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JW-8.jpgA Kodak moment151 viewsPFC Doug Wigginton and PFC Greg Malnar taking photos at LZ OD near Duc Pho, 1967.
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J_Orr-27a.JPG35th Reunion - 2011151 viewsBig smile from Mike Kurtgis, a reunion "regular" along with lovely friend Lorraine Knight.
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JCook21.jpg"Base Camp" - Jan 1966151 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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JCook44.JPGFeb 1966151 viewsTaken from a truck: a village near Pleiku
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JCook22d.JPGUnderground Bunker - the orginal CONEX FDC concept151 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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JCook85.JPGCSMO151 views"Close Station, March Order" - get the hell out of Dodge. Ammo placed in the A-22 slings. The 3/4 ton is loaded up with the FDC gear.
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Back_to_1-69.JPGJanuary, 1969: Back to Camp Enari151 viewsJanuary, 1969. Been assigned to work with the 1/69th Armor once again. The sign behind me says:
ALL TRANSIENT PERSONNEL WILL
1. REPORT TO THE BARRACKS ORDERLY
2. CLEAN & SECURE WPNS & AMMO
3. READ THE BULLETIN BOARD DAILY
4. NOTIFY THE 1SG WHEN LEAVING THE AREA
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Commo_Sgt2.JPGMy Commo Assignment151 viewsJune, 1969 - Dragon Mountain. My commo assignment. {Orders musta come down not to call it "Titty Mountain" anymore.}
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Feb_69_airstrike2.JPGFebruary, 1969. Airstrike151 viewsIn the background of this photo, you can see an airstrike in progress.
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Feb_69_guns.JPGFebruary, 1969. Ka-boom!151 viewsThe big guns are firing over our tent area.
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Feb_69_Oasis4.JPGFebruary, 1969. The 8" howitzer151 viewsLookout...that 8" is cranked up and ready to fire.
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Feb_69_CofC.JPGFebruary, 1969: Change of Command Ceremony151 viewsThe Change of Command ceremony taking place at the 1/69th Armor.
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