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Boy_Scout_Camp.jpgPleiku series118 viewsFrom what I can determine, this was a Scout Jamboree. There were what looked like several different troop flags and numbers.
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Pleiku_Children_(2).JPGPleiku series118 viewsMust be friends of the boy in the previous photo in the barbed wire playing or going to market. This one has a basket.
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Yates_-_Tennerman.jpgHonor Flight to DC118 viewsI spent this past weekend (June, 2015) acting as Escort for my wife's uncle on
an Honor Flight to Washington, DC. Earl Tennerman was in the Navy, and
wounded at Peleliu in the Palau Islands when his ship was hit by enemy fire.
We participated in the 71st anniversary of D-Day commemoration service. Earl got to lay a
wreath at the World War II memorial.
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C_Crochet_-_J_Dauphin.JPGJoint Dinner - C-1-35 & 2/9th118 viewsCarol Crochet, spouse of Wayne Crochet, chats with Jackie Dauphin
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Beddingfield_-_Arnold.JPGJoint Dinner - C-1-35 & 2/9th118 viewsPast Presidents Jim Beddingfield and Dick Arnold of the 35th Inf Regt were invited guests of the joint dinner at Ft Myer.
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Jenny_Young.JPGFOUND - 50 Years Later!118 viewsYESSS! Donut Dolly Jennifer (Jenny) Young located The Mighty Ninth website last year, but was unable to schedule a trip to the 35th Reunion. This year, she and friend Jack Schell attended to a warm welcome from all the veterans present. They applauded the unselfish, dedicated service of these young women who braved the dangers of being on a firebase in the front of the combat zone to visit with us. Jenny gave a rousing "Welcome Home" speech at the Saturday evening banquet.
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Jim_Joe_Mike.jpgBanquet Social Hour118 viewsMike Kurtgis, Joe Henderson, Jim Connolly - regular Redlegs at the evening banquet.
Photo courtesy of Joe Henderson
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DTurner-20.jpgLZ Wherever (?) Aiming Stakes set out118 views
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GDB-3.JPGEven got promoted!118 viewsBCT at Ft Bliss; AIT at Ft Meade; a ticket to Vietnam...and then a promotion. Does life get any better than that?
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GDB-1.JPGYep, I got "the call"118 views"Uncle Sam Wants Me". My personal invitation to report to Oklahoma City, OK for induction.
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AS-1.JPGAir Drop of supplies118 viewsEveryone knew the drill. A CH-47 Chinook had a slingload of something under its belly and dropped off the load. There were few useful roadways in Nam that weren't subject to daily ambush.
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FP-9.jpgThursday Firepower Demonstration118 views
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