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Not_Sure.JPGLikely taken around Sept/Oct, 1969.102 viewsNot sure where or when. Probably Sept/Oct '69. Getting ready to go out again (since I am wearing the flack jacket must be lifers in the background). Can't make out the folks behind me.
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LZ_Lois_-_Christmas,_1969.JPGLZ Lois - Christmas Day, 1969102 viewsAfter barely getting back from the "Christmas Eve Raid" and getting to sleep, I get awakened by excited calls that there are round-eyes on the firebase and there is going to be a show. Yeah sure...it was an over-the-hill DJ and 4 would-be starlets stopping by for a few minutes to pose for pictures and punch their "patriotic" ticket.
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The_Soul_Section.JPGSoul Section102 viewsThe soul gun section chilling out. No names on the slide holder. While I recognize all of them, I don't want to put on wrong names.
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Road_Views_Christmas.JPGRoadside view102 viewsConstruction along the road always varied greatly in type and quality.
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Christmas_convoy.JPGOn the road again102 views On the road again, another fond memory of Christmas Eves past.
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AK-3.JPGAircraft at An Khe runway102 viewsAttack Cobra
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StG-10.JPGMemories of LZ St George102 viewsA slick unloads personnel. An "everyday" sight in Vietnam.
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Frank_Simeone.jpgFlea Market?102 viewsFrank Simeone holds what appears to be a voodoo doll...or not.
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RW-34.JPGLZ Uplift102 viewsCamping at LZ Uplift. Bubble helo surrounded by sandbag parapet.
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Gun_Ship_2.JPGLZ Uplift102 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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Dauphin-Farmer.JPGCONNECTED!!102 viewsParticipating in the Saturday morning business meeting was: (left) 1SG Jack Farmer, attending his first reunion and Dennis Dauphin, creator and Webmaster of "The Mighty Ninth" website. Jack saw my redleg hat and shirt and asked, "Did you know our FO, Lt Carlton Epps?"
Answer: You BET I do! Lt Epps was one of the more recently located redlegs of the 2/9th.
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Steven_C__Brown.jpgEverybody's Friend - 2/9th Mail Clerk102 viewsSteven is the one that drove me out to the Oasis and told me he was going back to the states, and we had the same MOS. I got his job. Photo furnished by Paul Howe.
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