Destroy_the_Caves_1.JPGDestroying the caves112 viewsThese next photos supplement our 2/9th efforts with cave hunting. Men of the 1/14th handled the explosives.
{Photos courtesy of Danny Yates}
RW-51.JPGBan Me Thout109 viewsThe Survey Crew is again waiting on a ride home. Surveyor Ziegler is contemplating while Danny Yates takes a break on the road to Ban Me Thout. Vietnam is a beautiful country.
Destroy_the_Caves_3.JPGDestroying the caves109 viewsThese photos supplement our 2/9th efforts with cave hunting. Men of the 1/14th handled the explosives.
{Photos courtesy of Danny Yates}
Destroy_the_Caves_2.JPGDestroying the caves109 viewsThese photos supplement our 2/9th efforts with cave hunting. Men of the 1/14th handled the explosives.
{Photos courtesy of Danny Yates}
Cave_Explosion.JPGDestroying the caves108 viewsThe caves found in the Hon Noc mountains were destroyed using loads of TNT. Smoke rises from one of the explosions.
{Photo courtesy of James Deloney}
Pleiku_Market.JPGPleiku series106 viewsCandid view of an open air market.
RW-47a.JPGDestroying the caves103 viewsPhoto from atop one the hills where we started our survey using the coordinates of the peak.
Returning_After_Leave.jpgSecond trip102 viewsI had "compassionate leave" from Nam due to the death of my mother. This was taken at the Pittsburgh, PA airport as I was returning from leave. I am pictured with my uniform jacket over my shoulder, walking with my fiance' Joanne and my father. This photo captures the feel of the 1960s.
RW-53.JPGBan Me Thout100 viewsChild giving directions? He said, "Me no VC; VC go that way. Assisting US troops could prove dangerous. Typical Vietnamese children in Ban Me Thout.
RW-49a.JPGDestroying the caves98 viewsThat's me. I have my trusty rifle and machete in hand cutting through the elephant grass. Most likely cutting a path for other surveyors dragging a survey chain to get a measurement between two points.
RW-54.JPGBan Me Thout97 viewsIt is a nice bungalow to be out in the middle of nowhere. Polynesian-style roof on a house in Ban Me Thout. Probably didn't make the national register. I vaguely remember that it was a hut booby-trapped with a trip wire.
RW-48a.JPGDestroying the caves97 viewsSolitary poncho; our home away from home, 4 star accommodations.
