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SG-23.JPGAirstrip at LZ PonyDid I say that we were adjacent to a landing strip? Any closer and I would have lost my head.
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Battle_Clip_1a.jpgBattle with NVA...continued. Artillery makes the enemy back off once again!
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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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SG-17.JPGBeringer & MePete Beringer and yours truly. The FDC Bunker was a sight to behold. Luckily, we never got hit!
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SG-22.JPGBig guns on LZ PonyOn LZ Pony, we had the pleasurable company of a 175mm gun and an 8" howitzer. Don't know who they belonged to, however. Always a thrill to hear and feel a 175mm gun fire. We were at this LZ for only a few days. I do not recall any fire missions. We convoyed up to Phu Cat AFB, loaded up on C-130s and flew to Kontum.
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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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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-3.JPGDustersThis is a Twin-40 Duster; they sure made a lot of noise at night. It helped keep the "dinks" out of the wire.
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SG-2.JPGFDC CONEXThis is the FDC CONEX & bunker on LZ English. I had been in-country about 2 weeks at this time.
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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-29.JPGHigh Angle fire at LZ MeadeSmoke, fire and destruction! The gun crew is firing a high-angle mission. Conditions were quite smoky. Not a very pretty LZ.
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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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