Jeffrey Bernard and Keith Mearns enjoying
a drink at club.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Bob Rich with friends at unknown location.(68)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Thunderbirds in "trail" on approach
to LZ.
Note door gun out and ready and landing
smoke in distance.(68)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Thunderbirds in right hand break from
trail for landing at unknown location.(68)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Crew Chief Dennis Surop sitting on
barracks steps. Shoulder with
1st Inf Div. patch belongs to
Gunner Gary E. Schindler.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dick "Teeny Bopper"
Rissman)
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Gritting his teeth is Crew Chief John
Ferrara.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dick "Teeny Bopper"
Rissman)
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Armorer Mike "Lefty" Lafever(68)
(Photo courtesy Dick "Teeny Bopper"
Rissman)
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WO Jeffrey A. Bernard(68)
(Photo courtesy Dick "Teeny Bopper"
Rissman)
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John Longfield putting a "bead"
on the camera. (69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Jon Bradshaw and Warren Rudy in
mess hall.(68)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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L to R: John Longfield, Glenn Hands and
Charles Rampey "hamming" for camera.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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L to R: John Mack, paying unidentified
Vietnamese waitress with bar "chit"
and
Mike Jollay.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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L to R: Joe Lemieux, Richard Slaton
and Layton waiting for the show
to start.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Typical view showing just how much water
there was during the wet or
monsoon season.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Typical before sunrise take-off to the East
from the Bird Cage.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Thunderbirds in trail and on approach to
Xuan Loc airfield following before sunrise
take-off from Bird Cage.(69)
(Photo courtesy Bob Rich)
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Front of matchbook cover for the
Enlisted Men's Club on Bailey Compound
at Bien Hoa Airbase.(68)
(Photo courtesy Willis Long)
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Back of the matchbook cover. Note union
logo and "close cover for safety".(68)
(Photo courtesy Willis Long)
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A $1.00 bar chit cover for the Gunslinger's
Inn,
the EM club of the 118th.
(Photo courtesy Willis Long)
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No doors for Lawrence B. Smith while sitting
on the beach near Vung Tau.(69)
(Photo courtesy Lawrence B. Smith)
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Lawrence B. Smith at Song Be with kids
trying to sell him souvenirs and the fella
in black, hopefully, is a member of the
local RFPF (Regional Forces -Popular
Forces)and not the VC!(69)
(Photo courtesy Lawrence B. Smith)
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LT Joe Lemieux at Lai Khe(69)
(Photo courtesy Joe Lemieux)
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"Short Final" on a CA north of
Dinh Quan
"City of Rocks" area. (69)
(Photo courtesy Joe Lemieux)
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Vince Galenis flying right seat and no door.(69)
(Photo courtesy Joe Lemieux)
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118th Thunderbird compound beside Spartan
Heliport. Note: "NDB Mountain"
in the
distance.(69)
(Photo courtesy Joe Lemieux)
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L to R: Dale Moore and Gunner Hirsheman
following a tough day.(69)
(Photo courtesy Lawrence B. Smith)
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Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh City.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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On final approach to the soccer field
just short of the lone tree in
front of the temple at Tay Ninh.(69)
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Sprawling Base Camp called Cu Chi.
Home to the 25th Division
plus many support units.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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New "wobbly one", Dennis Gulich
shutting down the aircraft.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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"Instant LZ" created by 10,000
lb bomb.
Location was N. of Xuan Loch in Jungle.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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Nui Ba Dinh mountain with top
obscured by fog and cloud layer.(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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Red Tail 3 on approach with load of U.S.
3/9th troops somewhere S. of Saigon in Delta
area.
Note--the slightly smaller diamond on the
tail-boom.
It is behind the horizontal stabilzer instead
of in front!!
Why?? Per Clay Hinderliter, Thunderbird
11/Bandit 36:
"When I became an AC, there was not
an aircraft for
me in the 1st Platoon. About a week later,
we got back an aircraft that
had been on long-term loan to the 334th--they
had used it for a lightship for night ops.
Our
maintenance guys went through it, painted
the
vertical fin red and slapped the #3 on it.
If you
check out pics of the 334th aircraft, they
positioned
their diamonds aft of the horizontal sabilizer--and
that is what they did with 886, when they
had it.
When it was returned to the 118th, our
maintenance guys just repainted the diamond
center(red)-without repositioning the diamond."(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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Raging river in area N.E. of Bien Hoa
in the area of Dinh Quan "City of Rocks"(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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On stand-by at Can Giouc and buying Coca
Cola.
L to R: WO Robert Zwink, SP4 Vasko(Crew Chief),
SP4 Van Farrow, Mama Son,
WO Boyd and SP4 Glenn (Gunner).(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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Small Catholic Church built in 1969 at in
identified
location. What a contrast with
the Huey sitting in the front yard!(69)
(Photo courtesy Dale Moore)
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