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SG-15.JPGLZ Mile High219 viewsWe moved to LZ Mile High. That is LZ Incoming in the background---the bald spot on the hill. The "Daisy Cutter" bomb that cleared this site left us some serious challenges to make a home! Would have killed for a chain saw.
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C-123.jpgC-123218 viewsA cargo workhorse plane in Nam, each ride rattled your teeth and you could almost hear the bolts falling off.
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DJ-6.jpgVietnamese Awards Ceremony218 viewsMaj Doug Johnson and Lt Don Keith display Vietnamese medals.
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Anchor2.JPGLZ Anchor218 viewsIn a very serious tactical error, "A" Battery was sent to re-occupy LZ Anchor due to previous battle successes in the area. Our enemy wasn't that stupid. A 250-lb Air Force dud was buried in our sump area. Fortunately, it was buried very deeply to avoid detection. When it was set off at dusk, it caused a couple of concussions and eardrum injuries, but no fatalities. We were ordered to leave the next day. Had the bomb been closer to the surface, "A" Battery would have likely been wiped out.
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R_R.JPGR&R - Hong Kong217 viewsTime off - R&R in Hong Kong, 26 to 31 July, 1967. The Navy's 7th Fleet is in the background.
Combat personnel are slow to get R&R dates; they are needed in the field. Wheres the typewriter Rangers go as often as they have the money to go.
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Roadside.jpgChapel217 viewsThroughout the roadsides of Vietnam's highways, one could always find mini-temples for prayer. This photo taken from a speeding convoy.
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DP15a.JPGKontum Bridge - LZ Mickey Mouse217 viewsSummer, 1968. Kontum Bridge, which is just south of town on road going south to Pleiku. We frequently swam below the bridge & it was a popular watering hole for Kontum residents and an occasional water buffalo. Area wasn't always safe: the NVA vowed to take the bridge & city for Ho Chi Minh's birthday. Also saw a Viet cop kill a VC suspect here.
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Okie446.JPGMore FOs and RTOs217 viewsJim ____, RTO, Rocky ____, FO, Lt Monty Lafitte, Lee Okerstrom, and Art. Taken at LZ Ross.
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DScott_Gun_Crew.JPGLotsa Cannoneers217 viewsGun crew and company firing away. Looking at the enlarged view of the photo, more evidence that gun crews and "extras" used those "palm digits" to protect their ears.
{"Can you hear me now?"}
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Fred_Oliver.JPGModern-Day Fred217 viewsFred is a successful real estate developer, both business and residential, in San Diego, CA. He attended our historic 2/9th FA reunion in May, 2013 at Ft Sill, OK.
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DJ-8.jpg216 views"Just wanted to let you guys know that we are going to throw a little party for Ho Chi Minh tonight". Informal staff meeting in progress. (L to R) Maj Gerrold Tippen, S-3 for 1/35; LTC Bob Kingston (BnCO, 1/35, later becoming a general), (Unknown), CPT Bil Baker, S-4, 1/35) (Unknown), Maj Doug Johnson, Doctor from the 1/35 Inf, Lt Cal Graef, 4.2 Mortar Plt Leader.)
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PaddyCloseup.jpgRice growing216 viewsHere is a very closeup look at a farmer's rice paddy. Probably taken at the base of LZ OD, home of "A" Battery and the Hq, 1/35th Bn.
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