RW-48a.JPGDestroying the caves101 viewsSolitary poncho; our home away from home, 4 star accommodations.
RW-49a.JPGDestroying the caves100 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.
Pleiku_Theater_Concession_Stands.JPGPleiku series100 viewsPleiku Theater Concession Stands: The building on the back ground is a theater in town.
RW-16.JPGPith helmet?99 viewsDowntown Pleiku: young girl wears a pith helmet instead of the more common conical hat (non la).
RW-15.JPGDowntown Pleiku99 viewsThis place never made it as a tourist destination.
RW-54.JPGBan Me Thout99 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.
Pleiku_Children.JPGPleiku series99 viewsTypical Vietnamese children playing with downed tree branches.
RW-52.JPGBan Me Thout98 viewsWhile waiting on the Huey to pick us up, these kids came walking by and allowed us to take pictures.
RW-Base4.jpgBase Camp98 viewsHere is our Mens Room, complete with shitter and piss tube.
Pleiku_GI_Bartering.JPGPleiku series98 viewsPlieku GI bartering: Some GI's interacting with the Vietnamese children. Notice the one young girl holding something she wants to sell.
{Webmaster's Note: Many American-made items wound up in the local black markets. It was always amazing since there were certainly no legitimate means of distribution.}
Christmas_Pleiku_12-66.jpgPleiku series98 viewsThis was a Christmas party and dinner for kids from a local orphanage. Too bad this didn't make the news back home. It was more sensational news to sell the troops as "baby killers".
RW-39.JPGCave Smoke Break97 viewsSgt Barrington taking a smoke break after enjoying a hot meal with the 1/14th soldiers.
