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SR-7.jpgReunion Photos - Stu Royle122 viewsOur host at the basic training area was LTC Marcus Jones who was reassigned to Ft Bliss just days after our reunion ended. Our organizer, Jerry Orr, credits Col Jones with handling a lot of the logistics issues.
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JD-328.JPG122 views
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JD-337.JPG122 views
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Clint_Curry,_LZ_Marianne,_1969.JPGSp5 Clint Curry (deceased 4/18)122 viewsSp5 Charles C. Curry, also known as "Clint Curry", at LZ Marianne, Sept, 1969. As you probably note from the photos, Clint and I were nearly inseparable from the time I got to the Battery. He was a short-timer who took me under his wing (ETS'd from St. George the morning following the fight). Probably the most fearless guy I've ever known. I believe he and Joe Sleevi were FO party together on Chu Pa. According to Clint, he was told to "ruck up" and fill in as FO with Sleevi as his RTO. He says he told Sleevi he - Clint - would hump the PRC 25 and have Sleevi act as the FO since Joe was most experienced. Clint got the Bronze with "V" on his last night in the field at St. George (I believe it was downgraded from a Silver recommend). When we hooked up after 40+ years (we had both moved to new states) he paid me the highest compliment I've ever received (of course we had been drinking beau--effing-coup beer), that if he could only have one person to cover his back it would be me.
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MM_11-69.JPGAnti-Lifer Shirt122 viewsWearing my best "eff the lifers" firebase regalia. Funny thing is, I thought the only items I still had from Nam was my helmet cover, wife's scarf that I kept with some toilet paper between the helmet and helmet liner, my Ho Chi sandals with at least another 1,000 miles left on them, and my dog tags. In going through my AWOL bag for 2/9 items of interest, at the bottom were the same hippy beads.
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Tex_overseeing_Gun_2.JPGPhotos contributed by others122 viewsGun 2 with Cpl Jim "Tex" Shelton overseeing the operation. Tex took over when Dickey "Dinky Dau" Daud (Sp4 Richard E. Doud) and his guitar went back to the World
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JK-7.JPGDeparting Camp Enari122 viewsLeaving Camp Enari, April, 1970.
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JH-2.JPGMy Guys122 viewsNothing stronger than a bond of brotherhood. Joe stands at left with arms folded.
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AK-15.JPGAircraft at An Khe runway122 viewsSappers re-configured this slick.
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AK-13.JPGAircraft at An Khe runway122 viewsNothing but pieces after sapper attack.
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Joe_Cook.JPGHere's where it all began122 views(2nd from right 1st row) While attending the NCO Academy at Ft Sill, I remember taking my turn to march the class. I marched them into the flower bed of the Officer's Training Barracks. I commanded 'Platoon,halt' and then 'about, face' and 'forward, march'. As I looked back I saw about 40 spots of (turning marks) marks in the flower bed gravel. So I then commanded 'double time,march'. A day or two later I was sent to California and then to Hawaii (on a PAN AM flight) and hooked up with the 2/9th.
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Jenny4.jpgCompliments of Jenny Young122 viewsMen chowing down. Anyone recognize themselves?
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