Album 32 - Vaughn Banting

Merrit on APC

Cooking with C-4

Lt Williams, me & Merrit

Dwight Stone

Orchid

An orchid

Clear LZ series 3

me & Benji whole_photo gum removed

Collecting water from stream

Rifting

assistant RTO

Page from V.C.pack

Vaughn Banting

Cymbidium orchid

Leach crossing

Collage

Donut dolly

Water Fall - Banting

VC bunker base of tree

Donky dick used to keep camera dry

VC captured documents

VC cooking area liquid speed

VCf base Wwith Kid & Bradshaw

VC bunker W/M-16

color unshaven

VC bunker during new years celabration

Loach front view

Tabe - Carson scout

Banting on APC

Banting

Dustoff

Loach

Resupply

Native cymbidium orchid

Bunker at Husky (1)

Rifting

Bust of Banting

Cooking with C4

Husky Tower

Breakfast

Banting, Captossi, Rodel, Folse, Sgt Mack

Prayer

Banting at bunker 3

C-rations

Shaving

Orphans

Vaughn

Two little girls

Gift shop at Husky

Stream 2

Orchid2

Vaughn, Sgt Neal

Rubber Tree

Orchid 1

Donut Dolly standing

     Vaughn Banting was a grunt with Charlie Company 2/12 from 1970 thru 1971. After his discharge Vaughn returned to his horticulture career and started what was to become a highly successful horticultural services company. Vaughn was a member of the National Bonsai Foundation and had lectured on bonsai around the world. Some of his Bonsai trees are on display at the National Arboretum where there is an atrium dedicated to him. Vaughn and his wife Gayle made their home in Louisiana.

     During guard duty on missions Vaughn would compose haiku or poetry in his head and then commit them to paper at first light. He mailed them to his mother who would type them and mail them back to him.

     A small historical fact: Vaughn was wounded in the last firefight ever fought by the 2/12 Infantry Regiment. Vaughn passed away in 2008 (see TAPS)

Photo Group 1

Photo Group 2 - Convoy Ride