MK-48.jpgRoad March146 viewsClassic formation for a jungle road march.
MK96.jpgLZ Oasis146 viewsThe 2/9th at Firebase Oasis, 3d Bde, 4th Inf Div
MK16.jpgLuxury accomodations145 viewsThis is your "home" in the field.
MK90.jpgNew Home145 viewsThe Firebase at LZ Oasis becomes my new home with the 3rd Brigade, 2/9th Arty, 4th ID.
MK91.jpgPark it here145 viewsThe Fixed Wing Strip at Oasis. {Guess they didn't mind sharing the pad with the Rotary Wing birds}
MK214.jpg"Spooky"145 views“Puff the Magic Dragon” AKA “Spooky” the Gunship.
A DC-3 with four Gatling Guns (3,000 rounds per minute ea.)
MK-99.jpgBattery Firebase144 viewsMy new tools: a 105mm (M-102) howitizer battery.
MK94.jpgNew location144 viewsMy new home coming out of the boonies
MK288.jpgPassing through144 viewsBattalion clerk was a CO (Conscientious Objector) who had the flag over his bunk…nice kid; did my Code book cover. But this incident told him what “Charlie” thinks of his “Peace Flag”. The B-40 went through flag and passed out of the Tent.
MK82.jpgAftermath143 viewsAftermath of 5 hours of contact firefight. Broke contact, pounded the area with artillery and air strikes. Lt Hartley was my LNO; we had five batteries firing missions during and into the night.
MK143.jpgTinh Nay143 viewsVillage of Tinh Nay outside Oasis.