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Modern-Day_Joe_Cook.jpgSgt Joe CookModern-Day Joe. Here I am with my lovely bride. I not only survived Vietnam, but I managed to get into my dress blue uniform for this photo.
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Joe_Cook.JPGHere's where it all began(2nd from right 1st row) While attending the NCO Academy at Ft Sill, I remember taking my turn to march the class. I marched them into the flower bed of the Officer's Training Barracks. I commanded 'Platoon,halt' and then 'about, face' and 'forward, march'. As I looked back I saw about 40 spots of (turning marks) marks in the flower bed gravel. So I then commanded 'double time,march'. A day or two later I was sent to California and then to Hawaii (on a PAN AM flight) and hooked up with the 2/9th.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging OutSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_3.JPGMore Cooking LessonsMedic Riddle now teaches the BC, Capt Jack Osborne, about cooking in the field.
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Joe_and_the_Medic_2.JPGI wasn't doing a good job, so the Medic took over. Note the surgical precision he uses to cut the bread. Medic Riddle was the same guy who attended to SSG David Spears who was KIA during a firing incident.
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Joe_and_Medic_1.JPGMore cooking lessons. Here, the Battery Medic (name is Riddle) watches how I cut a loaf of bread.
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JCook99.JPGCaptured rice carriersYoung prisoners. They were told not to talk, but they are violating that order. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook98.JPGCaptured rice carriersThe adults were not blindfolded - don't know why that was. You can see the Infantryman's foot on the sandbag wall who was assigned to guard him while he ate C-rations. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook97.JPGCaptured rice carriersA combination of adults and young boys - teens were brought into our firebase by the Infantry. See "Tour of Duty - Memories" for the whole story.
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JCook96.JPGFlags FlyingThe U S flag and the Republic of Korea flags.
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JCook94.JPGAmmo Dump - Tea PlantationUnsecured and unprotected ammo supply at the Tea Plantation forward area.
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JCook92.JPGStatueA Christian shrine near Pleiku.
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