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Posted: 3/30/2012 9:52:50 PM EDT
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The occasional thread like this is why I keep coming back here.
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:05:40 PM EDT
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Can some of you guys that are posting pics see if you can upload them into the album?
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:11:28 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Striker:
Can some of you guys that are posting pics see if you can upload them into the album? I thought this was going to be the Vietnam album? Where is the appropriate album at? |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:15:31 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By cda97: The link is in my first post. I am wondering if it's going to work like I hope. Someone trying to upload pics will let me know.Originally Posted By Striker: Can some of you guys that are posting pics see if you can upload them into the album? I thought this was going to be the Vietnam album? Where is the appropriate album at? |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:21:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By sigp226:
That is a scary picture. Do you remember how the crew fared when it happened? The gunner was killed the assistant gunner had his legs amputated and the number 1 had his ear drums blown out. |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:23:28 PM EDT
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Umm, the hotlink you posted goes to my user profile.
Originally Posted By Striker:
Originally Posted By cda97:
The link is in my first post. I am wondering if it's going to work like I hope. Someone trying to upload pics will let me know.
Originally Posted By Striker:
Can some of you guys that are posting pics see if you can upload them into the album? I thought this was going to be the Vietnam album? Where is the appropriate album at? |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:25:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By cda97: Umm, the hotlink you posted goes to my user profile.  I wondered if it was going to work. I'll have to check with GB about setting up a public album. Tks for trying. |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:28:56 PM EDT
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TNX for posting the pics again.
And For Your Service AND, SACRIFICE. |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:33:55 PM EDT
[#9]
Originally Posted By Striker:
Originally Posted By cda97:
Umm, the hotlink you posted goes to my user profile.
I wondered if it was going to work. I'll have to check with GB about setting up a public album. Tks for trying.
FWIW there are buttons for adding and deleting albums and uploading pix, but none of them seem to work for me. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:37:49 PM EDT
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I was 8 when my oldest brother who was 21 with a wife and baby was drafted in '70.
A big thanks to all you Vietnam vets, be proud of your service. |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:46:21 PM EDT
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Thanks for starting this thread.
Thanks to all who served. |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 10:52:54 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By dizkoboro:
Is that a Starlight scope? Could be the "Old, AN/PAS4," but I thought those were made for the M-14?. I.R. Illuminator, high tech back then. Sure have come a Long Way! |
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Posted: 3/30/2012 11:03:25 PM EDT
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Tag
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Posted: 3/30/2012 11:15:24 PM EDT
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I remember the first time I saw pictures from Vietnam. A guy I worked for was at DaNang, and had been moved to Hue City during the Tet Offensive. I was just a kid, but I remember thinking, It looks just like any other city. Gas stations, stores, billboards, etc. I didn't even realize then what I was looking at. After I got older he showed me some more graphic pictures, then I realized that everybody in that city it seemed, was either killing someone, or getting killed by someone. I started studying the war more after that. I developed a healthy respect, and admiration for all the folks who served there.
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Posted: 3/31/2012 4:10:19 AM EDT
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I helped my daughter convert some deteriorating slides for an old guy. Not mine, but...
1969 -'70... Central Highlands... 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 12:37:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: EdAvilaSr]
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bump for hopefully more pics from members.
some more of Edsr's. Letter to my sister (EdSr's) FREE stamps means we were on the government's teat! 
Grey haired man by the jeep is general Westmoreland on one of those rare occasions when he came to see us.If you look closely, you can see all his stars on the collar 
Teaching the 2 other guys to set up and operate a portable personnel radar. You could identify people crawling,walking,running, jeep,2 ton,etc by the sound that came back 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 12:45:48 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 72coupe: Originally Posted By sigp226: That is a scary picture. Do you remember how the crew fared when it happened? The gunner was killed the assistant gunner had his legs amputated and the number 1 had his ear drums blown out.  |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 1:55:08 PM EDT
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Ed, and the other Vietnam Vets, thank you for your service. You guys and the WW2 Vets were my heroes when I was a kid, and still are as a matter of fact.
