Cacti_Grunt_Club.JPGBeer Hall71 viewsWho knew? The Cacti battalion had their very own beer hall! Salud! (burp)
Major_Punji_Trap.JPGPunji Stakes71 viewsOne of the nastiest booby traps in all of Vietnam was the punji stake trap. A hole in the ground was covered up to hide the sharply-pointed stakes pointing upward, usually with poison on the tips. The idea wasn't to kill US troops, but to take them out of the battle and to demoralize their comrades.
DK-Viet9.jpg70 views
VNBurial2.JPG70 views
2Village_Firefight.JPGVillage Firefight70 viewsDon says that this is the battle where Lt Dick Arnold of B/1/35 and his platoon were pinned down.
DK-Bag2.jpg69 viewsLt Bob Bagwell seems to like the pilot's helmet.
IMG_3025.JPG69 views
01-Bird_Dog_Spotter.JPGBird Dog69 viewsThe Cessna L-19/0-1 Bird Dog was the artillery FO spotter plane used throughout Vietnam.
Don_K_-hand.JPGA rock?69 viewsTHIS is a Water Buffalo turd?!? You said it was a rock!
(Guess you flunked your minor in Geology, Don!)
Keith_Goes_Cong.JPGHa so?68 viewsDon adapts the Vietnamese headwear; keeps the sun out of his eyes, he says.
