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FO_on_Duty_-_Hwy_19.JPGHighway 19 - Guarding the road with A-2-3567 viewsPhoto taken in January, 1967. Remember it well. Wasn't long after this photo was taken, the VC started lobbing mortars at our perimeter. The rounds were landing between A-2-35 and a nearby village. They knew it would be difficult for us to return the fire. But we did. An Infantry mortar hit a rotted tree trunk, setting it on fire. That gave us the target zone and we returned fire. No casualties, but we found plenty of blood near the impact zone.
But, let's go back to the beginning.
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GDS-24.JPGPlei Me66 viewsLiving quarters at SF Camp.
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GDS-36.JPGThe Montagnards66 viewsMontagnard village...elevated longhouses.
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GDS-45.JPGRSOP-ing66 viewsA-2-9 loads it gear onto a Chinook for transport.
LZ 10B
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GDS-52.JPGRSOP-ing66 viewsOn the ground at LZ 10B
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GDS-62.JPGEmpties66 viewsLots of expended canisters from the 105mm rounds.
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GDS-69.JPGBarber Pole66 viewsThe red & white poles are the aiming stakes for the howitzers to set off deflection commands. They were replaced with "collimnators" later.
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GDS-73.JPGRunway66 viewsWasn't much of a runway, but it worked.
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GDS-78b.JPGGun position66 viewsCannoneers preparing howitzer position in order to have 6400 mil (360-degree) firing capability.
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GDS-86.JPGChinook enroute66 viewsGet ready...it's incoming.
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GDS-97.JPGEnroute to LZ 510B66 viewsEnroute to 510B.
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GDS-135.JPGLZ 510B66 views"Yeah...this is Lt Springer...what did I do now?"
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