Last additions - Don M Keith
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ShelterSign.jpgThis is amazing: a carefully and painstakingly-lettered sign found near a cave entrance requesting that the shelter not be attacked. Well...you can always ask, can't you?Aug 04, 2009
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two_bits.jpgDon returned for a 2nd tour in Nam...this time with the 173rd Airborne. {See his war story "I'm AWOL"} From left: Don, 1SG G. Cenecerus, Field First MacKenzie, and 1st Lt Kemit.Aug 04, 2009
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Tall_Grass.jpgAmong all the other obstacles and perils in the combat zone, amazingly high grass was "way up there". Lts Don Keith and Randy Shaffer {KIA} demonstrate.Aug 04, 2009
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SittingMission.jpg"Hey! Where's that resupply chopper with the load of toilet paper?"
Note the proper use of headgear in the war zone. Reflects that great training at OCS.Aug 04, 2009
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Propaganda.jpgThis tri-fold pamphlet was the enemy's attempt at propaganda aimed at our troops. {click to enlarge and see the message}Aug 04, 2009
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Propaganda2.jpgPage 2 of the tri-fold pamphlet.Aug 04, 2009
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FO-Ready.jpgFO Lt Don Keith in full battle gear. Note the two (2) smoke grenades on the webgear.Aug 04, 2009
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Keith-Shaffer.jpgLt Don Keith and Lt Randy Shaffer. Lt Shaffer was KIA.
{see TAPS link}
Aug 04, 2009
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HotTGT.jpgA combination of artillery support and air support often made a hill mass "explode" in Vietnam with these results.Aug 04, 2009
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Keith-Blue-SS.jpg1st Cav commander Gen Norton pins Silver Stars on Lt TJ Blue of B-1-35 and Lt Don Keith, the FO for B-1-35 for their heroic actions at the battle of Hoi Tan, 6 March 1967.Aug 04, 2009
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MapReading.jpgSleep through map reading classes at your own peril. Without maps, you and your unit were in deep doo-doo. And even with map reading skills, you had to know WHERE you were at all times.Aug 04, 2009
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Firefight2.jpgFirefight in progress. The use of smoke grenades was critical in Vietnam. It marked your position as well as marking where you wanted air support. The 105mm artillery used smoke rounds to mark where the HE was going to fall after adjusting.Aug 04, 2009
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