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JCook26.jpgLZ Oasis140 viewsLanding our gear at LZ Oasis.
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JCook21.jpg"Base Camp" - Jan 1966140 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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JCook60.JPGTea Plantation140 viewsRice paddies and tea fields were everywhere.
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JCook64.JPGDon't Do This140 viewsYou were supposed to learn in Boy Scouts not to do this: pitch your tent on low ground. We had to move, obviously!
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JCook13a.JPG105mm shrapnel140 viewsNuttin' to mess with; the 105mm can do some bodily harm. Same piece of shrapnel shown on a plate.
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JCook70.JPGMy Boots!140 viewsCheck out these boots from home. They really saved the day!
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JCook-109.JPGLooking more like a war zone now140 viewsBattery Commander Osborne has the troops in formation for a message. Probably told them to bathe more often. You can now see the glimmer and shine of stateside OD uniforms give way to continuous field duty. Certainly not how we started out!
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JCook-129.JPGMucky-Stucky140 viewsThe Huey lost its hydraulics and the skids collapsed.
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JM-11.JPGBorschuk140 viewsRichard Borschuk of Omaha, NE
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JC-10.JPGLafitte140 viewsLt Montague (Monty) Tucker Lafitte, Allendale, SC.
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Feb_69_scout_dog.JPGWaiting for a lift140 viewsFebruary, 1969. Scout Dog and two handlers awaiting airlift.
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Jeep_view.JPGConvoy to LZ Oasis140 viewsJanuary, 1969. We took a right and are heading to Oasis.
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