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Dixon2.jpgRemember we had berets?188 viewsHere are the berets. Note the 2/9th embroidery and the shield on the red one. The other also as "2/9 Arty" embroidered on it, but hard to see. We were told that we were authorized to wear the red only at special functions or on post. And the camouflage was for the field... but our sergeants never made much comment about them and we could not wear them in formations.
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Rosa.jpgPre-Banquet Happy Hour188 viewsCSM August Rosa, is the Korean icon of the 35th Regt. Augie completed 35 years of military service and has all those gold stripes to prove it.
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Dixon46.jpgLZ English - Bong Son188 views(cont) Kapow-kapow-kapowww-kapowwww- rat-tat-tat-tat-tat! Gunfire breaks out from off in the distance and bullets are whizzing everywhere!
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Dixon52.jpgTraffic Jam188 viewsThe local street toughs that the GI's referred to as "cowboys" used to give me a motorcycle to ride around on. HERE is what is looked like out on the streets in the embassy district near the U.S. Special Services compound in the late afternoons. Traffic jam, South Vietnamese style!
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Sp-4_Woodhouse.jpgBest Defense188 viewsIn order to make sandbags, you gotta make mud first. Sp4 Woodhouse takes a pickaxe to break up the soil. Note the 2/9th insignia on his field cap.
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JCook2.jpg"B" Battery Officers188 viewsCaptains Byron, Rice, and Osborne. Capt Osborne took over after Capt Rice's departure. {"Byron" should be Capt Max R. Barron, former XO of "B" Battery}
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Calming_the_bees.jpgUnder the "B": Attack!!188 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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Monkey_Business.JPGEveryone drafted188 viewsEven the monkeys got into the act.
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SkyCrane.jpgHauling Water187 viewsA Sikorsky Sky Crane is put on duty to haul a water trailer. Usually a chore handled by the CH-47s.
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Dixon25.jpgPFC Charles Lovelady187 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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Dixon36.jpgDowned Chopper187 viewsOff in the background of this shot is a rice paddy with a Huey helicopter laying upside-down in it. Guys who stood guard on this part of the Montezuma perimeter will recall the downed chopper. As far as I know, it was booby trapped and never recovered. This is me and commo buddy "Philly" from Philadelphia standing on top of a bunker on the perimeter.
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Jet.jpgChina/Taiwan Airline187 viewsMany of us had never seen a "China Air Lines" jet before, thinking of the bitter enemy at the time, "Red China". It caused a little stir and a lot of cameras were clicking away as it rolled past. But Taiwan is the base of China Airlines.
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