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File_4-2.JPGPuffing awayCigarettes were a way of life back then. FO Lt Joe Hannigan (foreground) plots our location. You must always know where you are in the jungle. Lt Hannigan was always on top of his game. You couldn't ask for a better FO and a nicer guy. {See next photo: RTO Mike Pskowski was identified in the summer of 2014 by his family who contacted the website.}
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FO_Party.JPGFO PartyFast Forward to 2014: We now know it is PFC Mike Pskowski in the middle, serving as the RTO with Lt Joe Hannigan, FO and Sgt Rick Ericksen, Recon Sgt. Unfortunately, Mike died in a car accident in 1973.
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File_4-3.JPGYou Lead, We FollowMe on patrol. This sh** was thick and heavy; slow going.
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File_4-4.JPGRough TerrainCanopy and boulders...nice combination. More of the same...slow going here.
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File_4-5.JPGIn the rawFinally found a mountain to take a bath and a shave. That water was g ----- d COLD! "Hey, Mom, send this one to Playgirl magazine".
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File_4-6.JPGOn PatrolAt left is one of our "Kit Carson" scouts. Name was "Sonn", I think.
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File_5-1.JPGYa got me againA Gillette commercial? Yeah...me trying to shave.
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File_5-2.JPGSupplies arrivingClose up shot of the Huey "slick". You can't survive in the jungle without resupply.
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File_5-3.JPGCombat TaxiEveryone got used to ducking under the rotors. This is the "palm grove" location where we stayed for a few days.
This is where Col Simko was killed when the pilot clipped a palm tree, lost his tail rotor and spun out of control, crashing to the ground.
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File_5-4.JPGThe Palm GroveLoading up for another Combat Assault.
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File_5-5.JPGThe Palm GroveAnother job to do.
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File_5-6.JPGPopping SmokeThe smoke is purple...that's where you land.
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