Thanks for putting this together Striker. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 2:08:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Windustsearch]
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Tag. Great thread.
Cda, your photos are outstanding in quality and preservation. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 2:33:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Windustsearch:
Tag. Great thread. Cda, your photos are outstanding in quality and preservation. Kodak Colorchrome slides turned out well. It took me a couple of days to scan my Dad's slides then copy them to disks. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 2:51:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Great thread. Ed Sr., you're my hero! 
Me in Vietnam 1972: http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Blue_Max11.jpg http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Snake_driver_03.jpg  No,sir. You are my hero! 
Ask any grunt who needed air cover, resupply,extractions or - a sad but welcome- med evac, what his favorite sound is, and most will say: thup,thup,thup (or whatever noise helicopters make) |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 3:06:58 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By EdAvilaSr:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Great thread. Ed Sr., you're my hero!
Me in Vietnam 1972: http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Blue_Max11.jpg http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Snake_driver_03.jpg No,sir. You are my hero!
Ask any grunt who needed air cover, resupply,extractions or - a sad but welcome- med evac, what his favorite sound is, and most will say: thup,thup,thup (or whatever noise helicopters make) Thanks, that's a super nice thing to say. It was very satisfying work to know that what we did every day meant that our boys were going to go home safe. It was especially gratifying when we went way out into the boonies, where no sane man would go, to rescue the LRRP's when they got in trouble. Those guys have big balls of solid brass to go out in such small teams to do what they do. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 3:21:59 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Thanks, that's a super nice thing to say. It was very satisfying work to know that what we did every day meant that our boys were going to go home safe. It was especially gratifying when we went way out into the boonies, where no sane man would go, to rescue the LRRP's when they got in trouble. Those guys have big balls of solid brass to go out in such small teams to do what they do. Many boys went home because people like you were there when they needed help God bless you! and if we meet, beers are on me
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Posted: 4/1/2012 3:24:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Snake_driver]
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Here's a few more pictures I have. These are of the once quaint and beautiful little provincial town of An Loc in 1972. In early April of that year An Loc was surrounded by close to 6 Divisions of NVA, all with the latest Russian-built equipment and fought for three months for their survival. It was mostly U.S. Air Power that held the enemy off, but the ARVN fought well too. There was a handful of about 10 U.S. Advisers on the ground directing much of the battle. During the battle the town was receiving 6,000 to 9,000 rounds a day of enemy incoming artillery, rockets and mortars. By the end, the NVA had suffered a humiliating defeat losing almost all the soldiers in 4 1/2 Divisions. Countless numbers of main battle tanks, track-mounted anti-aircraft and other armored vehicles were destroyed by the relentless U.S Air effort.
An Loc looking from North toward the South early in the battle. QL 13 (Thunder Road) stretches to the South. 
The center of town ravaged by battle. Note the Cobra flying low level high in the center. 
More pictures in the center of town. Note the destroyed enemy tanks littering the street everywhere. 
More battle damage with dead NVA tanks. 
Here's what it looked like from the cockpit when we flew into town each day. 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 3:36:10 PM EDT
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Welcome Home, Brothers !
