An
Khe - the "Golf Course"
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The 1st
Cav at An Khe
East side looking West.
RVN-1966 Photo by:
John Nielsen, Aviator
A Troop 1/9th Cav
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An Khe in the
early days of
1967
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Co B, 229th Avn Bn
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An Khe in the
early days
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Co B, 229th Avn Bn
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C-130 ran out
of runway landing
at the Golf Course
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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FSB
Aries
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FSB
Aries- March 71
Slicks bringing grunts out
War Zone D
B/1/21st Arty- 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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FSB
Aries- March 71
War Zone D
Resupply/Chinook
B/1/21st Arty- 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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FSB
Aries 105's
March 71 - War Zone D
B/1/21st Arty 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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1st
Air Cav 'Slicks'
on the ground
B/1/21st Arty 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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FSB
Aries in early '71
1st Air Cav, 1/21st Arty
Dennis(Frenchy)
Proulx
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FB
Aquarius
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C Btry
2/17th Arty
Shoot, Move & Communicate
THE GUNS OF AQUARIUS
Photo: Michael Burke
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Firebase Aquarius
C Btry 2/17th Arty
Late 1970 - Early 1971
Photo: Michael Burke
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FSB
Athena
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FSB Athena
- 175sp
Kontum - early 1970
C Btry 6/14th Arty
1st Field Forces
Photo: Dennis Proulx
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C Battery
175mm
6/14th Arty - 1970
FSB Athena
1st Field Forces
Photo: Dennis Proulx
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Ba
To
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Entry
sign read:
"The battered
bastards of Ba To"
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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Ba To
Special
Forces Camp
in 1967
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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LZ
Baldy
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LZ
Baldy
February 1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
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LZ
Baldy
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
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LZ
Baldy airstrip
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
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LZ
Baldy - 1968
rock bunker
Photo: Robert Flynn
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LZ
Blackhawk
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"Deadly
Dealer II"
A Btry 7/15 FA
July 21, 1970
Photo: Gary McBride
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LZ
Buffalo
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LZ Buffalo -
1/92nd
Route QL19 - 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster
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Bu
Prang
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SF 105
at Camp A-236
Montagnard gun crew
on a 105mm M101A1
Photo: Mike Burke 1970
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Special
Forces fire
mission called into
A-236 by an F.O.
Photo: Mike Burke 1970
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Chu
Lai
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Entrance to
D/6/56 Arty
Chu Lai is across bay
in the background
Photo: Edward Donato
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FSB
Currahee
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First known
as Ta Bat.
On the floor of A Shau,
a few clicks from Dong Ap
Bia (Hamburger Hill) 1969
Photo: Roger Dent
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B/2/11 Arty
went in with
all 6 guns and an Infantry
platoon on 9 or 10 May
1969
Photo: Roger Dent
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Cobra and
peace signs
at the firebase in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Cobra -
Griffins 66
C Co, 101st ARA
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Sky crane
over Currahee
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Huey
gunship
in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Aerial shot
of
firebase in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Operation
'Apache
Snow' was staged
here in 1969
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Dak
To
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Dak To
Photo: E. Ray Austin
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FB
Doris K
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C Btry
2/17th Arty, 1970
Ban Me Thuot
Photo: Michael
Burke
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LZ
English
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LZ
English
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
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LZ
English
1968
Photo: Robert Flynn
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FSB
Green
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Teaching
NFG how to
direct Cobra fire into
treeline - 1st Air Cav
1/21st Arty
Dennis (Frenchy) Proulx
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LZ
Hammond
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O-1 Bird
Dog flying out
of LZ Hammond used by
Air Observers for 7/15th
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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LZ Hammond
in 1966
Photo: Jim Bracewell
Co B, 229th Avn Bn
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Pilot Jim
Bracewell
next to Huey in 1966
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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FSB
Henderson
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'Outgoing
Freight'
FSB Henderson
B Btry 2/11 Arty
May 1970
Photo: Ed Schultz
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FSB
Henderson
the next day.
B Btry 2/11 Arty
May 1970
Photo: Ed Schultz
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FSB
Illingsworth
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A/2/32
following a fierce
battle for the firebase
Photo: Ralph Jones
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A/2/32 lost
3 men here, and
a total of 24 Americans died.
