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JCook13a.JPG105mm shrapnel104 viewsNuttin' to mess with; the 105mm can do some bodily harm. Same piece of shrapnel shown on a plate.
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JCook-136.JPGA cloud of dust104 viewsLooking through the dust cloud, you can find the source....yep....it's a Chinook.
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JCook39.JPGFeb 1966103 viewsJoe notes: "Protecting Route 19 - Field Problem". Yep, fer shure. And Hwy 19 remained a "field problem years later, too.
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JCook51.JPGBomb crater103 viewsAccording to the cardboard mount, it indicates a bomb crater filled with water. I think it was a 500-lb bomb.
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JCook72.JPGChu Pung Mountains103 viewsThe Chu Pung Mountains. You can see the rain in the distance.
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JCook71.JPGChow Line103 viewsThe evening meal was almost always "A" Rations.
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JCook-132.JPGNo homeowners insurance103 viewsNote the "hooch" that appears just below the belly of the Chinook. After the Chinook lifts off, there is no more "hooch".
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JCook41.JPGFeathered Friend102 viewsThis bird showed up with the "A" mess ration, delivered every day in the field.
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JCook56.JPGMACV Radio Dishes102 viewsNot the best photo, but it is supposed to the show the MACV radio dishes.
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JCook-137.JPGWhere is the drain plug?102 viewsLousy RSOP. We moved into this LZ the night before and it rained. Here's what we were greeted with the next morning. The gun spade of the base piece got stuck in the mud and we couldn't fire. We moved out of here.
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JCook-138.JPGWet LZ102 viewsGuess no one looked at the elevation of the LZ or how rainwater was supposed to drain off.
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JCook85.JPGCSMO101 views"Close Station, March Order" - get the hell out of Dodge. Ammo placed in the A-22 slings. The 3/4 ton is loaded up with the FDC gear.
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