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OpnCtr2.jpgThe Operations Center214 viewsDesks? Tables? Chairs? What is all this stuff?
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Dixon14.jpgDeadly attack214 viewsA friend of mine was killed when this gun took a direct hit from a VC attack. This is what it looked like when it was hauled away on a deuce and a half truck.
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2-9th_4a.jpgThe Banquet214 views...and here are their twin brothers....
Missing twins are: Ernest Correia and Jim Connolly.
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Dixon51.jpgThe Metropole214 viewsLooking out front the guard post in front of the Ky-Son billet to the intersection of Tran Hung Dau St and another street that angled off from it. The pedicabs were called "Cyclo" (sick-low) by the Vietnamese. The tall, smooth front building to the right was a Vietnamese theater (I actually went in once and saw a show with my girlfriend- even though you weren't supposed to). The building off to the left is- OHHhhhhh yesssss... the French colonial hotel... The Metropole.
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Tex_6-1.JPGOut of uniform?214 viewsYou won't find this method of showering in Ft Sill's FM 6-40. Hanging a water can to the end of the howitzer tube is strictly an improvisation. They would have to add another Chapter.
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scan0002.jpgGot Beer?213 viewsYou never knew what a luxury hot beer would be! Lt Dauphin shows off a "beer moustache".
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Roman.jpg213 viewsFirst-Timer! Tom Roman was the FDC guy during his 68-69 tour with the 2/9th. Tom is a retired police Captain, transplanted from Danbury, CT to Lake Worth, FL. Smart move, Tom!
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SG-11.JPGNothing grows on LZ Incoming?213 viewsThis is a "gook's view" of LZ Incoming from the south. I braved the snipers & mortars to get water from the big bladder that was sitting out about 200ft out of the perimeter. Anyone wonder why there was NOT a stick of vegetation on this firebase? "Orange"-something ring a bell?
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DJ-15.jpgThe FO Party212 viewsUNK Recon Sgt, Sgt Bill Latimer, RTO (KIA), and Lt Carl Stout, FO.
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L-19.jpgLZ Montezuma212 viewsAn L-19 light observation craft used by Forward Air Controllers (FAC) to coordinate air strikes by confirming ground target locations.
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DY-24.jpgThe better times212 viewsActress Tippi Hedren and Diane McBain pose with Sp4 Danny Yates. Mores smiles.
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JCook3.jpgFDC tries out the guns212 viewsThat's me holding the 105mm round for loading into the breech. The gun-bunnies said I was "too slow" and suggested I return to the FDC. We were celebrating the 50,000th round...note the sign in the background against the sandbags.
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