Last additions - Rick Ericksen
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File_4-4.JPGRough TerrainCanopy and boulders...nice combination. More of the same...slow going here.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-6.JPG"Got any Tabasco?"Typical C-ration "meal-in-the-field". Sp4 Rick Ericksen here..."should I really eat this stuff or just give it to the VC?"Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-5.JPGRoughing it{UNK} getting out of the sun. Cardboard often separated troops from the ground.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-4.JPGTenement TentDon't think you'll find this method of tent erection in a Field Manual. That's our medic, "Doc" Brown, behind this shelter.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-1.JPGBreak timeThis photo taken shortly after our rush to the village to find Charlie after the bushwhacking he gave to a humanitarian team.Sep 13, 2010
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File_2-3.JPGCamouflageLook hard...he's there. Wonderful memories...humping in a monsoon.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-3.JPGEntrenching ToolThe US Army entrenching tool....the time-honored way to dig your hole and doubles as a weapon also.
Actually, I was warning the Capt Jerry Roberts, the "B" Company commander, (at left) to get us out of the f-g mountains...it was too g-d cold!Sep 13, 2010
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File_2-2.JPGIn the BooniesMy M-16 isn't loaded. Er, I hope it isn't loaded. FO Lt Joe Hannigan on the left.Sep 13, 2010
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File_2-6.JPG"Humanitarian Truck" gets shot upThis 3/4 ton truck was used for humanitarian purposes to bring medical help and supplies to a local village near one of the firebases. One day, the guys went in and Charlie was waiting for them and bushwhacked them. One of the guys was wounded but made it back on foot. We immediately got the order to go in and kick ass. We were trucked in and by the time we got there, all that was left was the truck. If you enlarge the photo, you can see bullet holes in the side frame, the hood, and the windshield. We cleared the area and got choppered out to another.Sep 13, 2010
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File_3-2.JPG"Light 'em if ya got 'em!"Capt Jerry Roberts, CO of B/1/14, (aka "Pilot", his call sign) takes a smoke break while checking out a defensive position. We were later sent into the mountains you see in the background.Sep 13, 2010
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File_2-4.JPGCombat TaxiAnother ride into the Boonies. Getting extracted to another mission.Sep 13, 2010
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File_2-1.JPGPapa San at workWe were on a mission to watch this village on the other side of the rice paddy. After two days of sitting in the rain, we got the order on the third day to go across and check it out. It was supposed to be harboring VC. This picture taken when we were about in the middle. Papa San was out doing his daily chores.Sep 13, 2010
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