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Tex_6-2.JPGShrapnel155 viewsPurty big piece here...almost the whole shell.
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J_Henderson5.JPGJoe Henderson - Denver Photos155 viewsMike Kurtgis, Joe Henderson, (2/9th); John Sadler (2/35) and Pete Birrow (Past Pres of the 35th Assn)
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LD-4.jpgPatrol Training - 2155 viewsOne of my buds was walking one of these dikes in a rice paddy when he stepped on a VC landmine. It was NOT a pretty experience...
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SG-29.JPGHigh Angle fire at LZ Meade155 viewsSmoke, fire and destruction! The gun crew is firing a high-angle mission. Conditions were quite smoky. Not a very pretty LZ.
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Misc-3.jpgThe Waldman Collection - Miscellaneous155 viewsWe renewed many acquaintances
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Ft_Sherman_Book.JPGFt Sherman - Jungle Training Pamphlet155 viewsThis training was tougher than Vietnam; many candidates dropped out and were ushered out of the country. The School was advised NOT to send the men on the final E&E exercise due to a major storm and river flooding, but did so anyway. The "partisan point" was 15' under water and marked by a pole. Landing craft picked up the students. Safety and property loss was NOT a concern as many M-14 were dropped in the Chagres River from the crossing ropes. After all the "safety first" training rules back in the States, this was a shock to my system. The Jungle Expert Badge was truly a "well-earned" award.
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J_Orr-4.JPGJerry Orr's photos155 viewsConfab at the Hunter Steakhouse, San Diego on Thursday evening.
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DM19.jpg154 viewsIf you look very carefully, you will see the #1 tool in the FO's trick bag: a smoke round popping out three cannisters of smoke marking the trajectory.
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DP10a.JPGFDC TOC154 viewsSpring, 1968. Next to our bunker was the FDC tactical operations center where we worked. In the distance, past the Bong Son village, is one of the Tiger Mountains which was festering with VC, unlike the NVA we had seen far to the north.
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elephants.jpgIt's Monday154 viewsThis elephant seems to be resigned to going to work as a pack animal. We were somewhere around Ban-Me-Thuot when those elephants came walking into our "field of fire". The Infantry stopped them and checked them out. When they were allowed to go , someone came up with the idea
to pop a couple of pro-jos over their heads. When the rounds were fired, instead of running away the elephants turned and ran straight at us. They didn't get too close before the men that were riding them got them under control.
Anybody remember the elephants?
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Dixon39.jpgGoing to Bong Son - LZ English154 viewsHere we were gathering to move to the dreaded Bong Son/LZ English. None of us had heard anything good about it and some guys who had lived there before told horror stories, so we knew we were in for it. Look closely and you can even see the company clerk's group filing cabinets on the back of one truck to the lower right.
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TS-71.JPGSlick Protection154 viewsForgotten Fact: Many young men took immediate tour extensions if they were guaranteed jobs as Door Gunners. All riding and no walking.
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