Most viewed - Geary Burrows
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GDB-13.JPG"We Were Young...And Soldiers"114 viewsWell, this is the "We Were Young" part; two redlegs do a little horseplay in a mud puddle.
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GDB-1.JPGYep, I got "the call"110 views"Uncle Sam Wants Me". My personal invitation to report to Oklahoma City, OK for induction.
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GDB-10.JPGThe Story of Short Round110 viewsShort Round was the unit mascot. He was trained to eat the C-rations no one wanted.
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GDB-17.JPGGreen T-shirts110 viewsSome "replacements" were given white tee shirts and a bottle of OD-green dye. As time went by, you began to see OD tee shirts.
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GDB-3.JPGEven got promoted!109 viewsBCT at Ft Bliss; AIT at Ft Meade; a ticket to Vietnam...and then a promotion. Does life get any better than that?
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GDB-9.JPGCircus comes to town?108 viewsNot likely; it was discovered that elephants were used to move supplies through the jungle by the enemy forces.
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GDB-4.jpgThe "Killer"107 viewsDon't know about "secret", but the Ho Chi Minh trail was the "killer" because it was the main pipeline for food, weapons and re-supply for our enemies. It was never successfully shutdown; this vital trail, in supposedly "neutral" countries, seriously hampered our efforts to end the war.
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GDB-11.JPGShort Round, "B" Battery mascot107 views
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GDB-22.JPGEdward R. Murrow?107 viewsLooks like he's ready to do a news report....
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GDB-5.jpgNothing to do with Nam, but....104 viewsThis brief article appeared on the reverse of the map of the Au Shau Valley from the previous frame. It was too funny not to share. (Hooray for Mississippi??)
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GDB-2.JPGGuess where I was sent?93 viewsYep...Vietnam! Joined up with the great redleg brothers of The Mighty Ninth, 2/9th FA, which was now part of the 4th Infantry Division, having been "swapped out" from the 25th Inf Div on 1Aug67.
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