GDS-Menu3.jpgChristmas, 1966 Menu80 viewsChristmas Day Dinner Menu. In December, 1966, the 3rd Bde brought its troops back to firebases for a holiday break.
GDS-13.JPGCharlie Battery79 viewsNote the use of 360-degree cannon emplacements. Ready to fire in any direction.
GDS-44.JPGLZ 10B79 viewsLt Jim Daly, Alpha Battery XO, talks gunnery with the cannoneers. Note that you never stand between the trails or cross over the trails of a howitzer. Ft Sill says so.
GDS-121.JPGNVA Prisoner79 viewsPrisoner enroute. If you enlarge this photo, you will see just how long the rope is and the prisoner dangling well below the Huey and just above the tree line.
GDS-128.JPGTossing away79 viewsEvery LZ had a trash pit. The enemy would occasionally bury unexploded AF ordnance in there. Clever little bastards.
GDS-83.JPGB-52 drops bomb78 viewsBomb crater from B-52 at LZ 503A.
GDS-42.JPGLZ 10B77 viewsSetting up the firing battery. Note that the trails have not been dug in.
GDS-146.JPGThe Bob Hope Show77 viewsBob Hope entertains the troops, December, 1966.
GDS-183.JPGDuc Pho Orphanage77 viewsBuilt in honor and memory of Capt Ronald Rod who came over as an "Advisor" before the start of deployed units in December, 1965.
GDS-195.JPGBooby trap bomb77 viewsCloser look at destroyed jeep. There were 4 engineers KIA in this incident.
GDS-209.JPGLoaded77 viewsUNK soldier ready to fire M60 with belts of ammo.
GDS-113.JPGLZ 510B76 viewsSp4 Walter W. Lee (standing) and Sp4 John M. Waldman keeping the lamp lit.
