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MH-6a.JPGSF Camp overrun69 viewsWhat's left of a 2-1/2 ton truck after the attack on the SF Camp.
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MH-31b.JPGThe Chinook69 viewsEveryone was totally fascinated with this big aircraft coming down right on your position.
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MH-35.JPGMuddy convoy69 viewsJeep leads a tank on a muddy convoy.
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MH-47.JPGDigging in69 viewsThis is 1SG Wiley S. Taylor, C-2-9...setting the example by grabbing a shovel and digging in.
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MH-49.JPGWriting home69 viewsWe knew him as "Playboy" and that he was from Arkansas.
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MH-60.JPGWhat we did69 viewsThis news item covers exactly what we did in the "early days" in 1966. Looking back, we can see how full of naivete we were in thinking this would be effective. Dealing with the locals became as much a part of the war as the war itself.
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MH-31a.JPGBird Dog69 viewsBird Dog, near Tea Plantation, 1966.
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MH3.jpgMuckety-muck69 viewsSaddle up and move out. Our 105mm howitzer is knee-deep in mud as we prepare it for extraction.
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MH6.jpgSF Camp overrun69 viewsDamage from the attack. The truck is destroyed; there were no survivors after the camp was overrun. The inability to protect the SF camps led to the escalation of units sent to Vietnam in 1965 and 1966.
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MH10.jpgSwinging a pickaxe69 viewsDigging in was always a priority.
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MH11.jpgCemetery69 viewsSite of a cemetery near Kontum.
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MH24.jpgOne Up and One Down69 viewsOne Huey remains in the air while the other crashed and burned.
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