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DFort-TStuber.jpgSurprise Visitor259 viewsTerry Stuber links up with Nam buddy Danny Fort {2009}
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TR83.jpgShower Time259 viewsA very workable field shower - a canvas bag that holds about 5 gallons. It worked. A can of Black Label beer sitting on the sandbags.
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Slide36.jpgInside the CONEX259 viewsCheck this FDC out! Lotsa cool memories. Note the RDP fan at top left, a good look at the FADAC (center), a can of RISE shaving cream on the shelf, a standard GI flashlight clipped to the wall at right and a guy wondering (Dietrich) why you want to take his picture. That's Geary Burrows in the background.
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Chris_Herrick_-_Bill_Farmer.jpgLt Chris Herrick and Lt Bill Farmer259 viewsLt Herrick sitting on the passenger side and Lt Farmer in the driver's seat. Herrick served in the Bn S-3 shop and commanded the temporary "D" Battery. Bill Farmer was KIA on an FO assignment.
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Captured_Mortar.jpgEnemy mortar258 viewsCaptured enemy mortar
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DFort9a.jpgSandbagging Bunkers258 viewsL to R: New FDO, Lt Ness, Geary Burrows, Gary Williams, and Kelly.
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SG-9.JPGSteve & Caesar - FDC guys258 viewsMe and George "Caesar" Skulzachek, FDC mates. Kept searching for George after Vietnam without success. Finally learned that he passed away.
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Geter.jpgThe Final Days at Tam Ky257 views(UNK Cannoneer), Sgt Artie Geter (at right) - Section Chief for the base piece, A/2/9, October, 1967. Sgt Geter was an expert artilleryman...on time and on target!
It was time to say goodbye to my best Section Chief.
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Captured_Rifle.jpgRecoilless Rifle257 viewsCaptured enemy recoilless rifle
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FO-Map.jpgFO's Map, Highway 19257 viewsThe red line is Hwy 19. H&I fire areas are marked as well as the "Delta Tangos" (defensive concentrations) for quick reaction in case of contact.
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Inside_Conex2.JPGA Peek Outside257 viewsOne of the "windows" cut out of the CONEX-FDC provides an excellent view of the rice paddies leading to LZ Montezuma. Note the decorative light fixtures used in the FDC. The wooden window casing doesn't quite match the welder's cut, but it was close enough.
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BlownBridge.jpgHwy 19 - Bridge Down257 viewsThe VC loved to remind us that they were around. This bridge was vital to the many convoys and local commerce down Hwy 19. Sp5 Bob Wilson has the same photo, more to the right, of this same bridge destruction.
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