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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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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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WS-34.JPGConstruction Work154 viewsTaking out commo from the 2/9th TOC. Walt is 2nd from left; Top Davis standing on beam.
NOTE! Check out Photo #MK-142 in Mike Kurtgis album; it shows the 2/9th TOC under construction.
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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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Elephant3.jpgWhole different culture154 viewsAmong the sights and sounds in Vietnam, working elephants rates up there with the cultural differences. Some report that the NVA and the Cong used them to transport weapons and supplies. A four-legged deuce-and-a-half.
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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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Dixon70.jpgUnknown154 viewsSomeone wrote in about a fellow in one of the field batteries whom I believe had a Spanish surname. I am not sure if this was him or not, but I recall knowing this guy who I think was either B or C battery. As I recall he was shot, possibly KIA. Great fellow with a good sense of humor... but again, darned if I can remember his name...
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2010-Pitts9.JPGCat's Meow154 viewsMaj Jerry Orr pictured in his Arty Shirt standing next to "first timer" Lt John Cashin.
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