#150 sun hooch....Kurtenback in sun hooch writing home...
#151 L to R George Leger, Ray Mendez, Kurtenback lying down in sun hooch.
#152 Doc Stewart doing what comes natural....Bears arent the only ones.......
#153 Front to back..Gene Arnspiger with new M-203, Kurtenback,Trujillo, Schutz.
#154 L to R Gene Arnspiger resting, Kurtenback getting ready to eat. Note Marlboros..
#155 Front to Rear Jackson, Simmons
#156 Billy Jackson, note elephant grass..this was one mission where the grass got over 8 feet tall....this was near Nui Go Diem
#157 Billy Jackson...He humped a hammock...good idea at the time.
#158 Sun Hooch somewhere west of the Athletic field....
#159 bottom to top Kurtenback, Mendez, Jackson...just foolin round.
#160 L to R Schrock sitting, Dunn standing others unknown.
#161 George Leger goofing off.
#162 l to r George Leger, Arnspiger these guys were tight.
#163 Doc Stewart in front
#164 Billy Jackson and his tobacco..note cheek he's ready!
#165 l to r standing Doc Stewart, Kibbee, Lt Schutz, Dunn, sitting Underwood or "Underdog" Dan Hawley.
#166 Dunn and Field medic Stewart....Stewart was killed in nam after he left the 3rd plt. the area in the picture is North east of the Athletic field.
#167 This area is being reconned by third plattoon this hamlet was Tam Hoi 3 ...Sierra is in picture with two V.C.'s
#168 l to r Simmons, Lucky "kit carson scout", Jackson and cudd, Trujillo.....we were gathering water for out cantines..good clean water
was scarce....normal water was bomb crater water or rice paddy water...remember?
#169 Here is a morning shot of waking up after an ambush position over looking the Athletic field......note the dim light and everyones hair
is a mess.....left to right Mike Magillis, Ray Tyndall, Ray Mendez, Kurtenback.....Note This ambush position was to secure 500lbs bombs that were
dropped and didnt go off......what the hells the difference...they were about 20 feet underground....
#170 Here is a picture again taken very early in the morning after an ambush position near the Loc San area.....left to right Ray Tyndall,
Dan Hawley, Billy Jackson, Ray Mendez making coffee,Kurtenback with peace sign on boonie hat, Leger, Mike Magillis.
#171 IN-A-GODDA-DA-VIDA- This bird had that old song name written on the nose...rememer that guys......these bird were taking us
on stand down....yea haw!
#172 On our way to stand down...note riding position on birds.....what safety belts!
#173 Still on the way to stand down
#174 Still on the way to standdown.
#175 Just an areial shot ..dont know where.
#176 This shot is Tam Hoi 1....this is the area where we got our asses kicked on day on an eagle flight...Mike Magillis I think you
were there, Linn you were there, Spec four Woods got hit on that eagle flight....
#177 Here is a shot of a villager that hit a booby trap.....It blew his sierra away.
#178 villager going on dust off bird.....
#178 1/2 villager with close up view of blown off feet.....I had other pictures but Blakeslee stole them when I came home.....I better not find that guy..
#179 Here is a picture of leaving Chu Lai air strip...for a combat assault to the field...Note new guy ..with 60 his name was "Weed"...never
knew his real name...Ray Mendez center, Kurtenback.
#180 another shot of Weed and Kurt.....Sgt Peterson looking down...Julian Kuda sitting on pack...his nick name was Mechanical Man...
cuz he forgot to remember where he put his mechanical ambush claymore......His other nick name was speeding Kuda....
#179 1/2
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