|
|
yates_4.JPGMany hands make light work52 viewsWe all knew what we had to do upon landing in a new LZ.
|
|
JD-172.JPG51 views
|
|
yates_1.JPGEarly construction51 viewsThis is a reminder to redlegs coming later of how we started out. Note the 2/9th FA crest on the clapped-together shack behind me.
|
|
Me_and_Speedy.jpg51 views
|
|
fire_mission_lz_penny.jpg51 views
|
|
Lee_at_Duc_Pho.JPGDuc Pho HQ51 viewsHere I am with my favorite guitar. I left it behind for someone else to play. Hope they got good use out of it! The Mighty Ninth sign is just over my right shoulder.
|
|
FO_on_Duty_-_Hwy_19.JPGHighway 19 - Guarding the road with A-2-3551 viewsPhoto taken in January, 1967. Remember it well. Wasn't long after this photo was taken, the VC started lobbing mortars at our perimeter. The rounds were landing between A-2-35 and a nearby village. They knew it would be difficult for us to return the fire. But we did. An Infantry mortar hit a rotted tree trunk, setting it on fire. That gave us the target zone and we returned fire. No casualties, but we found plenty of blood near the impact zone.
But, let's go back to the beginning.
|
|
DY_Mem-3a.JPGAlso "worn"50 viewsBack view: MPC nickel.
|
|
yates_6.JPGFinished49 viewsWell, I guess we're finished with that!
|
|
yates_3.JPGFamiliar?48 viewsThe trees have been knocked down and the supplies keep coming for....you guessed it...another firebase somewhere in Vietnam.
|
|
yates_5.JPGSymbolic sandbags?47 viewsMany units did this; a "half-wall" of sandbags. Some learned that it didn't even provide "half-protection" against a typical mortar attack.
|
|
Modern_Day_Rick.jpegI Know War47 viewsRick has probably seen more action with the 2/9th FA than most soldiers.
|
|
| 4986 files on 416 page(s) |
 |
|
|
|
|
405 | |
|
|
|
|
