File_9-6.JPGField of Fire178 viewsI'm all set here, but my real job is in the FO party with Lt Hannigan.
Rick_E_2-1.JPGWhat is it?175 viewsI don't know, but they say it's "new and improved". Hope that M-16 has the safety on.
Rick_E_1-1.JPG172 views
Rick_Ericksen.JPGModern-Day Rick169 viewsForty-two years later...here I am!
Rick_E_6-1.JPG165 views
Rick_E_2-4.JPGBattery Position162 viewsTypical layout of a 105mm howitzer section. Good pose for a postcard home.
Rick_E_1-2.JPG160 views
Rick_4-1.JPGPrior to the wheels coming off150 viewsThis is a picture of our 105 howitzer before we took off the wheels. They always got in the way and someone was always falling or bumping into them when we swung it around to get it into position! (Wonder if Ft Sill approved this field modification?) Paint job by "Mike".
File_9-5.JPGReady for Charlie148 viewsNight logger position. This is how it was done. I spelled one of the guys taking a break.
File_4-5.JPGIn the raw146 viewsFinally found a mountain to take a bath and a shave. That water was g ----- d COLD! "Hey, Mom, send this one to Playgirl magazine".
Rick_E_2-6.JPGJob #1: Fill those sandbags!145 viewsArrival at a new LZ means dee-fense. Filling sandbags and digging interlocking trenches. No wonder we hated RSOPs!
Dollies-2.JPGIs this possible?142 viewsWow....one heckuva a Donut Dolly visits the men of the 2/9th. (How come only one picture?)
