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Modern-Day_Joe_Cook.jpgSgt Joe Cook291 viewsModern-Day Joe. Here I am with my lovely bride. I not only survived Vietnam, but I managed to get into my dress blue uniform for this photo.
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Goodbye_Vietnam.jpgNorthwest Airlines - departing CRB290 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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Orphanage.jpg"Boys & Girls Home" at Duc Pho289 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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Hwy19-Bunker.jpgSide View289 viewsSide view of tactical bridge site. The bunker at far right provided night protection. Snipers harassed our A/2/35 perimeter from the trees at top.
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Cmd_Staff.jpgLZ OD - Command & Staff288 viewsRadar Officer Emil Franklin, Capt Mike Casp (KIA, Nov 67), Lt Dennis Munden, FCO, 1Sgt William Rollins, Lt Dennis Dauphin, XO. "A" Battery, LZ OD
Sign says: "Practice Malaria Discipline"
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Hiway_19.jpgGoing Thru the Pass288 viewsThis is Highway 19 as it leads through the Mang Yang Pass.
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MK8.jpgThe FNG288 views"FNG" Lt Kurtgis attending orientation at Camp Enari and getting assignment as the FO for "B" Company, 1/35th.
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BY-1.jpgUNKNOWN FO288 viewsThis FO served with C-2-35, name not known at present. He was replaced by Lt Roger Fulkerson (KIA).
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DP5a.JPGLZ Baldy - south of Hoi An287 viewsFebruary, 1968. SSG Ronnie Kackley (Little Rock, Ark) and me in front of the S-1 hootch.
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DB-6.JPG"Bootlegger"286 viewsThe mascot of "B" Battery, circa 1969.
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CampAlphaMonkey.JPGMy true friend286 viewsJust to the left of the green awning In-Process center was this little Capuchin monkey enjoying his banana on the same rock-covered ground. He was the first and best friend I made at Camp Alpha. The folks there were pretty hostile to the incoming troops.
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IMG_2607.JPG"And we'd go back and do it again, too!"285 viewsDennis Dauphin and Don Keith share their history with the 2/9th FA.
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