 Top rated - Roger Hayes C Co. 67 -68
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466 viewsDuring our recuperation my bunk, with its kerosene lamp, the only light in the hootch, beame a center of activity. Bob Ordy, a good friend, is on the right Inside his shirt is the hint of a bandage covering a bullet wound in his chest. 
(4 votes)
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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.
(2 votes)
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254 viewsOn May 23 entering Cu Chi for the first time in six months, with a huge cumulonimbus cloud as a backdrop. The sign reads, "Walk facing traffic."
(2 votes)
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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.
(5 votes)
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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).
(12 votes)
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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.
(2 votes)
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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.
(3 votes)
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270 viewsNui Ba Den, the Black Virgin Mountain, from a distance of about five miles. This 800 meter high volcanic mountain was reportedly the home of 1,000 VC or NVA soldiers who lived within its many crevices and caves.
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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.
(2 votes)
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262 viewsLeaving our overnight position guarding the "rock crusher" at the base of Nui Ba Den. This mountain formed indelible impressions in the memories of GIs in our division and others who served nearby. The APC behind us is maintaining the standard interval while on the move--far enough away to avoid damage to multiple tracks from a mine or ambush, yet close enough to provide support.
(8 votes)
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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.
(9 votes)
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310 viewsCaption: Dennis (Hack) Hackin and village kids inside a family hootch. Children loved to have their pictures taken even though most would never see the results. The villages were almost always devoid of young men.
(5 votes)
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