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SittingMission.jpg207 views"Hey! Where's that resupply chopper with the load of toilet paper?"
Note the proper use of headgear in the war zone. Reflects that great training at OCS.
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PowderChg.jpgPowder Bags207 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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JCook7.jpgRSOP207 viewsAll the FDC gear is packed on a 1/4-ton trailer and awaiting airlift by a CH-47. Got my trusty M-16 next to my pickaxe. Gotta decide which one is more reliable.
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Rick_Ericksen.JPGModern-Day Rick207 viewsForty-two years later...here I am!
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Jungle_Expert.JPGFt Sherman - Jungle Training207 viewsBut first...we're sending you to Ft Sherman for jungle training. This course was worse than any experience I had in Vietnam, minus being shot at, of course. All the swinging on ropes and eating snake meat, killing a chicken and eating it, and the 24 hour E&E (Escape & Evasion) exercise was really survival training if you got separated. Didn't apply much otherwise. We were supposed to have a plane waiting upon graduation directly to Vietnam, but some Infantry battalion had a higher priority. That was OK by me; got another 30 days leave to ponder my fate.
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DM4.jpgOutdoor Barbershop206 viewsA risky proposition, perhaps. It's a good idea to know whose cutting your hair in a combat zone.
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TR-1.jpgCoffee Break206 viewsTom Roman: what could be better than hot coffee in a hot FDC CONEX?
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Dixon28.jpgClub Card206 viewsMy membership card at the NCO Open Mess Club at Camp Enari... that kinda reddish brown hue on the card is from... welll... you know what it's from! Wasn't EVERYTHING in Pleiku that color?
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Rick_E_1-1.JPG206 views
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JW_-_2011_Reunion.jpgModern Day John206 viewsSome 40+ years later, John meets up with Don Keith, center, who he served with in the field in the FO party and Dennis Munden, left, who he served in the A/2/9 FDC. An amazing opportunity to find fellow Mighty Ninth veterans after all those years. John also worked the Exec Post with Lt Dennis Dauphin (Webmaster) for A/2/9.
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MG-1.JPG2 Millionth Round206 viewsYep...my loss of hearing can attest to that!
A 2nd click on this photo will make the print much easier to read.
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TStuber-Denver1.JPGTerry Stuber - Denver Photos206 viewsJim Connolly, Laura and Danny Fort.
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