO and the XO89 views"A" Battery officers Lt Jerry R. Benton (FDO) and Lt McHugh (XO) touching the roof of the twin CONEX containers of the portable FDC. Note the trusty ol' pencil sharpener under Benton's right arm and a flashlight magnetized to the joint in the roof. Benton was later promoted to Captain.
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LZ_Abbey2.JPGLZ Abbey - the South China Sea89 views(continued) For the first time in Nam, I had the South China Sea on my map. We set up in a graveyard on top of a hill surrounded as a horseshoe by water.
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The_Soul_Section.JPGSoul Section89 viewsThe soul gun section chilling out. No names on the slide holder. While I recognize all of them, I don't want to put on wrong names.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Carl___Denny.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197088 viewsCarl (?), a new guy from Georgia, and Denny Mrowczynski, working the sandbagging detail.
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LZ_Marie.JPGLZ Marie88 viewsOn the ground, now...securing LZ Marie. After the guns got in, we got up a strand of concertina wire. I don't remember how long we were there, but one evening as the LPs were going out, the new grunt Platoon Leader had the rest of the platoon guarding the LZ in the middle with their weapons field stripped. Rookie mistake. The AKs started popping and the LPs came running back in under fire, followed by mortars (just 60 mikes) right behind them. One of the howitzers went to final protective fire (firecracker, crank it all the way up and down a couple of turns, charge 1 and .2 seconds I think it was). I think the other tube was loading beehive. Our eltee was in his hole down from me and I had the radios. Got in touch with the Battery at LZ Lois but there was a problem with the GT line. So we shot the firecracker. Nothing like the sound of 9 bomblets coming down on an incoming breeze to pucker one up. Only a couple of them landed in inside the perimeter. The only casualty - and this might be just wishful thinking garnered over the years, so I'd like confirmation from others - was the grunt eltee who got shrapnel in his rear.
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Hook_N__Go.JPGThar She Goes!87 viewsOne of our M-102 howitzers hooked up and lifting off for a hip shoot at LZ Cathy, September, 1969.
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PFC_Denny_Mrowcyznski.JPGPFC Mrowczynski87 viewsDenny Mrowczynski standing at entrance to FDC/1st Sgt hooch at LZ St. George.
Note volleyball in the background and a mess tent. We only had it for a short time until one of the cooks burned to death while filling a stove. {See "TAPS" - PFC Odell Easley}
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