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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:07:08 PM

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As many of you may remember, we had photo albums here with pics for Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf War I, II.
Unfortunately those albums were lost in a server crash.

Well..I'm please to say we are going to do it again.
I have the honor of posting pics from Edsr.

Ft Bragg, before shipping over. 1st generation Starlight scope with illumination lamp

Division sniper school, early 1967 Ft Bragg

Near Phu Bai, evening before going out to check something out near Hue early next morning

There is more but I'll start with these and you guys can bug Ed to narrate them.
ETA..I set the album up so anyone can add photo's. It's here. http://www.ar15.com/media/album.html?aid=1749

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:08:34 PM

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First.

My dad has an amazing collection.

His LT was Leon "Red Bone"

I will post some of his. He has well over 1000 to 1500 great pictures.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:09:01 PM

Great idea. I'll see if my father is okay with me posting his pictures from Nam.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:09:45 PM

Is that a Starlight scope?

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:10:22 PM

Originally Posted By Striker:
As many of you may remember, we had photo albums here with pics for Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf War I, II.
Unfortunately those albums were lost in a server crash.

Well..I'm please to say we are going to do it again.
I have the honor of posting pics from Edsr.

http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38475

http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38506

http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38488

There is more but I'll start with these and you guys can bug Ed to narrate them.

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Yes,I know it was done. My hat off to that man.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:10:49 PM

Must it be 'nam

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:13:37 PM

looking forward to this thread , lots

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:20:16 PM

Originally Posted By TDCJBoss:

Originally Posted By Striker:
As many of you may remember, we had photo albums here with pics for Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf War I, II.
Unfortunately those albums were lost in a server crash.

Canadian in the service of the US?

Yes,I know it was done. My hat off to that man.

Oy. FNGs.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:21:39 PM

Great thread idea Striker

I need to see if I have a pic of my uncle (helicoptor mechanic)

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:21:53 PM

Originally Posted By TDCJBoss:

Originally Posted By Striker:
As many of you may remember, we had photo albums here with pics for Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf War I, II.
Unfortunately those albums were lost in a server crash.

Canadian in the service of the US?

Yes,I know it was done. My hat off to that man.

That's Ed Avila Sr, not milkbags

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:22:10 PM

I have my dads albums from Vietnam, I've not scanned them into digital form yet though. As soon as I get a new non-acid album, me and my dad are going to go through them and scan them and put them in a new album.....

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:23:01 PM

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My father was in right before Vietnam...........I might have some pics of him posing with his M1 Garand

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:40:44 PM

Please keep any pics posted ones from Vietnam.
I can set up albums for Korea, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, WW-I, WW-II.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:42:09 PM

Originally Posted By Aimless:
That's Ed Avila Sr, not milkbags

In the first picture, I can really tell it's him. Just photoshop a beard onto him, and he's pulling the same kind of 'IMA GON KILL YOU' face that he was when snapped at a recent (Shot?) show.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:47:35 PM

I posted my Dad's pics from Vietnam a few months ago.

Here's a few, The first is my Dad who served with 1/7 FA 1ID from 65-66 around Bien Hoa, Siagon and Cam Rahn Bay.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:49:15 PM

Originally Posted By Striker:
As many of you may remember, we had photo albums here with pics for Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf War I, II.
Unfortunately those albums were lost in a server crash.

Thank you!

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:50:28 PM

I have some pics that I saved from the BRO facebook page. I'll post em up here a little later.

Vietnam Vets: It doesn't get said nearly enough, THANK YOU.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:51:45 PM

Place holder...I will be going home in July, and will dig up pics of my Uncle.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 4:56:41 PM

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Posted: 3/30/2012 5:33:23 PM

Man, that second pic is frighting. Not a lot of distance from the MG position to the brush. I don't know if that grenade is for the enemy, or personal use if the position gets over run.
Thank you for sharing.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 5:40:42 PM

Originally Posted By dirtyone04:

I thought the same thing. From what ive read thats how alot of the fighting was.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 5:56:03 PM

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For those that don't know..Edsr served with a LRRP unit..he explained what the pics represent when he e-mailed them to me. I have a lot of respect for any one that wears a uniform for their country and fights the good fight...but for those high speed folks that can't wait to do what a sane person wouldn't..they have my utmost respect.
Here are some more of Ed's pics.
This one is of Ed taking the sniper course.

1st week there,setting up our deluxe accommodations outside the perimeter in Chu Lai

Rice paddy,In transit to orientation week

Next 2 pictures are my good buddy Tom Dinweedie (from CA) and EdSr, building our home for the next week (while getting our in country orientation)

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Originally Posted By Striker:
Please keep any pics posted ones from Vietnam.
I can set up albums for Korea, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, WW-I, WW-II.

If you go go back in my post history you will find a bunch from WW1, WW2, Korea

I will search for some Vietnam photos and post thm ITT later

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Posted: 3/30/2012 6:01:53 PM

awesome thread

to the guys who were over there, Thanks

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Posted: 3/30/2012 6:23:14 PM

Originally Posted By TacticalMOLONLABE:

Originally Posted By Striker:
Please keep any pics posted ones from Vietnam.
I can set up albums for Korea, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, WW-I, WW-II.

If you go go back in my post history you will find a bunch from WW1, WW2, Korea

I will search for some Vietnam photos and post thm ITT later

I have waaaaaay to much to do here.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 6:24:44 PM

Originally Posted By Striker:

Originally Posted By TacticalMOLONLABE:

Originally Posted By Striker:
Please keep any pics posted ones from Vietnam.
I can set up albums for Korea, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, WW-I, WW-II.

If you go go back in my post history you will find a bunch from WW1, WW2, Korea

I will search for some Vietnam photos and post thm ITT later

I have waaaaaay to much to do here.

I will find th links and post them

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Posted: 3/30/2012 6:32:31 PM

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tag. love seeing these pics

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:03:49 PM

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Originally Posted By Skg_Mre_Lght:
Place holder...I will be going home in July, and will dig up pics of my Uncle.

82nd Airborne Division (Not sure of Regiment, etc.)...Four Bronze Stars, two with the "V" device.

Give me a few months, gentlemen.

He was probaby in the 505th. I think that was the only refgiment from the 82nd that went to Viet Nam

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:22:25 PM

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That is a scary picture. Do you remember how the crew fared when it happened?

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:29:04 PM

It looks like pretty country if there hadn't been a war going on.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:36:59 PM

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I salute Ed Sr. and all of our other Vietnam veterans.

There are many on the left who say that the Vietnam War was a tragic "waste."

THEY ARE WRONG.

The fact is, by demonstrating our resolve to stand firm to defend foreign lands from communist aggression in the 1960s, we may very well have prevented the Soviets from attempting to invade western Europe.

While that can never be conclusively proven, I submit to you that it can never be conclusively disproven either.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:45:47 PM

Didn't know Ed was a LRRP. Hope to see more pics.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:46:39 PM

Here's some from my Dad's time in Vietnam

These are from his tour at Danang in '70. He was also at Chu Lai in '65-'66

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:53:00 PM

A tip of the hat to Osprey 21, Flash 66, Three Feathers, Lumpy 03, Ed Sr., Hoppy and the rest of you guys.

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Posted: 3/30/2012 7:53:51 PM

I can't even begin to imagine how rough it must've been on the youngsters.

18-19yr olds straight out of the Donna Reed show thrown into a jungle to fight a (REAL) tier 1 infantry force with decades of live-fire experience
on their own ground.

God bless 'em. The treatment they got (And DIDN'T GET!) at the hands of the American left in the 60's and 70's is a national disgrace.