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JCook1.jpgHi, Mom! I'm in VietnamHadn't learned to use the .45 cal on my hip when this photo was taken, but it sure kept anyone from stealing the monopoly money that we called "payroll". Note the R-292 antennas and the M2 Aiming Circle in the background.
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JCook-FDC.jpgFDC - Field VersionPrior to the use of closed CONEX containers, this is how we operated the firing charts in the boonies. Unfortunately, this method leaves a lot to be desired during inclement weather.
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JCook2.jpgBattery OfficersCaptains Byron, Rice, and Osborne. Capt Osborne took over after Capt Rice's departure. {"Byron" should be Capt Max R. Barron, former XO of "B" Battery}
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JCook3.jpgFDC tries out the gunsThat's me holding the 105mm round for loading into the breech. The gun-bunnies said I was "too slow" and suggested I return to the FDC. We were celebrating the 50,000th round...note the sign in the background against the sandbags.
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JCook4.jpgMail CallThe greatest morale booster in all of Vietnam. You stand around and wait for your name to be hollered out during Mail Call.
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JCook5.jpgField ServicesOutdoor mass in the field.
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JCook6.jpg"Short Round" - the mascotGreat coincidence! Danny Fort also has this very same photo in his Photo Gallery. "Short Round" was just a pup in 1966.
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JCook7.jpgRSOPAll the FDC gear is packed on a 1/4-ton trailer and awaiting airlift by a CH-47. Got my trusty M-16 next to my pickaxe. Gotta decide which one is more reliable.
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JCook8.jpgPuff, the Magic DragonNight firing exercise by Puff.
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JCook9.jpgDemonstrationWe're showing the ARVNs how we fill sandbags. They were glad to let us do it.
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JCook10.jpgDee-FenseGrabbing material of some sort to improve our defensive position.
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JCook11.jpgGI CookWe got some eggs somehow and so here I am, cooking them up. Reminds me of making coffee in the field - "Boil water HARD, turn off fire, throw in grounds wait and scoop from the top" -- good Black coffee. If NOT hard boiled then "brown" GI coffee results.
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