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Roeder_Pavilion4.JPGHost & Guest161 viewsHost Bert Landau greets guest Craig McGowan of C-1-35.
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GDB-27.JPG161 views
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GSD-5.jpgCambodian border160 viewsAnother look at the M48 Battle tank. Strange to see tanks in a jungle environment.
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WS-24.JPGM-102160 viewsM-102s arrived in-country in 1968. According to the Unit History (see link), the 2/9th Arty was the first 105mm unit to get them. Howitzer is shown at the high angle fire position, a bitch for the old 105mm but a "piece of cake" for the new.
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MK172.jpgSolving the problems160 viewsDiscussing the world's problems with my RTO Ray Plunkett, the S-2, and an Lt Mike Aiken, FDC.
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Turner_35.jpgThe Big City160 viewsMarkets in Pleiku
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Dixon68.jpgAdoption160 viewsRemember the photo where I mentioned that I adopted a boy and a girl from the local orphanage? {See Photo Dixon #16} You saw the boy in that shot. Here is me and the little girl when she came to visit at Duc Pho. Photos are even fading now. I think this was Christmas of 1967...
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Dixon71.jpgHere come the tanks160 viewsThese were some of the tanks that armor guys operated out of LZ Montezuma. I remember them, the ordnance and the engineering boys clearing a road for us to convoy once.
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Tex_6-3.JPGChildren of war160 views
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Tex_6-4.JPGChildren of war160 views
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Rick_E_2-6.JPGJob #1: Fill those sandbags!160 viewsArrival at a new LZ means dee-fense. Filling sandbags and digging interlocking trenches. No wonder we hated RSOPs!
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JCook34.JPGMarch, 1966160 viewsGun Section emplacement, March 1966. Note the very neat circle of sandbags. You can tell this howitzer passed a "stateside" inspection before being shipped to Nam. Note the "shield" is still on the right side.
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