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JCook-137.JPGWhere is the drain plug?122 viewsLousy RSOP. We moved into this LZ the night before and it rained. Here's what we were greeted with the next morning. The gun spade of the base piece got stuck in the mud and we couldn't fire. We moved out of here.
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JCook-138.JPGWet LZ122 viewsGuess no one looked at the elevation of the LZ or how rainwater was supposed to drain off.
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JC-6.JPGBruney122 viewsGlenn Bruney tosses one back; no "beer gut" here.
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69_Armor_at_Oasis.JPGFebruary, 1969: LZ Oasis - the 1/69th Armored Regiment area122 viewsFebruary, 1969. A shot of the Oasis, area of the 1/69th Armored.
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Valley_Fire2.JPGJanuary, 1969: Firing across the valley122 views155mm howitzers firing in support of units across the valley.
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Price_Reunion_10.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price122 viewsPart of our Reunion Agenda was a "story-telling" at the Old Post Buffalo soldiers barracks area. Retired SGM Wallace Moore was dressed in period uniform to recount the history of that era.
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DY-10.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates122 viewsSGM Wallace Moore receives applause for his portrayal of a Buffalo Soldier in period costume of the mid-1800s in the early days of Ft Sill's founding. His "story-telling" followed the retirement ceremony as part of our retirement agenda. SGM Moore has written two books about the Buffalo Soldiers.
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MH-86.JPG#3 Section: Loaded & Ready to go!122 viewsMy gun section is ready RSOP to a new position.
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JS-1.jpgBattery Commander & Chief of Smoke122 viewsCaptain Williams and Chief of Smoke. Taken at LZ St. George while it was being built. Both these men were instrumental in all the Fire Direction activities during the battle for the CHU PA. Cpt. Williams was a Reserve Officer from Utah and a sharp BC.
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DM29.JPGMunden and Fraley122 viewsLt Munden on the left and Captain Wallace Fraley on the right. Photo taken at Bong Son. Capt Fraley was my wife's first cousin's husband.
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JD-2.JPG122 views
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Clint,_Hurdle_and_Burnett.JPGSp5 Curry, Sp4 Hurdle and Sp5 Burnett122 viewsClint Curry, Jim Hurdle and Sp5 Bob Burnett outside the FDC conex at St. George, June '69. For some reason I have "Gorilla Bob" for Burnett, but we called him "Bullet Bob". He wanted to be a race horse trainer but those of us in contact have no post-Nam info on him. Hurdle was working on his PhD at Michigan and was one dissertation short of a doctorate in economics when the draft caught up with him. He had a stainless steel pot and spices and with a little C4 , found rice and donated c-rats he could make a great meal. I found him again 20+ years ago and he is now Dr. Hurdle. My undergraduate degree was economics and had finished 10 hours of law school when I volunteered for the draft a month before my number was up. Jim was a Samuelson economics guy and I was a Friedman disciple. We would have some great arguments. The XO loved to sit in on our debates, but had no idea what we were talking about.
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