 Last additions - Roger Hayes C Co. 67 -68
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434 viewsA Polariod shot of our squad in the summer of 68 at the base of Nui Ba Den. From the left, is Little John (John Lewis), Bob (Bo) Smith, Pinon, Dennis (Hack) Hackin, me, and Little John (John Caragliano). Aug 01, 2004
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361 viewsA social evening inside the track near Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base, where we were providing security. We grew close to one another during these pleasant gatherings. Present were (l to r) Dennis (Hack) Hackin, Little John (John Caragliano), me, Frank Harvey, and Harry (Giant) Nissen. Aug 01, 2004
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315 viewsStaff Sergeant James Cattrell, our respected platoon sergeant, reading a letter from home during a quiet moment along our company perimeter. Mail provided a momentary reprieve from the war and was one of our most important morale factors.Aug 01, 2004
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277 viewsPicking their way through the mud along the road, these girls are on their way to school, each wearing an ao dai, the traditional Vietnamese dress. The black and white colors identify them as students. In the background are rice paddies shortly before filling with water.Aug 01, 2004
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339 viewsAfter a period of 170-days, a division record, so we were told, we returned to our main base camp. The company paused in this rice paddy to tie unit-identifying pennants to our radio antennas prior to entering Cu Chi. In the foreground is Plt. Sgt. Cattrell, 2d Platoon, Charlie Company. Aug 01, 2004
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300 viewsThe village of Cu Chi from the .50 caliber machinge gun turret on the top of a track. Note machine gun barrel. With its dirt road, modest hootches, and plentiful women and children, Cu Chi was a typical village. Nearby is the main base camp for the 25th Infantry Division.Aug 01, 2004
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482 viewsTran Ngoc Bich, whose name means The Emerald of the Tran Family, outside the mess hall at Dau Tieng where she worked. While I was recuperating from my last wound, we became close friends. When I left Vietnam, she accompanied me to the air strip to say good-bye, the only person to do so. We corresponded for several years after I returned home. Aug 01, 2004
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370 viewsHere's a map of Cu Chi. Someone gave it to me--I think it was Hack--and it was drawn by a REMF who drove around in a jeep with a clipboard on his knee, filling in the black spaces. I know Cu Chi was oval-shaped rather than rectangular, but this is pretty close.Aug 01, 2004
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332 viewsHousecleaning day during a stand-down in the Tay Ninh base camp. Hack is on the top of the track while Big John (John Lewis) performs preventive maintenance on the left-side tread. Bob (Bo) Smith is cleaning an M79 grenade launcher in the right foreground. Aug 01, 2004
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299 viewsTraveling at 35mph on our track, seated in the jeep seat that my squad scrounged and presented to me. The headset provided communications with Hack, our driver, and the rest of our platoon. A lambretta, a van-sized public bus, had just passed usAug 01, 2004
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300 viewsFreshly showered for a change, and dressed in khakis on 24 June 68, the evening before flying to Japan for a week of R&R.Aug 01, 2004
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247 viewsA .50 caliber machine gun inside a Cu Chi perimeter bunker. Visible through the firing port is the two-bunker postion outside the perimeter called "Ann-Margret." Fields of fire are posted above the firing port. The block of wood in the opening prevented traversing the gun in the direction of the bunkers at Ann-Margret.Aug 01, 2004
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