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taking_break.JPGRoad Goggles109 viewsAnyone in a Vietnam road convoy knows the value of road goggles.
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Huseth-10.JPG25th Div Yearbook - Oct 1, 1941 to Oct 1, 1966109 viewsPhoto shows Westmoreland addressing troops. Identified in the photo are "Keller" (not found on roster), SFC Bobby D. Smith and SSG Norman Smith.
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CS-4a.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Computer Simulation109 views"I have no idea what this stuff does, but I do know that if I touch it, it will break".
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PG-1.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts109 viewsHost Jerry Orr recognizes and honors 35th Inf Regt Assn President Jim Beddingfield with a gift of a challenge coin and our sincere thanks for Jim taking the time to travel to Ft Sill and join us in our first, historic redleg reunion. Jim's 35th Inf Regt Assn has welcomed the men of the 2/9th to join them at their annual reunions. We provided direct artillery support to their infantrymen in the field.
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LG-9.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts109 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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JD-27.JPG109 views
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LZ_Marie.JPGLZ Marie109 viewsOn the ground, now...securing LZ Marie. After the guns got in, we got up a strand of concertina wire. I don't remember how long we were there, but one evening as the LPs were going out, the new grunt Platoon Leader had the rest of the platoon guarding the LZ in the middle with their weapons field stripped. Rookie mistake. The AKs started popping and the LPs came running back in under fire, followed by mortars (just 60 mikes) right behind them. One of the howitzers went to final protective fire (firecracker, crank it all the way up and down a couple of turns, charge 1 and .2 seconds I think it was). I think the other tube was loading beehive. Our eltee was in his hole down from me and I had the radios. Got in touch with the Battery at LZ Lois but there was a problem with the GT line. So we shot the firecracker. Nothing like the sound of 9 bomblets coming down on an incoming breeze to pucker one up. Only a couple of them landed in inside the perimeter. The only casualty - and this might be just wishful thinking garnered over the years, so I'd like confirmation from others - was the grunt eltee who got shrapnel in his rear.
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LZ_Abbey5.JPGLZ Abbey - Getting totally clean109 views(closing) Since I had stayed behind on LZ Tuffy I went on the Advance Party to the next LZ, named LZ Suzie but not-so-fondly known by us as LZ "Suzie Pig". Another stupid blunder.
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LZ_Abbey2.JPGLZ Abbey - the South China Sea109 views(continued) For the first time in Nam, I had the South China Sea on my map. We set up in a graveyard on top of a hill surrounded as a horseshoe by water.
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On_the_road_Christmas.JPGRoad beggars109 viewsWe took along a bunch of those tropical chocolate bars and threw them out to the begging kids along the road. What intrigues me about this photo is that, as we went over a hill, I looked back and saw the kids pulling down the flag. That says a lot.
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RW-14.JPGIt's functional109 viewsMaybe it has no faucet but if you fill it with warm water, it's a pretty decent field shower.
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David_Jacobs.jpg109 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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