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SGM.JPGCSM Howard E. Hughes108 viewsThey called him "Pappy"...but I didn't!
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1-69_Flag.JPGMotto: "Speed And Power"108 viewsThe unit flag of the 1/69th Armored Regiment.
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DY-Nam.jpgBack in Nam again108 viewsDanny is walking along the road in the former LZ Uplift area and is picking up a piece of a sandbag in the roadway.
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SK-4a.JPGTOC108 viewsHere I am standing outside the below-ground TOC. Note sign at right.
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MB-10.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Mattie Beal House Tour108 viewsThis is a pre-Kindle book and lamp table.
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PG-9.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts108 viewsHost Jerry Orr presents a "challenge coin" to Mike Kurtgis who served both as an FO and a chopper pilot on recon missions.
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PG-12.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts108 viewsHost Jerry Orr presents "challenge coins" to those attending this historic reunion.
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LG-2.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts108 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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LG-1a.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts108 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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FDO_Benton_and_XO_McKuen.JPGFDO and the XO108 views"A" Battery officers Lt Jerry R. Benton (FDO) and Lt McHugh (XO) touching the roof of the twin CONEX containers of the portable FDC. Note the trusty ol' pencil sharpener under Benton's right arm and a flashlight magnetized to the joint in the roof. Benton was later promoted to Captain.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Jarisch_and_Medley.JPGLZ Tuffy - 1970108 viewsClean up time. (L to R: Eugene "George" Jarisch and Mike Medley). When those of us in the advance party (that didn't find the punji stakes) out of the 4 slicks that made it, we were stranded in the clouds without commo, in the mud inundated with 50 gallon drums of persistent CS. Each morning, a dink from the group on the overlooking ridgeline would come up the draw and let off a clip trying to get us to fire back to locate our 60s. It was only fitting that the three-holer (top left in photo) was placed in that shitty location. I was hesitant to use it since it was on the draw and left one's backside facing the dinks on the opposing ridgeline.
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LZ__Marie.JPGLZ Marie108 viewsOn the way to LZ Marie, we got the "good news" that we had been dropped off a few klicks short the intended spot; we had to double-time on down by foot since the shithooks were laid on for the lift. LZ Marie started off bad since they landed the Advance Party a few klicks away from where we were supposed to be and we had to hoof it to the right location. This LZ was just outside of a rubber plantation. We could see the enemy scampering around their bunkers among the rubber trees. We weren't supposed to shoot into a French plantation without higher (economic impact) authority. However, we did shoot the guns like mortars - high angle charge 1. About 15 minutes later the French plantation manager pulled up in his jeep raising holy hell in French. I had flunked college French and one of the other guys had taken it in high school so we tried to calm him down, which only made him madder since we were butchering his native tongue. The rear sent out a settlement team to pay him off in short order, less than an hour. I sure wish the rear could have produced a pair of 9 1/2 boots - two weeks - as fast as they sent that settlement team.
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