Photo: Ralph Jones
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Eight-inch
being righted
after battle April 1, 1970
Photo: Ralph Jones
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LZ
Jenny
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Photo: Chas Hurst
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LZ
Joan
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Land
mine victim
Duc Co
Photo: Dave Fogg
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Kontum
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C Btry
6/14th Arty
1st Field Forces
FDC Kontum 1970
Photo: Dennis Proulx
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Tank(dead)
on perimeter
Kontum, Central Highlands
Tank was supposed to scare
VC (ARVN's thought) - 1970
Photo: Dennis Proulx
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FSB
Lash
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"Daisy
Cutter" bomb
dropped to prep FSB
Lash for 2/11 Airmobile
Photo: Roger Dent
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FSB Lash
during Op
"Massachusetts Striker"
2nd Bn / 11th Artillery
Photo: Roger Dent
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LZ
Lowboy
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LZ Lowboy
Photo: Duane Geisen
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FSB
Noble
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After
"Daisy Cutter"
cleared the area
B Btry 1/21st Arty
1st Air Cav early 71
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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FSB
Noble- Feb 71
War Zone D- 105's
B/1/21st Arty- Ist Cav Div
Dennis(Frenchy)Proulx
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Showers
at FSB Noble
Feb 71 - War Zone D
B/1/21st Arty- 1st Air Cav
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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Resupply
Chinook
1st Air Cav - Early '71
1/21st Artillery
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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Plei
Djereng
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One of two
175mm
guns at New Plei
Djereng - 1967
Photo: Kenneth Anderson
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M110 8-inch
Howitzer gun pit
in 1967
Photo: Kenneth Anderson
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175mm
gun firing in
Fall 1969 - 6/14 Arty
Photo: Charlie Jefferson
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Plei
Me
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This SF
Camp was
over-run in '66
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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FSB
Rendezvous
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8-inch
fired support
for FSB Currahee
Photo: 'Raspberry' Reed
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Photo:
Bernie Shufelt
Radio Platoon, A Co.
501st Signal Bn, 101 Abn Div
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FSB
Rendezvous
digging out after the rains
Photo:
Bernie Shufelt
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Chopper
crash on pad
below bunker, mid-1969
Photo: Bernie Shufelt
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LZ
Ross
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Changing
155mm tubes
A Btry, 1st Bn, 30th FA,
1st Air Cav Div, at LZ Ross,
Jan 1968. Photo: 30th FA
Assn & Dan Gillotti
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LZ
Sandy
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PF
Bunker with
celebration banner
Photo: Jim Baggett
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Drag
racing a
5/4 ton at the LZ
Photo: Jim Baggett
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GrandBunker
with
time capsule nearby
Photo: Jim Baggett
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Satchel
charge brought
into FDC Bunker by PF's
Photo: Jim Baggett
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FB
Six
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Fire Base 6
Photo: E. Ray Austin
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Tan
Cahn
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Convoy in
Tan Cahn
Photo: E. Ray Austin
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1970 -
Deuce and a half
hit by a 122mm rocket
Dennis(Frenchy) Proulx
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Tan
Son Nhut Air Base
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C Battery,
56th Artillery
HAWK missiles
in late 1968
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Looking
from main gate
at the Orderly Room of
C Battery, 56th Artillery
in late 1968
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Looking
from the gate
toward guard tower 4
in center of photo
Photo: Eddie Donato
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C Battery
area, 56th
Artillery, Americal.
Church was off the base
Photo: Eddie Donato
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SGT Bright
on one
of the illuminators
"Rabbit Ears" C/6/56
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Tay
Ninh
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HQ
sector
6/15th FA
Photo: Dick Brown
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FSB
Veghel
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155
battery
Photo: Don Aird
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Moving
a 155
Photo: Don Aird
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105 at
Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
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Moving
a 155
Photo: Don Aird
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Moving
a 155
Photo: Don Aird
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General
Abrams visit
Photo: Don Aird
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Building
Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
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Don
Aird at Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
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Road
to Veghel
Photo: Don Aird
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Temporary
FDC
Photo: Don Aird
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