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Battle_Clip.jpgCacti Green supported by 2/9thAnother major battle displaying the combat teamwork of the 1/35th and the 2/9th.
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Battle_Clip_1.jpgBattle with NVAThe Mighty Ninth supports "B" Company, 1/14th in a major firefight.
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Battle_Clip_1a.jpgBattle with NVA...continued. Artillery makes the enemy back off once again!
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Modern-Day_Steve.JPGModern DayModern-day Steve Gorecki. He wears a different kind of helmet these days.
Reminds us of the book: "We Were Young...and Soldiers". With emphasis, of course, on "were".
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SG-1.JPGLeaving English behindAfter we left LZ English (Bong Son), we set up for a few days on the edge of a runway where a Caribou or two would land quite close. This was just prior to "A" Btry flying off to Kontum from AFB Phu Cat.
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SG-10.JPGGood Morning, Vietnam!A "cold day in hell" as they say. Caesar is warming a bit of hot chocolate just outside the FDC on LZ Incoming.
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SG-11.JPGNothing grows on LZ Incoming?This is a "gook's view" of LZ Incoming from the south. I braved the snipers & mortars to get water from the big bladder that was sitting out about 200ft out of the perimeter. Anyone wonder why there was NOT a stick of vegetation on this firebase? "Orange"-something ring a bell?
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SG-12.JPGThe 105mm is a casualtyOne of our howitzers became a casualty...it was either mortars or a recoilless rifle.
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SG-13.JPGDamage at LZ IncomingLoss of memory on this day. I do recall faintly that this gun took a recoilless round to the right wheel. I think the Gunner was seriously hurt or killed.
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SG-14.JPGSandbags do work!This photo is living proof that sandbags saved lives. These three (3) layers of sandbags stopped a mortar round on the top of the FDC CONEX roof. We had to clean our pants after that hit.
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SG-15.JPGLZ Mile HighWe moved to LZ Mile High. That is LZ Incoming in the background---the bald spot on the hill. The "Daisy Cutter" bomb that cleared this site left us some serious challenges to make a home! Would have killed for a chain saw.
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SG-16.JPGThe FDC MonolithWe could not dig down, so we had to go up with the FDC CONEX. On the left is Loy & Beringer. The trees that were left were hard as steel. Had to live around them. This firebase was quite compact.
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