 Most viewed - Roger Hayes C Co. 67 -68
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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.
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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.
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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).
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"On Point"409 viewsA cropped version of this picture was used on the cover of my book, On Point, which won the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Book Award. I took this picture during a firefight in the Ho Bo Woods. Notice the damage to tree limbs by shrapnel and intense small arms fire. Three soldiers are hunkered down anticipating enemy fire while attempting to see what's going on and identify targets. But the reason I took the picture is the fourth soldier standing to the left of the crouched individuals with his back to the camera.He's taking a leak. Little did I know that this would one day end up on the cover of my book.
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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.
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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.
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360 viewsPreparing for an overnight ambush patrol from Tay Ninh. Tom Kirkham, on his second tour with our squad, is in the center. Ted (Chad) Chadwick is on the right wearing tiger stripes he bought from the locals, that were too short. I didn't go anywhere without lots of ammo.
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Roger Hayes Charlie Company 1967 -1968353 views
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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