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 A421 Ba Xoai Original Team Patch 184 viewsOriginal A421 Team patch, made in Can Tho circa mid-1970, 50 total. Designed by Team Medic, SSG Michael J. Berry
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 A421 Ba Xoai Buddist Temple183 viewsBuddist temple (Wat) located behind (west of) Hill 58/A421 camp proper. Temple was surrounded by CIDG family "hooches" but within the overall camp perimeter. An NVA sapper penetrated the perimeter and took refuge in the temple; CIDG forces killed him by gun fire on the balcony (white balustrade in photo). He was the only on of his 48 man company to penetrate the perimeter.
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 20230426_A421_ARCLIGHT181 viewsB52 ARCLIGHT bomb strike on Nui Cam, about 1.5-2km southeast of A421/Hill 58. Concussions from the strike blew fluorescent bulbs out of the lights in the medical bunker.
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 20230426_A421_North Wall172 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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 20230426_A421_John Aerts170 viewsSGT John Aerts (Weapons SGT) overlooking crater after an obsolete ordnance disposal operation which took place outside the camp perimeter.
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 20230426_A421_Wat 01170 viewsBuddist Temple "Wat" within the Ba Xoai perimeter on the East side of Hill 58 amidst the CIDG family "hooches". An NVA sapper penetrated the perimeter and took refuge in the temple; He was KIA on the temple balcony (white railing) by CIDG troops the morning of 1 April 1970 after a 48 man NVA Sapper company assaulted the camp.
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 20230426_A421_Hill 58 Looking W to E169 viewsCamp Ba Xoai in shadow of Hill 58, looking from west to east at sunrise; Nui Cam mountain to right of Hill 58
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 A421 Ba Xoai Hill 58167 viewsLooking W to E, main berm w/bunker; secondary berm w/FDC bunker; Team House behind berm/FDC; Hill 58 behind Team House
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 20230426_A421_Showers_Nui Cam160 viewsLooking NE from roof of Team House; mountain in distance is Nui Cam; smoke in center is start of a B52 ARCLIGHT bombing mission; structure at lower left is the shower building, right of it are wash basins, behind is the generator shed; lower right is cinder block corrugated roof warehouse; cutting through center from left to right is the camp's main berm - structures in berm are bunkers and CIDG "hooches".
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 20230426_A421_FDC_Nui Cam156 viewsView overlooking Team House on left (limestone block construction with PSP/sandbag roof; the 105mm howitzer and 4.2" mortar pits were straight out from the FDC (just out of the photo); 400gal water tank on roof of Team House for the kitchen, and a 400gal water trailer between Team House and berm; FDC bunker built into berm. Main entrances to FDC bunker and Team House immediately opposite on another. Far mountain to NE is Nui Cam; smoke to extreme left of photo is from initial bombs from a B52 ARCLIGHT missi
   
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