We did good. Lumpy03 First Class ReMF |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 4:39:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: EdAvilaSr]
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First 2 pictures are Recon 2/504th role playing "aggressor" against our battalion in a training exercise with a "revolt in a Latin country" scenario, thus the out of uniform clothes and red bands,etc
My gunjeep with good buddy Dwane Hekkila (from the upper peninsula in michigan) Ft Bragg, training exercises 
Dwane, "Chief" and me. The arrow patch over the right pocket was for the 82nd's version of RECONDO School (101st Abn). Ours was called RAIDER School. Mangan (Chief) was wearing one of my shirts because he had drank all his money away and didn;t have any clean uniforms  Ft Bragg
Ft Bragg with "Archie" (Archuleta, from Fresno,CA).Getting our M60 ready for blanks to use in our next training session ( we went to the field every Mon and stayed until Friday.Sat we cleaned our guns and our jeeps and Sun rested. Archie got orders and was transferred to the 173rd in June ?67 
Ft Bragg. Myself,Carl A Tanner (from GA) and Heikkila 
Myself, Robert Keys (from Philadelphia,PA) on the bunk 
Myself and Harvey 
"jungle training" in the FL panhandle, just before shipping out in Feb 68 
Ft Bragg, Recon 2/504 armory.Inspecting an M60 
A rare day of snow in Ft Bragg (Dec 66?) My first snow ever!
Basic training? 
Jump school picture. Aug? 66, Ft Benning 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 4:52:00 PM EDT
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At what point does that skinny kid with 'Avila' on his nametag get EdSr's massive arms?
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Posted: 4/1/2012 5:09:27 PM EDT
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Tag for an epic thread.
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Posted: 4/1/2012 5:16:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Great thread. Ed Sr., you're my hero!
Me in Vietnam 1972: http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Blue_Max11.jpg http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Snake_driver_03.jpg You need a hair cut! You almost look like a sailor. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 5:32:22 PM EDT
[#30]
Originally Posted By EdAvilaSr:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Great thread. Ed Sr., you're my hero!
Me in Vietnam 1972: http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Blue_Max11.jpg http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Snake_driver_03.jpg No,sir. You are my hero!
Ask any grunt who needed air cover, resupply,extractions or - a sad but welcome- med evac, what his favorite sound is, and most will say: thup,thup,thup (or whatever noise helicopters make) Med-evac drivers drink for free when I am around. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 6:30:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Snake_driver]
[#31]
Originally Posted By Palm:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
Great thread. Ed Sr., you're my hero!
Me in Vietnam 1972: http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Blue_Max11.jpg http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Snake_driver_03.jpg You need a hair cut! You almost look like a sailor. Of course in the early '70's everyone had long hair and sideburns. As a Warrant, hearing "get a haircut" from the RLO's was a badge of honor.
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NY, USA
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Posted: 4/1/2012 7:13:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 30Caliber]
[#32]
My old man and some of his slides.
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Posted: 4/1/2012 7:20:06 PM EDT
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Consider this a tag.
Thanks so much for what you do service men and women. Thanks for putting this together Striker. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 7:21:26 PM EDT
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I forget exactly when the Army's personal appearance standards changed in the late 1960s, but it was after i was in AIT at Fort Boredom "Gordon"..
and again in the early 70s.. BUT: it used to be that any part of the mustache (de rigeur for chopperjockeys) that extended beyond the corners of the mouth could not go below the corner of the mouth... and there were some genuinely BADASS handlebars out there. Flared sideburns were not a problem for a while, as long as they didn't go below where the ear root meets the head. Then, "some folks" got away with chops which almost met their handlebars. I worked around a Warrant Officer who looked it up in the regs after the First Sergeant challenged him on his 'tache, and the Wobbly Two decided that he would grow his cookie duster straight out... perpendicular to the front of his face.... he looked like he had a whiskbroom between his upper lip and nostrils. Good times, good soldiers, and no disparaging today's folks. and haircuts stateside were only $.50 at the PX barbershops then... mustache trim was $.15 in the old days...... |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:10:25 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Lumpy03:
I forget exactly when the Army's personal appearance standards changed in the late 1960s, but it was after i was in AIT at Fort Boredom "Gordon".. and again in the early 70s.. BUT: it used to be that any part of the mustache (de rigeur for chopperjockeys) that extended beyond the corners of the mouth could not go below the corner of the mouth... and there were some genuinely BADASS handlebars out there. Flared sideburns were not a problem for a while, as long as they didn't go below where the ear root meets the head. Then, "some folks" got away with chops which almost met their handlebars. I worked around a Warrant Officer who looked it up in the regs after the First Sergeant challenged him on his 'tache, and the Wobbly Two decided that he would grow his cookie duster straight out... perpendicular to the front of his face.... he looked like he had a whiskbroom between his upper lip and nostrils. Good times, good soldiers, and no disparaging today's folks. and haircuts stateside were only $.50 at the PX barbershops then... mustache trim was $.15 in the old days...... Yep, good times Lumpy. Here's a picture of one of the scout pilots when I was in the Cav. up at Camp Holloway in Pleiku. He was a 1st Lt. as I recall. I couldn't muster a mustache because I was so young, but those that could in the Cav. did so proudly. The lobsters we bought down at Nha Trang for about $5 for four or five of them. Notice the snappy living accomodations. Those were the BOQ's 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:20:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Snake_driver]
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More trained killers in the Cav. up at Pleiku. These are Scouts and Guns arriving to work.
