Most viewed - Gary Dean Springer
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GDS-110c.JPGPrisoner84 viewsNVA prisoner held at LZ 510B.
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GDS-127.JPGChow Time83 views"Do you want more, sir? We want our FOs to be big and strong! Besides, we send the bill back to the battery anyway".
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RRs-2.JPGCombat Survival83 viewsPage 2 of the Standing Orders, Rogers Rangers.
Sounds like good common sense for surviving in a combat zone.
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GDS-90.JPGChinook downdraft82 viewsOf course, there is a "price to pay" for the Chinook' services. Those powerful blades will collapse any tent around. Sp4 James Louk, FDC, is smiling at the same time he is pissed.
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GDS-92.JPGFiring Chart82 viewsFDO Lt Kermit DeVaughn looks up from his firing chart. Note the RDP fan and map pins. According to my diary, Lt DeVaughn was credited with convincing the BnCO, LtCol Holbrook, to try out the concept of two CONEX containers welded together to form a combat-ready Fire Direction Center (FDC).
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GDS-124.JPGLZ 510B81 viewsEverybody used the jeep. The jeep was primarily used as a back up power source for the FDC and battery commo systems in the event the generator went down. Plus...it was the only soft spot where you could sit your butt down in the whole damn jungle.
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GDS-167.JPGFO - FDO; 2/9th Arty, dated May, 196781 viewsLt Jim Deloney, Lt Pat Kasperbauer, Lt Gary Dean Springer, and Lt Kermit DeVaughn (dec).
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GDS-15.JPGFor Sale - Cheap80 viewsA cocky pilot caused this one.
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GDS-39.JPGThe Montagnards80 viewsGood shot of the local villagers near Plei Me.
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GDS-155.JPGExecutive Practice80 viewsBtry CO Lt Springer gets "down & dirty" practicing the craft of the cannoneers as he prepares to load a projo. He and the XO made it a point to learn and remember just how important each crew member's job was.
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GDS-156.JPGExecutive Practice80 viewsRamming home the projo. Gun crews & Section Chiefs must be highly trained...lives downrange are depending on them. It is a good command policy to rehearse during H&Is or registrations. The crews handle the contact fire missions.
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GDS-220.JPGThe FO80 viewsMe in full gear serving as the FO for B-1-14.
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