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Diploma.jpgDiploma Time133 viewsMembers of the 2/9th Arty get their diplomas. Harold Woody is at far right.
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Nam_Humor.jpgNam Cartoon133 viewsWe all have our favorite cartoons from Vietnam.
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Operation_Shotgun.jpgHow it all started133 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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Parker.jpgPleasant Dreams133 viewsHappy victim of a knockout punch? Parker of the Commo Section doesn't seem to mind.
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2010-Pitts12.JPG"Now that's a hoot!"133 viewsGreg Malnar enjoying the show, getting a laugh out of Bert Landau's "Bert-ku" Award.
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File_6-6.JPGJungle Subdivision?133 viewsWe stayed at the Palm Grove for a few days.
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Tex_1-4.JPGGuys in the bush133 viewsConference call.
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Tex_3-4.JPGGun Bunker133 viewsThe cannoneer's home away from home.
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JCook21.jpg"Base Camp" - Jan 1966133 viewsThis is our FDC location at Base Camp, Pleiku, 11Jan66. Sp4 Larry L. Black is half-turned to the camera, Sp4 James McBrayer, Jr is using the pick to make foxholes, Huckaby is by the "Pink Kitty". The "Pink Kitty" is the FDC training trailer that we brought over from Hawaii. We decided later that a plywood FDC trailer above ground was not a smart move. The picture is looking north, northwest.
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JCook57.JPGAPC133 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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JCook45a.JPGSpoils of war133 viewsCaptured enemy grenades. Also known as "potato mashers".
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JCook22d.JPGUnderground Bunker - the orginal CONEX FDC concept133 viewsThe next change for our FDC operations was CONEX containers. We buried two (2) CONEX containers in Base Camp. They were dug in with the help of a bulldozer. They were facing each other, dropped into the hole and covered with sandbags. We made a "sandbag staircase" to get back to the surface. I don't know how this would work out in monsoon season. Inside the containers, we used red lights at night and white lights during the day. We moved in our standard field tables for the charts and placed the radios on ammo boxes.
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