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Tents.jpgEncampment230 viewsYou know you're with the "grunts" when you call a tent "home". And when a helicopter lands, you get to chase everything all over the landscape.
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Fire-in-hole.JPGThe Burning Pit230 viewsEvery evening at dusk, we would gather up all the unused powder charges, put them in a pit in a line, ignite the end of the line, and watch the show. The evening sky made for a beautiful background.
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R_R.JPGR&R - Hong Kong230 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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CommoWire.jpgFun job230 viewsThe commo guys had to run wire all over the place. Here some of it is exposed.
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Okie447.JPGWeapon maintenance230 viewsIn the center sits FO Lt Bert Landau, surrounded by Recon Sgts & RTOs. Photo taken around Tam Ky in 1967.
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DScott_Gun_Crew.JPGLotsa Cannoneers230 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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Dart.jpgFleschette229 views8,000 little stingers inside a 105mm Anti-Personnel (BeeHive) round.
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DJ-6.jpgVietnamese Awards Ceremony229 viewsMaj Doug Johnson and Lt Don Keith display Vietnamese medals.
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TStuber-Denver8.JPGTerry Stuber - Denver Photos229 viewsDiana Mae & Junior Ward
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Caribou.jpgLZ Montezuma228 viewsThe Army's Caribou on the tarmac
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Slide50.jpgLast Line of Defense228 viewsLt Dauphin using sidearm .45 caliber. Perimeter defense rehearsals were common.
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DJ-8.jpg228 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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