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Wald-14.JPGSgt Charles R. Holt90 viewsSection Chief Charles Holt walking and smoking.
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DY-31c.JPGThen and Now90 viewsNext, I went on Google Earth to look at that location. In this screen print, you can find the same notch. I then used the mileage feature on Google Earth to measure the exact distance from that location back to the intersection where Hwy 19 and Hwy 14 split. I showed that picture to our driver so he could measure the distance on the odometer. Again, it's not a dramatic comparison, but the topography is the same. I
had a lot of fun just preparing for the trip.
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DY-32.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp90 viewsOne of my goals on this trip was to find the location of the 2/9th base camp we had when I arrived in country in July, 1966. The first bit of evidence came when I found a picture online taken several years after we were there, and the person identified the picture as Engineer Hill. But I still didn't know where exactly that was.
{See also: War Stories - Base Camp}
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DY-32d.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp90 viewsUnfortunately, when we got there, we found it was a restricted area (we couldn't even stop for pictures), so the attached picture is the best I could come with. Oh, how I would have liked to have been able to walk around that hill once more.
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DY-32e.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp90 viewsOur guide pointed out this road leading into our base camp area. Something about that looked awfully familiar. I've attached the picture along with a Google Earth screen print, marked with an "x" to show where the picture was taken. So close, and yet so far.
According to my letters home, base camp moved to an area south of Pleiku, probably Enari, in May of 1967.
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Banquet-5.JPGSalute to Fallen Heroes90 viewsSgt Joe Henderson renders a salute to our fallen heroes, a prelude to the viewing of all KIAs from the 35th and the 2/9th.
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Banquet-23.JPGAdjoining Tables90 viewsLee Okerstrom (blue shirt) and Bill Kull (black shirt), seated at adjoining tables. Bill Kull of "B" Battery is another "First Timer" at the 35th Inf Regt reunion.
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J_Henderson1.JPGJoe Henderson - Denver Photos90 viewsCowboy Danny Fort, Joe Henderson, lovely wife, and Jim Connolly.
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DFort-Denver6.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos90 viewsJunior Ward, Danny Fort, Bill Kull, Terry Stuber, Jim Connolly.
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DFort-Denver2.JPGCowboy Danny Fort's Photos90 views"First Timer" Bill Kull and wife Linda.
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JM-3.JPGFloyd McKendree90 viewsFloyd hails from Miami, FL.
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courier_enroute.JPGCourier Chopper Hopping90 viewsA key element of my courier assignment was to hop on a helicopter...then another...then another.
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