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122_rkt.JPGBen Het Attack Aftermath, March 1969165 viewsTotal destruction of an ammo track. The damage from a 122mm rocket is pretty impressive. Bits and pieces here. What you see is what is left of it.
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mc-19.JPGCaptain Baird165 viewsCaptain Robert D. Baird, Hq Service Battery. His name is on the Mess Hall sign.
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mc-25.JPGSign Posing165 viewsSp5 John O. Olson, Sp4 Herb Banks and PFC Ralph C. Thompson
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Medley_Departs.JPGWhy Is This Man Smiling? Because he is going home!165 viewsBecause it's April 10, 1970 and I'm getting out of Dodge. Had another white tee shirt in my AWOL bag that had been in storage at Enari and they gave us new boots and jungle fatigues. Getting ready to board a bus to the Pleiku Airbase and hop on the big Air Force jet with 71 other guys to accompany the colors of the 3rd BDE to Ft. Lewis, Washington. We were all E-5 and above or O1 or O2s. No one knew how or why we were selected, but in trying to puzzle it out we decided that apparently the primary qualification was having over 10 1/2 months in country, holding the ranks someone thought appropriate, able to clean up well, and capable of being retrained to march. Enari had been moved over to Radcliff, so to the best of our knowledge the 72 of us, minus confiscated weapons, were alone inside the huge basecamp with just the 1/12th (no offense intended) the worst battalion in the brigade sleeping a couple of guys in every 2nd or 3rd perimeter bunkers.
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Redleg_Lunch-9.JPGMajor Jerry Orr165 viewsJerry Orr, wearing his official 2/9th Arty shirt, chats with Ed Moor.
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JH-2.JPGMy Guys165 viewsNothing stronger than a bond of brotherhood. Joe stands at left with arms folded.
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Ron-292-TamKy-TET-68.jpgTam Ky165 viewsPictured at lovely Tam Ky, TET of 1968.
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Powder_Bags.JPGPicture Worth a 1,000 words165 viewsIn order to explain a little about our firing battery to the folks back home, I used this photo clearly showing the powder bags held up for the Executive Officer (XO) to verify that the correct charge was being used to fire the round. In this case, with four bags out of seven not in the tube, it is Charge 3. That round won't go very far away from the firebase at that charge. PS> Straddling the leg of a 105mm is not Ft Sill approved procedure.
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JFO-63.JPGAnother RSOP165 viewsLooks like this battery is strapping up for a move to another location.
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WS-29.JPGThe ASP164 viewsDennis Couch takes inventory while UNK soldier from the 704th Maint operates forklift. This ASP handled all the munitions for the Grunts and the Redlegs...mortar rounds, M16, .50 cal, hand grenades, C-4, CS...you name it.
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MK144.jpgIn Business164 viewsThe place for laundry and other services. Didn't take long for the locals to learn the basics of doing business the American way.
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MK249.jpgKids164 viewsSeems like there were hundreds of kids around.
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