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Shotgun_Deaths.jpgDoorgunner PFC Paul E. Rytter144 viewsThis news clipping captures the men who were KIA as Operation Shotgun graduates from the secret Hawaii training program. Despite the casualties, many men were willing to serve as doorgunners in Nam.
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JCook13.jpgThe 105mm bullet144 viewsA piece of 105mm shrapnel taken from a VC.
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BK-3.JPGFancy Quarters144 viewsSurrounded by the ubiquitous sandbag, there are some fancy quarters rising in the background.
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JCook-130.JPG"Artillery furniture"144 viewsAmmo crate slates were the building blocks of artillery furniture. (Note. Later units brought furniture building out of crates to an art form.)
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SM1b.jpgArmy Commendation Award Ceremony144 viewsArmy Commendation Awards ceremony. Getting the medals are: Bill Manton, Danny Fort, Corky, and me. The "crew cut" is very likely Lt Chris Herrick and the background observer wears the "camouflaged black bar" of a 1st Lieutenant, but the name is UNK.
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256.JPGModern Day Steve144 viewsWith the days of Vietnam far behind him, we have Steve Cox at age 65.
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JM-29.jpgMother's Day Assault on LZ Oasis144 viewsNewspaper account of the attack on LZ Oasis, May 1969.
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JS-11.JPG144 viewsBest guess is FSB 34....an unusual FBase...Arty on one end and Infantry at the other end.
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SG-22.JPGBig guns on LZ Pony144 viewsOn LZ Pony, we had the pleasurable company of a 175mm gun and an 8" howitzer. Don't know who they belonged to, however. Always a thrill to hear and feel a 175mm gun fire. We were at this LZ for only a few days. I do not recall any fire missions. We convoyed up to Phu Cat AFB, loaded up on C-130s and flew to Kontum.
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Bronze_Star_Ceremony.JPGBronze Star Ceremony144 viewsAfter I returned home, I didn't know that I was put in for any award. Then I got a letter asking if I wanted a formal military color guard presentation. Since I was back home living with my widowed mother and two younger sisters, I said "yes" mainly for their benefit. Sure enough, they had me go to the Louisiana National Guard barracks where they called out the Color Guard and I was presented my Bronze Star.
Maybe I should go back for my Air Medal? Never got that one.
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JFO-77.JPGOn the ground on patrol144 viewsNote the inflatable air mattresses. In the red circle is a souvenir someone is bringing home.
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WmWard-6.JPGIn Memory of Ronnie Mishima144 viewsDanny "Cowboy" Fort with coin.
Ronnie Mashima was a cannoneer in Bravo Battery with me and Danny Fort. He wanted very much to come to the reunion but was unable to. He sent 3 coins to me. He wanted me and Danny to have one and someone who remembered him to have the other. John Bowden remembered him well. Ronnie wanted in some way to be represented at the reunion.
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