#124 Sgt Robertson wet tired hungry, Trujillo looking salty, Link new boot. still on the way in to standdown...all of us were really wet.
#124 1/2 left to right Dan Hawly with 60 gun teaser belt around waist. Ray Tyndall sporting his scarf on tip of M-16 "it was a personal
thing", Ray Mendez sporting braclets on left arm...switched to right arm 12/31/71 that was a way to tell time. 6months at a time, also
sporting beard,,,,brass hated it..so what. Mike Magillis.
#124 3/4 left to right Dan Hawley, Ray Tyndall, Sierra, Kibbee, Ray Mendez, Guz kneeling.
#125 front to rear. Simmons, Jackson,unkown, Lt Schutz drinking water.
#125 1/2 Left to right, Dan Hawley, Tyndall, Sierra, Kibbee, Gus neeling.
#126 Link 17 years old, Mendez 22 years old.LZ Bayonet
#127 damaged ....D-Xed "thrown away".
#128 STAND DOWN...TO MANY TO NAME...LOOK AT PICTURE AND FIND YOUR SELF..THIS WAS THE ENTIRE
COMPANY....THIS WAS A GOOD TIME.
#129 leaving standdown some hung over, some sick,left to right Ray Mendez, Schrock, Sullens, Leger, Underwood.
# 130 George Leger...sitting on ruck....hot day and tired of humping.
#131 George Leger crossing swollen rice paddy river...these got deep in the wet season.
#132 the one and only Billy Jackson tabacco chewing 60 gunner.
#133 Another stream this one was deeper Nui Go Diem in background
#134 left to right Link, Simmons, Doc Stewart...Doc Stewart was killed after he left dirty 3rd.
#135 The infamous and Crazy Kurtenback in river crossing not steel pot and protective gear.
#136 An Thien top of hill. L to R Ray Tyndall handing out malaia pills, Kurtenback, Ray Mendez.
#137 L to R Gene Arnspiger, Kid Ridge, Daryl Kibbee reading comic book...this was taken in church at LZ Dottie..It was raining real
heavy and bunkers were soaked..we all went in the open window hooch church to stay dry and stole some beer from the stand down area...
#138 8 inch howitzer at LZ Dottie the gun was named "DEROS" on the barrel. Ray Mendez
#139 Ray Mendez in front of sign at Dottie "clean"
#139 L to R George Leger, Ray Mendez, Ray Tyndall, Gene Arnspiger kneeling...note Tyndall's little recorder..its the only music
we had...Led Zepplin 1 over and over, and over again....for months.
#140 I dont know if you guys remember this..but it was the river between Van Thien and An Thien..One day we all went down to take
a bath...thats when the village women saw us naked and stated....boucoup dick....numba 10....titi dick numba 1......I dont remember who
went down there...but these photos were taken...Oh....10 is bad 1 is good.
#140A swiming to little island with rifle on my back to watch....Ray Mendez
#140B Sitting on little island using soap and watching...not to safe. Mendez
#140C long distance shot of Mendez sitting on rock island.
#141 Ray Mendez looking across river in previous pictures...note just before heavy cyclone that flooded most of the area...
#142 this is the same shot as picture 141 except after the cyclone hit.
#143 Here is another shot same area after flood stage reached..mendez in for ground. photo taken from East side of An Thein looking
towards ocean.
#144 Very old picture damaged in fire...L to R.."Egypt" he came up from the 4th division when it went home..he was an ok guy...
Dan Hawley 60 gunner, Sgt Mike Magillis, Ray Mendez this mission was over and we were headed someplace...we were wet, tired,
and hungry...this area looks like the Loc Son area with tall grass....
#145 Drying off..L to R.Kurtneback, Aprnspiger,Leger.
#146 L-T Schutz...
#147 A favorite ...MAIL CALL. What a cluster F%@K....one morter shell.
#148 George Leger frustrated..his pack was heavy..and he was tired.
#149 Gene Arnspiger first one to put up sun hooch...and last one to take it down....this man should have gone into real estate instead of the
postal service.....He did learn how to make really cool sun hooches....
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