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TS-1.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotR-292 radio antenna stands in the middle of all the muck.
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TS-10.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotGreat photo of Section ammo bunker. UNKNOWN cannoneer. Real artillerymen use big bullets.
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TS-11.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotUNKNOWN cannoneers. Here's one for you, Charlie. Loading up the newer M102 howitzers.
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TS-12.jpgThe Fickle Finger of FateRick Algren has a unique backscratcher. Or, perhaps he was in charge of assigning details. Actually, it's his "Short Timer's" stick. Photo taken on a convoy to the Chu Pa mountains, Spring, 1969.
Rick was an RTO before coming into the TOC.
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TS-13.jpgTick TOCThe fierce & determined guy at far left is Joe Henderson, then Larry Leonard, Bob (Smitty) Smith, Rick Algren & Terry Savely. FR: John Blanche, Gary Williams (2/9th) and Gary Butler (Ft Worth), also 2/9th.
Photo date is October, 1968.
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TS-14.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotUNKNOWN cannoneer. Note the well-maintained area of the howitzer.
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TS-15.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotRick Algren poses next to one of the new 105mm howitzers, the M-102. These arrived in 1968; the 2/9th Arty was the first unit to receive them.
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TS-16.JPGLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotMocha the mascot: "You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog"
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TS-17.jpgThe SuccessorThe new M102 howitzer, replacing the old WWII 105mm with trails. LZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot
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TS-18.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotMen-At-Work. Close coordination between cannoneers makes for a successful gun crew.
Water can says "Non Potable". Of course, that applied to most things in Vietnam.
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TS-19.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotUnknown cannoneers. Shell casing reveals the center firing tube which ignites the powder bags.
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TS-2.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-ThuotInto every situation, a little rain must fall. Only...in Vietnam...they're called "monsoons".
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