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LZ_Tuffy_-_Million_Dollar_view.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197094 viewsMillion dollar views from Tuffy - this slide and next. Unless, of course, you looked 1800 mils and saw the ridgeline lurking over the firebase. It was a mother to try to hump trunks up the steep sides of those hills to use for overhead cover. The mountaintop was so small and steep that we could only fire the full battery (I think we were still down a tube at that time) on high angle. {continued next slide}
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LZ_Lois_-_DJ_and_Starlets.JPGLZ Lois - Christmas, 196994 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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Road_Views_Christmas.JPGRoadside view94 viewsConstruction along the road always varied greatly in type and quality.
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More_on_the_road.JPGUp Yours!94 viewsDespite our attempt at humanitarian aid and civil affairs, I think we were actually recruiters for the VC since the kids started yelling "GI fucking 10" and hurling them back at us. Maybe it was the stale chocolate. Could have gotten seriously injured since those things were hard-solid and could have been used as the heat shield on the Apollo moon missions.
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StG-10.JPGMemories of LZ St George94 viewsA slick unloads personnel. An "everyday" sight in Vietnam.
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Frank_Simeone.jpgFlea Market?94 viewsFrank Simeone holds what appears to be a voodoo doll...or not.
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David_Jacobs.jpg94 viewsSp4 David Jacobs, with towel, was the switchboard operator. Mark Charters is reading a book over to the right. The one on the upper bunk is UNK. This area was the common hut. Jesse White slept here also. Anyone know the unknown soldier?
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French_Ambush.JPGSite of the historic ambush94 viewsHistory tells us that this is where the French forces were ambushed at the Mang Yang Pass on Hwy 19.
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Gun_Ship_2.JPGLZ Uplift94 viewsThe Chinook workhorse was armed with a high rate of firing capacity. It was know as "Guns A-Go-Go. Here is a look inside.
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Dixie_Cups_Show.JPGPleiku series94 viewsThe "Dixie Cups" Show: Famous for their hit song "Going To The Chapel". The one USO show I did get to see. Was at the NCO Training school at Enari and missed the Bob Hope Show.
{Webmaster's Note: The Dixie Cups were three students at the University of New Orleans in the 1960s. They recorded the song and made it big with that one number.}
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Pleiku_School_Girls.JPGPleiku series94 viewsPleiku School Girls: Note the uniforms. The school was next to the church so I assume it was a church run school.
{Webmaster's Note: In the 60s and many years prior, Catholic churches were part of the US private (religious) school system and staffed by clergy and nuns. The Catholic school system today is a fraction of what it used to be.}
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Pleiku_Pedicab.JPGPleiku series94 viewsPlieku Pedicab: Never had the chance to ride in one.
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