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- A pagoda in Quang Tri City
- Me, after joining my company on LZ Carol in the National Forest
- Inside a Huey helicopter
- A chinook helicopter
- Looking out over the South China Sea
- Helicopter pilots of the First Air Cavalry Division while on a combat air assault mission
- Getting a chance to shave while keeping an eye on the water buffalo in the river
- Jerry, George and me on the sands of Wonder Beach (note the damage to the picture caused by the government x-raying mail)
- A combat air assault, showing popped smoke
- The Cavalry Division loading up to move south
- Bob, George and me, waiting for the move
- In the rear, Quan Loi (The Eskimo is in the lower right of the photo)
- A gaggle of birds
- Me on the radio in the bush
- Some of the gang
- Quinching my thirst (note the Eskimo figurine around my neck)
- Writing home every chance I got!
- Reading news from home during a lull in the action
- locating an arms cashe near a bomb crater
- Getting shot during an ambush while destroying an underwater bridge
- Underwater bridge
- Calling in a medivac rescue helicopter, popping smoke
- A medivac and re-supply chopper
- Reading mail from home
- Writing mail to those at home
- The airstrip at LZ Carolyn
- Donut Dollies visiting the LZ
- George and I on the LZ with a B-52 strike going on in the distance
- Another shot of the airstrike
- An air assault about to take off from LZ Carolyn
- Boarding the Bird
- A Caribou taking off from the LZ
- A Caribou landing on the LZ
- A 105 artillery shot out
- My bunker on LZ Carolyn with the 55 gallon drums nearby
- A Loch (Light Observation Helicopter) on LZ Carolyn
- A Chinook helicopter near ?The Black Virgin Mountain, Nui Ba Den.?
- The Black Virgin Mountain, Nui Ba Den
- The typical shower unit on LZ Carolyn
- Newspaper article on the Attack of LZ Carolyn
- News media and Generals on the LZ May 7th, 1969
- News media and Generals on the LZ May 7th, 1969
- The Huey shot down while on a supply mission for my company
- A Chinook carries away the Huey with Nui Ba Den, The Black Virgin Mountain, in the background
- Me back safely on LZ Carolyn the week of the ground assault. Note the claymore mine firing handles on the firing port ledge
- Me back safely on LZ Carolyn the week of the ground assault. Note the claymore mine firing handles on the firing port ledge
- Me back safely on LZ Carolyn the week of the ground assault. Note the claymore mine firing handles on the firing port ledge
- A chinook
- Orphanage of An Loc village
- Children of An Loc village
- Children of An Loc village
- A Loch
- A Cobra attack helicopter operating out of Quan Loi
- Friends in Quan Loi toasting me farewell
- George, me, Wendy and Lt. Bailey (Note the North Carolina flag belonging to Lt. Bailey)
- Jo-Jo the monkey
- Relaxing beneath my Georgia flag
- Saying goodbye to friends John and Ken
- Boarding my Freedom Bird back to the World

 

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