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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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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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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?
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.

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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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Umm, the hotlink you posted goes to my user profile.


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Originally Posted By cda97:
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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?
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.



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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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TNX for posting the pics again.
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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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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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Thanks for starting this thread.

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Is that a Starlight scope?



Could be the "Old, AN/PAS4," but I thought those were made for the M-14?.
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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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bump for hopefully more pics from members.
some more of Edsr's.

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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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Originally Posted By 72coupe:
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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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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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Tag. Great thread.

Cda, your photos are outstanding in quality and preservation.
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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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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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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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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

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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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Welcome Home, Brothers !

We did good.

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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 Hekkila


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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At what point does that skinny kid with 'Avila' on his nametag get EdSr's massive arms?
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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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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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My old man and some of his slides.




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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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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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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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We did good.

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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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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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I found Ed Sr's Twin!!!!!




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Outstanding. Thanks for sharing guys. These threads are a window into history and my favorite topics by far.
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That isn't me. It's Edsr. I was 4 years old when a lot of his pics were taken.

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That isn't me. It's Edsr. I was 4 years old when a lot of his pics were taken.



OK, I changed it.
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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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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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