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JCook23.JPG"Base Camp" - Jan 1966 Armed & Ready150 viewsHere I am with my trusty.....M-14? Well, that's what we had, anyway. Note that the starch is still in the fatigue pants and my boots still have that "stateside" shine.
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SG-2.JPGFDC CONEX150 viewsThis is the FDC CONEX & bunker on LZ English. I had been in-country about 2 weeks at this time.
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JM-22.JPGThe new TOC150 viewsUnder construction is the new TOC going up at LZ Oasis.
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JM-26.JPGPost War Duty reunion150 viewsLocation: Bianco's Italian Restaurant downtown. It was torn down November 2012 to make way for new development of 2d Street. John and Rose Bianco opened it in 1955. It was the favorite "Watering Hole" for GI's for many years. Col Guy Rogers is shown with the Ladies. Great Arty Officer. Was Divarty XO 1968-69 He passed away in 2005. Capt Dick Younger and wife attending a "home from the war" 2/9th reunion held at Ft Sill (1969).
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A-2-9__m102.JPG"A" Battery, 2/9th150 views"A" Battery outfitted with M-102s.
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Feb_69_track_with_50.JPGFebruary, 1969150 viewsAn armored track with the .50 caliber and shield.
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Feb_69_vip.jpgVIPs150 viewsThe "big bird" (Caribou) brings in the VIPs for a visit.
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mar_122_damage.JPGBen Het Attack Aftermath150 viewsMarch, 1969. Surveying the damage after the attack.
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DF-9.JPGReunion Photos - Danny "Cowboy" Fort150 viewsVeteran Joe Cook tells how...on this very spot over 40 years ago...his Drill Sergeant made him do 100 pushups while he was standing on his back!
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Reunion_Photo_-_Joe_Cook.JPGReunion Photo - Joe Cook150 viewsWelcome Home, "Blue Lighters". Joe Cook, Raymond Hobbs, and Mike Huseth were among the first arrivals in Nam from the 2/9th FA's home in Hawaii. Directly behind them are Les Cotten and Ernie Kingcade...also of "Blue Light" fame.
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mc-6.JPGPython, but not Monty's150 viewsSp4 Roy Ellsworth holds the working end of a dead python.
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Old_105mm.JPGPhotos contributed by others150 viewsThis is the old split tail 105mm howitzer, so it was definitely taken before arriving at LZ St. George.
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