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 20230426_Romano_Berry_Owles1151 viewsComing in off a several days patrol: SGT Ron Romano (Intel Sgt), SSG Mike Berry (Senior Medic), and SSG Ron Owles (Weapons SGT). That's a can of Miller Hghi-Life in my hand.
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 20230426_A421_Tokai Gecko1070 viewsTeam "mascot", a Tokai gecko. He was mean and would bite if provoked. We also had a rock python which we fed live rats (and bet on: how long it took him to catch the rat, how long it took him to swallow it). We had two Team dogs, Lady and Petey (aka "Pecker"), Lady's son.
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 20230426_A421_SSH465 viewsSky Crane helicopter ("Super Shit Hook") lifting out well-drilling rig, A421, Ba Xoai. The well drilling rig was part of a Civic Action program aimed at drilling water wells for local communities.
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 20230426_A421_CH47415 viewsRoutine re-supply mission by CH47 Chinook. Palletized ammo being dropped into a 5 ton dump truck. The camp got regularly resupplied with ammo, chow, and beer via CH47. This 5t dump truck later struck a hastily employed AT mine in a road after inserting a US SF/CIDG patrol at a nearby village; two US SF personnel were in the crew cab - neither was injured in the explosion, as only the rear wheels initiated the mine.
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 20230426_A421_John Meyer_John Aerts332 viewsSGTs John Meyer (Operations) and John Aerts (Weapons), prior to a mine sweep (note mine detector held by SGT Aerts) of the main approach road into Ba Xoai. Note Tiger fatigues - standard duty uniform; we never wore issue jungle fatigues while at camp.
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 20230426_A421_SSG Ron Owles330 viewsSSG Ron Owles, Weapons Sgt. Typical team uniform of Tiger fatigues; standing in front of chicken coop (team had 100 chickens as a Civic Action program - we ended up eating them; no eggs as the coop was 25 yards from the 105mm/4.2" mortar pits). SSG Owles was career SF - retired as CSM.
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 20230426_A421_North Wall327 viewsThe "North Wall" position was actually on the NW perimeter of the camp, 50m to the right and slightly behind the Team House. It was composed of large, house-sized limestone boulders which were an outcrop of Hill 58. There was a small single lane cleft running between the Team House and the North Wall (NW) position; about 25m past the NW was the Medical bunker/dispensary. Visible atop the large central boulder was a sandbagged-roof limestone block bunker. Two U.S. SF personnel manned it every night.
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