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TS-16.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot183 viewsMocha the mascot: "You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog"
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MK7.jpgEngine Failure183 viewsBack to CRB - Engine failure. Is this an omen?
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Duc_Pho_Orphanage-2011.JPG44 Years Later!183 viewsJust amazing! The son of Capt Ronald Rod, who helped this Orphanage as a "Military Advisor" and was later KIA, visited the Orphanage in 2011. In this photo are six (6) of the original orphans along with Sr. Emmilene, who founded the Duc Pho Orphanage in 1966. Capt Rod was one of my ROTC Cadre at Loyola.
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LD-8.JPGReunion Photos - Lee Dixon183 viewsHere's a real Vietnam throwback: fuzzy photos. Or maybe too many hot toddies. Anyways...from left - Dennis Munden, Raymond Hobbs, Les Cotten, and Ernie Kingcade.
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TS-17.jpgThe Successor182 viewsThe new M102 howitzer, replacing the old WWII 105mm with trails. LZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot
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TS-20.JPGMessage for Charlie182 viewsUNKNOWN Cannoneer loads the newer M102 howitzer model.
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PowderChg.jpgPowder Bags182 viewsMy family had no clue as to what "powder charges" were, so I clipped out this news article which showed the proper display of the powder charges being held up for count verification and sent it homeward.
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Leach.jpgModern Day Max182 viewsAmerica has given me a good life; after Nam my career with Zales & having my own business was successful.
Married for 43 years to the same woman and producing 4 girls, all have degrees.
Today,I have 10 grandchildren.
My life has been a blessing!
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Ables11.jpg182 views
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SG-19.JPGLZ Mile High Chopper Pad182 viewsThe chopper pad on LZ Mile High was just feet away from our bunkers. That's Loy & Beringer humping water or gas cans.
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DFort4.jpgHistory-making 105mm WP round181 viewsThere she goes! A 105mm White Phosphorus round marking the 500,000th round fired.
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DP6a.JPGLZ Baldy - Mortar Attack181 viewsSP5 Jim Fitzpatrick and one of the many mortar & rocket holes taken near our tent (our tent is the pointed one...out of the rear of the tent is our bunker. During the first attack, we found our bunker was open on the back side, which was where the rounds were landing. We sat there listening to the rounds coming overhead enroute to the CP bunker.
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