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Dixon31.jpgCharles Lovelady242 viewsCharles Lovelady at Montezuma standing next to the APC we affectionately called "Double-Deuce" on a tank retriever. It has just been hauled back from being either broken down or blown up. At one point, Double-Deuce was driven over a 500-LB. bomb that VCs buried. Driver, another friend, Derwyn Kaiser out of Baltimore, was (as I recall) saved by being blown out of the driver's hatch and had to undergo a long and painful hospital stay and operations. Oddly enough, we met not at Montezuma, but at a hospital down in Saigon as I recall when we were both patients.
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Dunn,_etal.jpgThe Hospitality Suite242 viewsDavid Dunn, Bobby Day, Hal Bowling & Art Johnson. Bobby seems to be telling David one version of a war story and Hal tells Art what REALLY happened.
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Dixon58.jpgThe Big Surprise!242 viewsThe big surprise was the very tall, longhaired redhead in the pink babydoll negligee and heels. She did an EXTRA SPECIAL dance as the finale'...she came OUT of the negligee and the audience went beserk! Guys were climbing, pushing, shoving, fights breaking out...I was nearly crushed.
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Okie445.JPGFO & RTO242 viewsFO Lt Monty Lafitte staying in close contact with his RTO, Sgt Lee Okerstrom at LZ English, Bong Son.
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DScott-3.JPGBattery Commander, "C" Battery242 views"Hi, I'm Cpt David Scott. Make this interview quick because I've got to catch that artillery bus behind me." Yes, I served under Major Jerry Orr as the Asst S-3 in the HQ Bn. He jumped my ass on a regular basis, but he taught me a lot.
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SG-21.JPGSkull & Shades242 viewsSomewhere along the line one of the "locals" lost his head.
Only to have it reappear on our Flag "Standard"
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SouthChinaSea.jpgDivision Dump241 viewsThis was the site of the Division-sized ammo dump that eventually provided us with the fantastic July fireworks display.
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DJ-12.jpgGot me a jeep!241 viewsLt Kermit DeVaughn (deceased), an Alabama native, FDO for "A" Battery, is all smiles.
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Slide113.jpgTaking the high ground241 viewsNothing like taking the high ground and getting a commanding view of the horizon. Probably one of the better firebases for locating direct support artillery. Won't have to worry about firing "high angle" missions, either.
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JCook4.jpgMail Call241 viewsThe greatest morale booster in all of Vietnam. You stand around and wait for your name to be hollered out during Mail Call. Battery Commander Frederick Rice holds a white Polaroid camera in his left hand during the mail call.
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DScott_ready.JPG241 viewsLots of memories here...the sandbags, the M2 Aiming Circle, the R292 antenna reaching into the sky, the ammo crates, interlocking bunkers.
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MG-3.JPGThe M102241 viewsMore info on the M102 replacing the old war horse M101A1 with the split trails.
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