#1 Left to right: Americal Division Combat Center, Chu Lai, Vietnam: Jerry McCay, James Maestas, Jerry Medina, Ray Mendez, Jim Louden.
#2 First night in LZ Bayonet, Ray Mendez, taken by a man named Shiloh.
#3 Looking down from a Chinook helicopter through the opening above the "Hook's" winch
#31/2 Same thing different area.
#4 Sgt Dennis Lynn at LZ Dottie in front of the ramp of a CH47 Chinook helicopter.
#5 Larry from Wisconsin and others entering the Engineer gate at LZ Dottie. He was a hunter trapper up there last name unknown C co.
#6 Squared away guy last mission my first. H20 bladder called a "lister bag" at LZ Dottie.
#7 LZ Dottie the early days Sgt Lynn in foreground.
#8 birds comming in to ChuLai (I think)
#9 Shot taken from inside bird
#10 another shot of landscape
#11 my feet ..just in case I lost one....I wanted to remember what they looked like just in case..
#12 Shot of area Tam Hoi area
#13 Shot of Pennisula
#14 Low level shot of pennisula
#15 Combat assault mission this was the begining where we got the dinks by the beach..
#16 Combat Assault George Ledger in picture
#17 Heres a really old one left Ray Mendez, right Greasy from East Los Angeles.
#18 booby trap.
#19 left to right. Greasy, Kid Ridgeway, Bird Coos Bay Oregon.
#19 1/2 Cloud formation
#20 Ray Mendez
#21 Sgt Lynn Some sent marshmellos in a homie package..Dinks played with them.
#22 The infamous river crossing on the way to Xy Xuan passed through Mi Lai 3,4,5
#23 Xy Xuan village humping down the beach (we worked with Marine Grunts on mission)
#24 Xy Xuan Rayt Mendez with pack.
#25 Main Street Xy Xuan
#26 Sgt Lynn red shorts, Ray Mendez no shorts, some kid saluting...
# 27 Kids of XyXuan
#28 Beach of Xy Xuan
#29 Vietnamese wife (pretty)
#29 1/2 Sgt Lynn foreground, Ray Mendez back ground (chow time) Xy Xuan
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More photos from Ray Mendez:
Album 2 (Photos 30- 67) Album 3 (Photos 68 - 95) Album 4 (Photos 96 - 124) Album 5 (Photos 125 - 149) Album 6 (Photos 150 - )
Album 7 (Photos 180 - 218) Album 8 (Photos 219 - 245) Album 9 (Photos 246 - 275)