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VC-Capture.jpgCaptured VC277 viewsTroops gather around VC prisoner awaiting transport to interrogation.
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btry.jpgThe Final Days277 viewsSaying goodbye to my cannoneers
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Dignitary_Visit.JPGLZ OD276 viewsUnidentified higher ups visit LZ OD.
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LZ-OD-Air.jpgCatch-all shot276 viewsThis photo captures the entire firebase known as LZ Olive Drab (OD) along with the protective hill in the background that flanked LZ Montezuma/FSB Bronco. Over that hill is the South China Sea.
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IMG_2610.JPG"We can smile now!"275 viewsJim Connolly, Joe Henderson, and Mike Kurtgis renew old friendships.
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Orphanage.jpg"Boys & Girls Home" at Duc Pho275 viewsIn smaller print: DAI-UY RONALD ROD.
This orphanage was dedicated to Capt Ronald Rod who served as an "Advisor" prior to open hostilities. Capt Rod was previously an ROTC instructor at Loyola University in New Orleans.
The men who volunteered to serve as Military Advisors had no support of armed US troops. They were, indeed, sitting ducks.
Capt Rod was one of my ROTC Instructors. He left for Vietnam while I was still a student at the University.
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FO_for_A-2-35.JPGThe FO275 viewsLt Dennis Dauphin, FO assigned to A-2-35. Photo taken at company's position while guarding Highway 19.
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DF-1.JPG"Short Round"275 views"Short Round" was the mascot for Bravo Battery, 2/9th Arty. Short Round was wounded and Danny was the one who stitched him up and took him to the Doc. Short Round stayed in Danny's bunk. I I took him to be sewed up when he was hit. He was written up in The Stars & Stripes newspaper a couple different times. Our hero!
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001.jpgModern-day Bert275 viewsStrolling around Paris...many years later.
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DScott-2.JPG"The Undertaker"275 viewsThe tube is named the "Undertaker". Everyone wanting to file a VA tinnitus claim: Take Note! See the safety ear plugs being used by the Cannoneer at right front? I don't either! The crew is firing the newer M102 Howitzer.
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Goodbye_Vietnam.jpgNorthwest Airlines - departing CRB274 viewsDoes this mean "goodbye"? You bet! DEROS was October, 1967 corresponding to the end of 2 yrs on active duty. This is one sight I won't forget.
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TS-72.jpgThe Standown Ladies274 viewsThese young beauties, out of uniform as they may be, are still a very welcome sight at LZ Oasis as the unit was "standing down". Admiring are: Frank Adams, Terry Savely, and Bill Burdick.
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