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Dixon40.jpg"Moonraker"223 viewsWe owed a lot to these boys! "Moonraker" (long before the James Bond film of the same name) was a deuce and a half truck, fully armored and equipped with both 50 caliber and M-60 machine guns. They brought SMOKE if anyone dared cause trouble for us out there on the road! They ran protection for us all along the way to Bong-Son and elswhere. Brave guys.
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Slide71.jpgBig Truck223 viewsThe locals manage to domesticate the water buffalo and the elephants for their work purposes. Also, the enemy used them as truck-haulers.
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SG-7.JPGRelocation at LZ Incoming223 viewsGetting settled at LZ Incoming. Lt George is in the center.
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Jungle_Expert_Cert.JPGThe Most Valuable Certificate Ever!223 viewsMany students were "dropouts". Several of the exercises were beyond those officers and NCOs who didn't have sufficient physical fitness. Some were petrified by having to rappel down a vertical cliff. The "practice" run was a mud cliff; the "graded for score" rappelling was done down a rock waterfall. Those very devious buzzards didn't tell us that. Crossing the raging Chagres River with two poncho halfs making a raft was very daunting for the non-swimmers. I was lucky to be paired with a strong swimmer. The 24-hr E&E was not for the faint-hearted, plus they threw us into a raging storm. The maps literally washed out of our hands from the driving rain as a monsoon started. Such fun.
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Dixon13a.jpgPitching In222 viewsGetting with the program...even us Commo guys!
Note the "macho" version of artillery ear plugs. No wonder we go deaf as seniors.
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Dixon25.jpgPFC Charles Lovelady222 views(Duc Pho) Here is Charles Lovelady of Detroit in his mess cap. This is the FRONT side of the mess tent where smoking was allowed! Cpl. Money wisely didn't allow smoking on the rear side since we had so many gas/kerosene cans stored back there to fuel the stoves! That little hexagonal tent on a kit base behind Lovelady (to the left) served as our barber shop and the fellow who ran it was named Craig Lash. You had to make appointments to get your hair cut and there was always someone in there. Lash was from San Francisco.
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File_9-6.JPGField of Fire222 viewsI'm all set here, but my real job is in the FO party with Lt Hannigan.
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Okie450.JPGSmile!222 viewsLee Okerstrom and Art ____. Taken near Hill 369.
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Calming_the_bees.jpgUnder the "B": Attack!!222 viewsAbout a million bees wanted to RSOP our battery position. We popped some smoke to try and calm them. Maj Tarr, the FAC pilot, thought we were under attack and was ready to call in some F-4s. A great guy.
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TamKyClouds4.jpgThe Final Days221 viewsStrange view from a firebase. We definitely took the "high ground".
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MK292.jpgAttack on The Oasis221 viewsPolicing up the explosives in the wire where the three NVA Sapper assassins were killed. This was a diversion away from the main Attack on the Northwest Perimeter corner of the “Oasis”.
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WS-181.JPGThe End221 viewsHistoric Moment: The 2/9th Arty returns to Hawaii; all personnel are re-assigned.
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