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Waiting.jpg109 views
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DK-Award7.jpgAwards Ceremony109 views
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Aussies.jpgDown Under?109 viewsDon't know; Ed will have to tell us. The berets and tight-fitting uniforms not usually seen in the field.
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TrngSession.jpgTraining & Demo109 viewsLooks like training in progress. Note the "stateside" fatigues with the white cloth name tags. Confirms that the timeframe is 1966.
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JW-6b.JPG109 viewsSame shot; different angle of kitchen being erected on LZ OD.
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JW-26.JPGLaundry day109 viewsGI laundry hangs between #3 Gun Section and the #6 Gun Section.
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Wald-27.JPGLZ Tip, Jan 67109 viewsNote the use of partially sandbagged CP tents. These went out of favor quickly when mortars were incoming.
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Wald-46.JPGSp4 John Waldman109 viewsSp4 John Waldman at LZ Corral. Note the white t-shirt.
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J_Orr-14.JPG35th Reunion - 2011109 viewsCrowne Plaza as seen from under the bridge on the river.
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DY-30a.jpgThen and Now109 viewsThe old Shell station is now a Petrolimex station.
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DY-32.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp109 viewsOne of my goals on this trip was to find the location of the 2/9th base camp we had when I arrived in country in July, 1966. The first bit of evidence came when I found a picture online taken several years after we were there, and the person identified the picture as Engineer Hill. But I still didn't know where exactly that was.
{See also: War Stories - Base Camp}
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DY-32e.JPGThen & Now: the search for Base Camp109 viewsOur guide pointed out this road leading into our base camp area. Something about that looked awfully familiar. I've attached the picture along with a Google Earth screen print, marked with an "x" to show where the picture was taken. So close, and yet so far.
According to my letters home, base camp moved to an area south of Pleiku, probably Enari, in May of 1967.
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