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Firefight.jpg155 viewsActual scenes from a firefight in progress.
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TR25.jpgRead all about it!155 viewsOne heckuva of an accidental discovery. It took four helo loads to bring the arms to LZ Valentine. Interesting to note that Sp4 John D. Grinde and 1SG JF Tibbit are active members of the 35th Inf Regt Assn and attended the annual reunion in Reno, 2009.
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Operation_Shotgun.jpgHow it all started155 viewsThe familiar "doorgunner" job in Nam began as a top-secret operation in Hawaii named "Operation Shotgun". Here over 350 men were trained to man the M60 machineguns and practiced their skills for months prior to being sent over to Vietnam.
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JCook17.jpgRoger that, over155 viewsAn R-292 antenna ready for commo. This one actually stands up straight. Imagine that!
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2010-Pitts14.JPGThe "Bert-Ku" Award155 viewsEd Thomas rattles off Bert Landau's many achievements while Dave Collins presents the "Bert-Ku" award (which attaches to the rear 40).
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File_5-6.JPGPopping Smoke155 viewsThe smoke is purple...that's where you land.
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Rick_E_3-3.JPG155 views
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JCook19.JPG"Base Camp" - Jan 1966155 views"Base Camp" - We arrived on Jan 1966 (by Starlifter - C-141 on dirt runway) and as you see we are the only one in the area ('B' Battery 2/9 Field Artillery). We only called it "Base Camp" and by February we we in the 'boonies' and never saw Base Camp again. In Jan and Feb of 1966 we ONLY had tents. When I came back in (to rotate out) Dec 1966 there were walkways and wooden barracks and Mess hall.
This hole is where we later put in two CONEXs and made our FDC bunker. Left to Right: Sp4 James McBrayer, Jr, PFC Richard A. Williams.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging Out155 viewsSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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JCook57.JPGAPC155 viewsIn the background is an APC of the 135th. To the center right is a piss tube. You probably don't want to know what is in the cut-off barrels in the foreground.
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DFort-Denver12.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos155 viewsah-ha...the party's getting wild now!
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Bunker_on_Runway.JPGLZ Oasis: Guard Bunker w/ .50 cal machinegun overlooking runway155 viewsFebruary, 1969. In the background, you can see the insignia of the 1/69th, the 4th Inf Div, the 25th Inf Div and the 101st Abn. The sign says: "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE 1/69th". One night, I saw a tiger running down the runway.
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