1st MP Company

1st Infantry Division

Lai Khe & Di An, Vietnam 1969-70

 

Michael J Much

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Michael J Much

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V100 Commando Car

Daily Flag Ceremony

On Patrol

Di-An Village road

The USO in Di-An

Visiting a Shrine

USO Caretaker

Rocket or Mortar damage

Long hour and little sleep

Our Laundry Ladies

The 5th Platoon provided security for the General staff.

Gerry M. at Work

Bartender in Di-An

Hooch Pooch - Who we adoped as a puppy and kept with us till he was run over one day. Very sad day!

Captured AK-37

Mike S. checks it out.

Our dogs Mike and Hooch Pooch

Sandbags everywhere to minimize the damage from incoming rockets

Baby Hooch Pooch

burning Human Waste

Mr Peters plays the drums

Our living arrangements were primitive. No hot water for showers for a year. The food was good and plentiful.

Mike B. in a daze

Bob O sleeps like a baby

Having a fan was huge. Without one you never got dry.

The General's ride

Cobra center

Mike B. with real headphones. We had a crazy amout of stuff at our little PX and it was cheap too. Reel to reel recorders were popular.

RnR in Manila

Neighborhood Monkey

My hotel in Manila

Okanowa

Cock fight in Manilla

The Winner!

Christmas trees in Manila

Picking up troops in the field

Arvin solder

Kids were everywhere

Rainy season roads

Marking a drop zone

V100 on escort

MJM and Philip W.

Convoy time

Taking troops to the field or picking them up

Just before duty inspection

Our lovely perimeter

Checking credentials a the gate

 

Got to stay in shape

Papa-san

New above-ground shelters for rocket and mortar attacks

Visiting band

MJM staying in shape

Home sweet home on the farm with my Father-in-Law

MJM on the road for some convoy duty

I believe this was a french monument

Rocket and mortar damage

Taking a break on the V100

Our Barber's son

Water tank and Landry service

MJM with homemade headphones

Flag time again

 

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