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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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