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Pole_Repair.JPGAfter Mother's Day Attack101 viewsSteven Cox at the Oasis, climbing the pole to make repairs.
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RW-16.JPGPith helmet?101 viewsDowntown Pleiku: young girl wears a pith helmet instead of the more common conical hat (non la).
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RW-15.JPGDowntown Pleiku101 viewsThis place never made it as a tourist destination.
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RW-54.JPGBan Me Thout101 viewsIt is a nice bungalow to be out in the middle of nowhere. Polynesian-style roof on a house in Ban Me Thout. Probably didn't make the national register. I vaguely remember that it was a hut booby-trapped with a trip wire.
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JFO-10.JPGTwin Duster101 viewsFully emplaced and ready for action. This M42 is sandbagged supported by engineering stakes. They did a good job getting all that cosmoline off.
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JFO-12.JPGOh-so-familiar!101 viewsYeah, this may look like just another shot of a Huey, but checking out the foreground, you can tell it is on a resupply run. There are boxes of C-rats, bundles of sandbags just waiting to be filled, a jerry can and 52-gallon drum. Maybe this is where UPS got the idea.
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JFO-34.JPGField Conference101 viewsWhatever it is, it looks important.
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JFO-52.JPGGrunts on the trail101 viewsSome areas of the jungle were thinner than others.
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JFO-66.JPGScenic camping101 viewsWhen a unit wasn't in contact, life in the field wasn't too bad.
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GDB-13.JPG"We Were Young...And Soldiers"101 viewsWell, this is the "We Were Young" part; two redlegs do a little horseplay in a mud puddle.
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1-19_FA.jpgVisit to the 1-19th FA trainee barracks101 viewsAmbrose Smurra waits with fellow redlegs as a tour of the trainee barracks is about to begin.
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Joe_H-1.JPGFirst Event - Ted's Cafe, Lawton101 viewsThe Mighty Ninth Webmaster and co-organizer of the Encore Reunion, Dennis Dauphin, sets up the PowerPoint slide show. We viewed over 240 slides/photos our our "younger days" in Vietnam.
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