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[Gunz]

Sept 70, Quang Nam Province. I got two frag rings on my bush hat, the first two frags I chucked in contact. Bamboo & banana trees in the background. I was a L/Cpl here, just 2 months in the bush. The bush hat, t-shirt with flak jacket was standard kit in a Combined Action Platoon. We only rucked up just before dusk to go mobile.




Forgot this guy's name but the load-out is typical.





Mobile to Charlie Papa One...the first of three CPs before arriving at ambush site after dark.



Our gear at Day Haven site, after coming in off ambush.



I may have posted some of these before. If so, it's senility and therefore excusable.

 

[BellRinger5984]

These are beyond awesome pictures! Thank you for posting them.

 

[chickenrappa]

Posting a small piece of history here, glad I got to see it. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Marine0311]

Awesome!

 

[Devildoc]

That's excellent!! Living history.

 

[Gunz]

That's me. I'm a historical event.

 

[Grunt]

Thanks for posting the pictures brother! I can't even begin to imagine the number of those types of photos that are sitting in attics and boxes that will never be seen and forgotten about. I love the history and that fact that you're sharing those moments in history will help insure that those days are never forgotten about.

 

[SOSTCRNA]

Badass! Thanks for posting.

 

[Gunz]

This is Jim Wolburg at one of our Day Haven sites, an old French plantation. We got a line up to dry our woobies & clothes. Two guys were always on watch while the rest of us caught up on sleep, cleaned weapons etc. Half the team would run a daylight patrol out of the DH...then before sundown we'd gear up and go mobile for the night.




That's about all I got, fellas.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

The woobies drying in the background. Regardless of the generation, some things never change.