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Mar_69_SF_camp.JPGMarch, 1969 - Ben Het116 viewsLooking across at the Ben Het Special Forces camp.
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SK-2a.JPGARVN with kids116 viewsAn ARVN soldier stands among young kids.
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JD-4.JPG116 views
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McKuen_-_Richardson.JPGLt Jim McHugh and BC Capt Richardson116 viewsLt McHugh, XO, and BC Richardson inside the FDC CONEX. I recall that McHugh's dad was a full bird colonel. He started college at VMI and dropped out first year and went through OCS. He was a 20 year-old 1st LT as XO. Really a great kid (I was 23). Between the two of us we could do a high burst registration, which helped keep me around. He knew his stuff, but we loved to fool around with him. He wanted to fire the battery in strict accordance with the FM6-40, but FDC was more conscious of potential "check-fire" situations. We got the section chiefs on the guns to go along with us, so rather than argue with him we just said "yes sir". So the next thing is McHugh: "Battery" then the Chiefs:"Platoons", McHugh: "fire" followed by a ragged "bang . . . bang bang . . . bang . . bang (we only had 5 tubes at the time). He came into FDC and we offered to show him how to do it. Chief: "Battery ready", Me: "Battery fire" BANG in perfect unison.
(Note. Lt McKugh died on December 8, 2017 from cancer.)
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Hillbilly.JPGSent to me by others116 views"Hillbilly" and canine friend behind one of the old split-trail 105mm.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_New_Home.JPGLZ Tuffy - 1970116 viewsFinished. A real tropical resort; the sand is mud. Home-No-So-Sweet-Home at LZ Tuffy.
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LZ_Lois_-_DJ_and_Starlets.JPGLZ Lois - Christmas, 1969116 views"Cruit", center of photo, always wore his airborne wings. Came to the battery from the infantry as a gun bunny, wanted to be FDC and we were getting really short so he came onboard. I captioned this on the slide as "Cruit finds a girl his own size". No matter how much we picked on him, Cruit was always smiling and happy-go-lucky.
Note the "hippie" headband and long, straight hair on the chick. Boy, we didn't know what was waiting down the road for us, eh?
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LZ_Tuffy_-_A_Dozen_Eggs.JPGLZ Tuffy - 1970 Breakfast coming up116 viewsGotta love the Army's massive tail, they know just what the tooth needs. Carl and (I think) the Chief picking up rations - raw eggs. They sent us thousands of raw eggs. Just what you need when you can't get a fire going and there is nothing larger than a canteen cup to cook in. Unfortunately Jim Hurdle's stainless steel pot went back to the World with him. Necessity is truly a mother, excess powder bags burn and helmets hold water. Soft boiled or hard?
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Pups_Butch_and_Cruit.JPGOur Pups116 viewsOur pups "Butch" and "Cruit". The only thing I recall them barking at were Vietnamese and tigers outside the wire.
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Our_Gang_at_AnKhe.JPGBan Me Thout 116 viewsJim Hurdle, Carl from Georgia, PFC Dennis Van Linder, Denny Mrowczynski, Cruit, and George Jarisch.
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JoeH_-_4.JPGRedlegs invited116 viewsRedlegs Jim Connolly and Mike Kurtgis share in the A-1-35 company luncheon. Jim worked in the Battalion TOC while Mike was an FO and a pilot observer.
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AK-9.JPGAircraft at An Khe runway116 viewsCobra close-up.
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