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DY-32c.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp86 viewsSo here is a then and now of our base camp.
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OD_Underwear.JPGOlive Drab Underwear86 viewsWell, I wasn't issued any OD underwear, so I had to "make" my own by dipping some in green dye prior to departing for Nam. Many of us, if not all, did not know what to pack for Vietnam.
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JM-14.JPGPardon me!86 viewsJack Johnson, Bde Liaison (I think!)
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JM-16.JPGLt Mike Kurtgis86 viewsLt Mike Kurtgis, Air FO assigned to the 2/9th and boarding at LZ Oasis. Mike is happily sitting in his new "Loach" as his other "birds", older models, kept coming to earth in unexpected and unplanned fashion.
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JM-13a.jpg3rd Bde Liaison86 viewsTom Rager, along with Kackley in photo #13, served as Brigade Liaisons in the TOC.
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DY-Nam2.jpgBack in Nam again86 viewsDanny Yates walking down a trail near the former LZ Uplift.
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LG-4.JPGThe Waldman Collection - Presenting Gifts86 viewsJerry and Barbara present special gifts for the ladies.
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JD-27.JPG86 views
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Hook_N__Go.JPGThar She Goes!86 viewsOne of our M-102 howitzers hooked up and lifting off for a hip shoot at LZ Cathy, September, 1969.
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LZ_Tuffy_-_Civilized.JPGLZ Tuffy - 197086 views{continued from previous slide} From memory, both the 101st and 1st CAV had previously inhabited the LZ and both had the same problem we did exiting based on the evidence of Arc Light strikes and downed chopper husks in the jungle below the LZ. Like an idiot I decided I needed a break and chose to go out on the last chopper for a change instead of the usual Advance Party. So I got to party with the gun the dinks couldn't see from the ridgeline and didn't know was there when they opened up on the Chinook carrying Pineapple's crew and gun.
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LZ_Marie.JPGLZ Marie86 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_Abbey4.JPGLZ Abbey - Getting Clean86 views(continued) There is a funny story about LZ Abbey and the only South Vietnamese army soldier (Montagnards weren't South Vietnamese, they were good people) I saw in the field during my entire tour.
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