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DY-1ab.jpgOkay...report to BCTWell, next stop: Fort Lost-in-the-Woods, Mo.
Musta done pretty good at basic combat training. Where's my stripe?
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DY-1abc.JPGDon't Worry - we'll take good care of youA template of a letter sent to the parents of all incoming draftees for basic training.
How personal can you get?
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yates_6.JPGFinishedWell, I guess we're finished with that!
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yates_1.JPGEarly constructionThis is a reminder to redlegs coming later of how we started out. Note the 2/9th FA crest on the clapped-together shack behind me.
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yates_2.JPGMy bunkNote the folding cot, the air mattress, the beach sandals, and most importantly, my basketball.
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yates_3.JPGFamiliar?The trees have been knocked down and the supplies keep coming for....you guessed it...another firebase somewhere in Vietnam.
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yates_4.JPGMany hands make light workWe all knew what we had to do upon landing in a new LZ.
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yates_5.JPGSymbolic sandbags?Many units did this; a "half-wall" of sandbags. Some learned that it didn't even provide "half-protection" against a typical mortar attack.
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WWII_Memorial.jpgHonor FlightLaying of a wreath at the WWII Memorial in Washington, DC during the weekend of June, 2015, 71 years after the D-Day landing.
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Yates_-_Tennerman.jpgHonor Flight to DCI spent this past weekend (June, 2015) acting as Escort for my wife's uncle on
an Honor Flight to Washington, DC. Earl Tennerman was in the Navy, and
wounded at Peleliu in the Palau Islands when his ship was hit by enemy fire.
We participated in the 71st anniversary of D-Day commemoration service. Earl got to lay a
wreath at the World War II memorial.
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IMG_3882.jpgFound my Freedom Bird!Thankfully, I didn't have to use the can. It beats a 55-gallon drum, though. Maybe the dogs used this one.
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IMG_6137.jpgFound my Freedom Bird!With a lot of help from an ex-C-141 pilot, I was able to track down and
reunite with the plane that brought me home from Vietnam. I just happened
to have one picture of me with the plane, and I was able to use the tail
number to find my plane.
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