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yates_6.JPGFinishedWell, I guess we're finished with that!
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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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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_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_2.JPGMy bunkNote the folding cot, the air mattress, the beach sandals, and most importantly, my basketball.
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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_-_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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YatesUplift.jpgWar Zone?Combination of blue skies and mountain range make for a pretty setting at LZ English (Bong Son).
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Yates.JPGModern Day DannyModern-Day Danny attending our historic 2/9th Reunion at Ft Sill, OK in May-June 2013.
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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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vn#90.jpgLucky US Farmers!Wow...if those farmers in Kansas had to deal with hoppers like these, they'd be using shotgun shells instead of bug spray.
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vn#79.jpgMy Transfer Came Through!Yep...now I'm in Graves Registration. Actually, survival in Vietnam meant using mother earth to protect you and not living above ground in tents. Our enemy knew this fact all too well.
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