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TR15.jpgFaux CannoneerDate: 30Dec68 Location: LZ Schuyler
I don't really work on the guns, but it made for a good picture. Note the new M102; goodbye M1A101 & the "trails".
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TR45.jpgFDC CONEXOur FDC CONEX gets moved by flatbed.
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TR-2.jpgFDC Crew & VisitorTom Roman, Lt Ed McNew (FO, FDO) and a gun bunny (cannoneer) taking a snooze.
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TR-3.JPGFO & The FDC CrewL to R (back): Calvin T. Garrett (Houston), Lt Charles Stout, PJ Newlin (Coloado), Phil Johnson (Pittsburgh). FR: Jay Flamme,(Colorado-deceased), Sp4 Kelly (New York), and Tom Roman. Sp4 Kelly was the brother-in-law of the famous recording artist Aretha Franklin. She dedicated the song "Mr. Kelly" to him.
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TR60.jpgFt VietnamNight shadows make firebase look like a picture out of the old west.
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TR21.jpgGoodbyeAF fighters depart station after an airstrike.
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TR41.jpgHershey TossTossing tropical Hershey bars to the locals. They probably tossed them back.
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TR16.jpgHit & Miss Chart"Doc" Kline visits our FDC CONEX while I explain the map.
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TR55.jpgHuman truckFaint outline shows a villager making a haul...on his back.
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TR49.jpgIf it ain't nailed downYou thought a CH-47 Chinook would blow you away...just wait till a Sky Crane showed up!
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TR30.jpgJerry Rudd - FDCThe one not wearing a gas mask is Jerry Rudd. Reportedly, he was the brother of the SDS' Mark Rudd.
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TR37.jpgLarge churchStrange structure in a war zone. Located near Ban Me Thuot.
Note the power lines when photo is enlarged.
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