Last additions - Gary Dean Springer
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GDS-65a.JPGWaiting on the commandWaiting on the command to fire....Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-61.JPGFine Dining in the FieldFresh eggs??? I have no idea where they came from and probably don't want to know. I can only hope that they came from a chicken.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-62.JPGEmptiesLots of expended canisters from the 105mm rounds.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-60.JPGRSOP-ingSetting up a new position after a move involved a lot of preparation.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-59.JPGField DiningBattery Exec Officer (XO) Lt Jim Daly cooking his rations.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-58.JPGUniform of the Day"My jungle fatigues are coming in when??" Those arriving in the 1966 timeframe often had to wait for a set of jungle fatigues and jungle boots to be issued. Also, a lot of incoming personnel were given M-14s instead of the newer M-16s.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-57.JPG"It Went Somewhere"UNK, Lt Kermit DeVaughn, FDO, "A" Btry, UNK (Ortiz?). The "boys" in the FDC look a little puzzled.
Lt DeVaughn (center) was the man who conceived the idea of a 2-CONEX container FDC, totally transportable by air and ready for immediate firing operations. Virtually all firing units adopted the idea. Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-56.JPGField DiningThe first thing you have to do in the field is to learn the primary sitting position. Virtually every Vietnamese you met relied on the "squat" position. Comes in handy for field dining, too.
Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-45f.JPGEnrouteLooking up the underside of a sling-loaded Chinook.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-45a.JPGBig BirdThe Chinook pilots had to bring the bird down to ground level. Note one of the pilots checking out the rear of the aircraft.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-45c.JPGRSOP-ingThe loads are hooked and the Chinook pulls upward.Jun 22, 2008
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GDS-52.JPGRSOP-ingOn the ground at LZ 10BJun 22, 2008
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