Gun Pilots in the Cav. hanging out waiting for the next mission. 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:22:13 PM EDT
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Thank you . |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:25:42 PM EDT
[#38]
Originally Posted By cda97:
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. http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0024.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0002-1.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0003-1.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111109-0004.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0078.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0018.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0008.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/Scan-111107-0014.jpg Bud, my father was stationed at Cam Rahn Bay from '66-'67: This is him on the left: 
On the left again: 
In the middle: 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:35:00 PM EDT
[#39]
Originally Posted By Lumpy03:
Welcome Home, Brothers ! We did good. Lumpy03 First Class ReMF Welcome home Bother. I don't know how well we did, since we took 2nd place in 'the games", but we made it out which unfortunately cannot be said for many who gave all
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:45:37 PM EDT
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if i can figure out how to scan Dads old pics, I will show you his pics during the battle of Dak to
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:46:07 PM EDT
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Many thanks to all the Vietnam vets...you guys were my heroes growing up!!
You guys inspired me to join the army....and to follow in your footsteps. 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:49:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: THEBAUMER]
[#42]
I found Ed Sr's Twin!!!!! 
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Posted: 4/1/2012 8:54:16 PM EDT
[#43]
Outstanding. Thanks for sharing guys. These threads are a window into history and my favorite topics by far.
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:03:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By THEBAUMER: That isn't me. It's Edsr. I was 4 years old when a lot of his pics were taken.http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38478 I found Strikers Twin!!!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/THEBAUM/eugenetackleberryinamil.jpg |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:16:15 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Striker:
Originally Posted By THEBAUMER:
That isn't me. It's Edsr. I was 4 years old when a lot of his pics were taken.
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38478 I found Strikers Twin!!!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/THEBAUM/eugenetackleberryinamil.jpg OK, I changed it. |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:17:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:18:29 PM EDT
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ITT: Bad asses.
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:26:04 PM EDT
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Amazing. Nothing more I can add. Please keep them coming.
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:31:30 PM EDT
[#49]
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
More trained killers in the Cav. up at Pleiku. These are Scouts and Guns arriving to work. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Pleiku07.jpg Gun Pilots in the Cav. hanging out waiting for the next mission. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/H-17thPilots.jpg Is that a grenade launcher in the nose(turret) of the cobra? |
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Posted: 4/1/2012 9:37:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Snake_driver]
[#50]
Originally Posted By Frank_The_Tank:
Originally Posted By Snake_driver:
More trained killers in the Cav. up at Pleiku. These are Scouts and Guns arriving to work. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/Pleiku07.jpg Gun Pilots in the Cav. hanging out waiting for the next mission. http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/H-17thPilots.jpg Is that a grenade launcher in the nose(turret) of the cobra? Yep, 40mm Grenade Launcher, 450 rounds per minute out of that beauty. Also a 7.62mm minigun on the other side of the turret next to the 40 mike-mike. 
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