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JCook-133.JPGWaiting130 viewsSitting here waiting on a Chinook...but ready for a fire mission. Head phones are nearby.
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JCook29.JPGFDC Tent - Field Version - May 1966129 viewsAfter the "Pink Kitty", after the GP-small above-ground tent, after the submerged CONEX containers, this is what my FDC looked like out in the "boonies". Our FDC was arranged in a horseshoe trench; we could maneuver around the firing charts. The Operation was "Paul Revere"; the location is south of Duc Co".
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JCook36.JPGFresh Haircut129 viewsPhoto taken at Bien Ho, a lake near our base camp at Pleiku. This is the lake where we did laundry alongside the Vietnamese.
Sgt Joe Cook poses with two Vietnamese children. The boy next to Joe spoke English; his name is "Co" and he is wearing Joe's hat (backwards, naturally). The boy in the white shirt is Con Tin. Picture taken before our 'B" Battery ever went to the field to stay. Date, approximately January 1966. Joe is sporting a new haircut from a Vietnamese barber.
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JCook87.JPGGetting Started - no frills FDC, 1966129 viewsI take the coordinates, plot Battery Center on the chart and then use the RDP (Range Deflection Protractor) or "the fan" to get ranges to target.
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JCook14.jpgThe FDC Tent128 viewsSp4 James McBrayer, Jr. inside; Battery Commander Capt Frederick C. Rice outside holding tent pole.
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JCook46.JPGFeb 1966127 views"B" Battery at Pleiku
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JCook-122.JPGBase Camp at a distance126 viewsLooking at Base Camp on a knoll with cattle shade sheds to the right.
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JCook-126.JPGR-292's126 viewsRadio antennas grouped around battery area. One of our better bunker jobs. Walking away to the left is a red-headed Lieutenant. (Most likely Lt Chris Herrick).
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Cook.JPGFt Sill Reunion - 2/9th Brother Redlegs attending126 viewsJoe Cook attends our historic reunion, May-June, 2013
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JCook45.JPGFeb 1966124 viewsThis is the base camp area. Take note of the mountain "contour" in the center background. It helps to identify the location of this original "Base Camp".
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JCook12.jpgTriple-Dipple123 viewsHere is a CH-47 lifting a water buffalo and three (not two) brass casing Packs. We had a miscommunication -- and the pilot thought he had two casing Packs. So he dragged the bottom pack through our Battery and we lucky no damage to us or to him.
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JCook16.jpgNeat Sign123 viewsAnyone recall seeing this sign? One of the better signs indicating our headquarters.
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