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Captured_Rifle.jpgRecoilless Rifle234 viewsCaptured enemy recoilless rifle
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TamKyClouds2.jpgThe Final Days234 viewsWorking above the clouds...hard to believe.
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Collimnator.jpgCollimnator replaces Aiming Stakes234 views"High Tech" arrives in Vietnam. The brand new tool called a "collimnator" provides a gunner with a superior tool replacing the red & white banded aiming stakes. Only problem was that Ft Sill hadn't counted on the 110% humidity and the sight glasses fogging up. Stakes were still needed. Also, protective boxes had to be constructed.
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DFort7a.jpgFreddie FADAC234 viewsSp5 Danny Fort pushes the buttons on the Field Artillery Automatic Digital Computer (FADAC). See Danny's War Story entitled "Don't Hurt My Freddy". Somehow, Danny figured out a way to make the thing work and was very protective.
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TS-D4.JPGGoing to the Dogs: Mascots of Bravo Battery234 views"Look what those C-rats are doing to my teeth!"
Mocha the mascot.
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JWW1.jpgFire Mission!234 viewsContributed by Sp4 J. William Ward of "B" Battery. Location is "Kontum City", 1968. Tube is nicknamed "Cry Baby". Note the use of non-standard military ear protection devices (fingers). No wonder we're all retired and deaf.
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My_GTO.jpgGot me one too!234 viewsWhen I got home, I indeed traded in my Ford XL convertible for a new GTO.
Here I am with my GTO convertible. It was loaded with everything I could put on the form! I often said that dreaming of owning that car is a lot of what made me want to survive!
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Slide09.jpgScenic Firebase234 viewsTake the high ground! It provides for a defensible base and a great view. Anyone know the cannoncockers here?
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WD3.jpgThe Mighty Ninth in action233 viewsBattle of 13 June 69: 2/9th artillery attacks NVA bunker complex.
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Landing.JPGScenic view233 viewsOn location at LZ OD.
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ARVN_camp.jpgThe ARVN / CIDG Compound233 viewsLocated on a hill mass on Hwy 19 in the vicinity of the infamous Mang Giang Pass, this was a radio relay station inhabited by civilians and their families. This compound was a source of constant aggravation.
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C-123.jpgC-123232 viewsA cargo workhorse plane in Nam, each ride rattled your teeth and you could almost hear the bolts falling off.
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