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Platoon 1016, October 1967 |
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Parris Island |
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Giger Tiger |
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Everyone had a graduation picture taken upon completing ITR (Infantry Training Regiment) |
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C2 July 68 |
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M109 behind me about 18:30 |
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Operation Thor |
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Just south of Con Thien on operation Thor, 4th of July 1968 |
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Phu Bia, August 1968 |
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Gun facing west towards Troy Mountain |
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Gun 3, An Hoa, 1969.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
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My Gun Crew in the Antenna Valley. Operation Taylor Common |
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Front: Jerry Weatherford, Ray Eskisen
Middle: Me, Dan Aldridge
Back: Dan Bates, Rick Jones
Not Present: Rick Blair, George Missi |
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Dickey and Ray Esckilsen
15 January 1969 |
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Dan Bates
Row 2: George Missy, Rick Blair
Row 3: Al, Jerry Weatherford, Rick Jones, Ray McGee, Paul Mayfield, Ray Eskilsen
In the gun: Dan Aldridge |
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Antenna Valley, Operation Taylor Common |
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Ray McGee and Al Preseren |
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An Hoa, Dec 1968.
Al was with 1/5 |
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Ray Quesnel, Al Preseren, and Ray McGee |
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In 1/5 HQ, Christmas 1968 |
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Ray Quesnel |
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1/5 HQ. Great Christmas! |
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My best friend, Big Al, A 1/5 |
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Inside an M109. Standing with the breach open. |
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Who can forget Chris Noel. We listened to her at night while laying in the bunkers |
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Bud Isbell (Izzy) sent this picture of an 8" SP. Only the Corps would put a guard bunker under an 8" muzzel |
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Izzy sent this picture of the ammo dump going up in Dong Ha |
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Ammo Dump, Dong Ha |
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Another picture provided by Izzy of the Dong Ha dump going up. Izzy writes he thaught they had been Nuked. |
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Ammo Dump, Dong Ha |
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Kilo 4/13 Christmas dinner 1967. Picture by Alex Brio |
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Kilo 4/13 lined up in Dong Ha for float down to Hue. Aug 1968. Picture by Alex Brio |
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Kilo 4/13 Arriving Hue City after leaving Dong Ha |
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Kilo at Gio Lin 1967. Photo by Alex Brio |
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A few more good men from the 8" Battery at C2. Left Sgt Keith Howard, Ron DeVasto, and Mike Cumming Picture taken 1967 |
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Check out the Short Timers Stick. Left to right: Jose Alveras, Rick Jones, Terry Bracher, and Joe Pizzi |
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Another killer from Kilo 4/13. The Liquidator. Joe Pizzi |
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1967 Marine Corps Birthday at C2, Frank Bendrick, Tase Bailey, and Art Murdock. |
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Gun crew of the Undertaker at C2 |
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The Undertaker at C2. north of Cam Lo, Quang Tri Provence |
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More of the Undertaker crew |
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Crew oustide Gun Crew main living quarters at C2 |
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Undertaker crew at Phu Bia |
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Dong Ha from out post tower. Picture by Skip Brio |
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Undertaker, Gun 4 hull down at C2 (photo by Skip Brio) |
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FDC Bunker at C2. Got to love the no balls target. (photo by Alex (Skip ) Brio. |
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Building Bunkers at C2 Lto R Cleveland, Alex Brio, Danny B. Richards, and Deliao |
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From the watch tower at GioLinh. Bud "Izzy" Isbell and Herb Myers |
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Gio Linh July 1967. Herb Myers |
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D. Wagner, D. Burkhalter, Joe Pizzi,and Sparky
Photos Joe Pizzi |
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Paul Mayfield and Rick Jones (Joe Pizzi photos) |
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Pineapple (Ieho) and Joe Pizzi (Joe's Photo) |
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Blair and B. Evans (Joe's photo) |
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Schellings (Reds) (Joe's photo) |
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L to R D. Wagner, Sgt Gafford, Sparky, Paul Mayfield. Phu Bia, 9 yards. |
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Captain Smith, CO Kilo 4/13 |
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Al Cruz, Rick Jones, Rick Blair, and ray Esckilsen.
Photo given by Ray Esckilsen |
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Rick Blair ( Photo from Ray Esckilsen) |
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Rick Jones, Rick Blair, Ray Esckilsen, Jerry Weatherford |
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Rick Jones, Rick Blair, George Missy, and Ray Esckilsen |
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Kilo 4/13 leaving Dong Ha |
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