There are over 200 photos in this album, so they are broken down into 6 sets. Most of the photos already have captions and names - This page takes time to load so be patient please.
Randy Butler and Tyler Cobb were both killed on the same day, 1/9/1968. A few photos from Loc Ninh battle and Tan Hoa -
Randy Butler and Tyler Cobb were both killed on the same day, 1/9/1968. A few photos from Loc Ninh battle and Tan Hoa -
Set 1 - Fall 1968 including Loc Ninh battle site
Juan Alvarez & Larry Bland - Ft Polk
3rd Bde HQ at Dau Tieng
D Co Orderly Room
Larry Bland
Bland
HQ Building
Dau Tieng Pool
Filling the pool
Larry Bland
Company Area at Dau Tieng
BACK- Jerry, Miller, Carroll, Terry Weigold - FRT - Butler, Oilar
Back - Jerry, Miller, Carroll, Terry, Frt - Bland, Oilar
Bland & Miller are in front
3rd Bde HQ
Jim Hekker at pool
Jerry, Terry Weigold, Matthews, Bland, Queathem
Dau Tieng Chapel
Sunday Service
Air Assault - time to ride
Track marks
View from chopper
Something down there - Smoke
Nice Ride
NW side of Camp Rainier, D.T.
Bland, Oilar, J.Wiegold, Stratton,Linderman, Sisk
Barry Work
Loc Ninh airstrip, Barry Work, Nov 67
Dwight Oilar at Loc Ninh battle site
Loc Ninh Nov 67
Thompson & CPT Newport
Larry Bland - Loc Ninh
Jim Hekker & 1LT Ron Hendricks
Bland, Oilar, Jones, Thompson - Loc Ninh
Loading VC POW's at Loc Ninh
Snack Bar - Camp Rainier
SFC Holland
Miller, Thompson Carroll, Bland at EM Club, Nov 67
Company clerks
BBQ on day of rest
Medic Ed Gray
Jim Hardeman
George Sisk - WIA at Loc Ninh
Eagle Flight
Randy Butler - KIA'd
RTO Joe Bastidas
Charles "Will" Williams
Bland, Williams, J. Weigold, Hekker
SFC Harrill - Mortar attack at D.T.
Dale "Shotgun" Gage & SGT Robert "Cajun" Street
M60 guys - Carroll, Stratton, Work
Medic Mike Warm & Jones
Miles
Terry Weigold
Set 2 - December 1967 - Dau Tieng ( Camp Rainier)
1st Plt searching a village
Baby Sans
Banana Trees
Basketball - D Co
Cake from my wife - We're "Expecting"
Bottle hidden in cake
Bruno, Peeler, Bauldalf, Hekker
Bunker along Berm at D.T.
By the Post Office at D.T.
Chieu Hoi Safe ConductPass
Another safe conduct pass
Chopper pad at Camp Rainier
Ready for Air Assault
D Co command group
Site of FSB Burt
Aerial of FSB Burt site
J Weigold, Queathem, Bland, Smitth
Jerry Weigold
John Cook, CPT Newport & Joe Bastidas
George Sisk & SGT Robert Street
SGT Thomas, SGT Street
New Lockers
Platoon Leaders
Rounding up villagers
Sanpan hidden along river
ControlTower near chopper pad
Tim Dobbs
Fresh Bread
Rubber plantation around Dau Tieng
Barry Finley
Set 4 - February - Tet Offensive and Tan Hoa
Story clipping on rice cache
A little rice across canal from sanpan
Rice paddies around D.T.
Kenneth Carroll wounds from fight
Jerry & Terry Weigold - Twins
J Weigold & L Bland drinking beer & soda
Unknwn, George Sisk outside CuChi
LT Hendricks (jeep), Carr & Thomas
Terry Weigold & Barrk Work
Motars along the perimeter
Part of 1st Plt
Party at the EM Club - D.T.
Rice Cache find in January
Street, Thomas, Oilar
VC Propaganda on School House Wall
SGT Martinez
John Cook, RTO
Set 3 - January around Dau Tieng
Thompson KIA'd 12/2/67
Miller leaves late Dec 67 to be a MP
Pat cook in Delta area
Cu Chi basecamp
Yamashita, Cook and Ray Lucero
Tan Hoa Village
"Nancy" on the pilot's helmet
Everybody off
Dropping Fast
Coming in fast
118th AHC "Yellow Jacks"
Set up outside Cu Chi
SGT Thomas digging in by Cu chi
Stratton and Linderman
Skyraider low on the deck
Cemetery where basecamp was - early Feb
Air strike on VC camp
Air strike in Cemetery
Air strike on cemetery
Right on target
Bomb drop from Phantom F4
Tunnel entrance
Getting ready to move out
Going back in after air strike
Joe Martinez - 3rd Plt
75 Recoilless rifle
After a long day
APC moving through - 2/22nd
3/4 Cav Armor
A few things we picked up in the village
Captured VC
Cook wounded and sent home
Cooling off
Dead VC at Cemetery base
Did not hide good enough
Drag him out
Fighting in Tan Hoa village
Found another one
George Sisk outside Cu Chi
GI want cold 33 Ba Moui Ba beer?
Get him out of there
Hungry kids - ham & lima beans is No 10
Jeep in the dust
Kid with Batman shirt
Kids selling beer and Cokes
Marty guarding POW's
Mech on the move
Villagers or enemy?
Resupply by CH-47
SGT with mortar round
Villager leaving when shooting started
Tank
Track moving into Tan Hoa village
Tracks coming through
What's left of cemetery
3/4 Cav
Work, Greg Peeler, Bland, Hekker
Larry Bland in 1st Plt hooch
George Sisk WIA at Tan Hoa
Valentines' Day Cake
Set 5 - Mar - June in Dau Tieng
Bland's corner office
Bland - waiting for word to saddle up
Combat Leadership School - Cu Chi
In front of school
Lightning leaders combat course
Larry Bland & Jerry Weigold (shirtless)
Terry Weigold, Bland, Stratton, and Jerry Weigold
Mama san and banana trees
Medevac coming in
March Memorial bulletin
Bulletin, page 2
Path in village
Michelin Rubber Plantation trees
Wayne Sinclair (hat & no shirt)
Kids in a village
Marty
Oilar and 75MM recoilless rifle
Village garden
Whiskey, our pet spider monkey
Larry Bland
Oilar and Dobbs
Set 6 - July - Attack on Camp Rainier July 4th,1968( Dau Tieng) - Caution, some body photos
Headlines
FSB Perry
FSB Perry - waiting for choppers
Bland's countdown calendar
July 4th 68 ground attack at Camp Rainier
Killed inside the wire
Didn't make it through the wire
July 4, 1968 at Dau Tieng
Dead Sapper
Delta 1st Plt
Terry Weigold
Martinez, "Shotgun" and Gomez with .50 Cal - late Aug.
