Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Village People
Somewhat Primitive Way of life Farmers Market at Phuoc Vinh Village Many of the Villagers worked as hoochmaids and other odd jobs at Phuoc Vinh Firebase. Hoochmaids were paid by the GIs on a monthly basis to do a number … Continue reading
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Search and Destroy
Enemy Shelter Blues pushing over a shelter used by ‘Charlie’, and apparently we enjoyed it by the look on my face. Before we left the area, it was torched. Anything that aided the enemy in any way was destroyed…
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Perimeter Guard Duty
Outer Limits of a Military Position Sgt. Tony Mizzi and I standing in front of a bunker on the Phuoc Vinh perimeter. Tony was from New York City, and as I recall wanted to be a NYC cop when he … Continue reading
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His Name was Moose
Charlie Troop Monkey I walked into my AO (my sleeping area in our hooch) one evening and found everything torn apart and upside down. Moose the Charlie Troop monkey was up to his old tricks again! On occasion and for … Continue reading
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Night Mission
Downed Bird in Cambodia I was on the lead bird when I snapped this picture of our other chopper of Blues. It was late afternoon when we landed in Phuoc Vinh after another long day in the hot steamy jungle. … Continue reading
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F-4 Phantom
Devastating Air Support Have you ever wondered what its like to be on the ground when these guys drop their pay load? There was a F-4 Phantom pounding a hillside within 300 meters of our position one day while we … Continue reading
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A Few Good Men
Squad of Blues at helipad in Phuoc Vinh Weaver, ?, Mike Milton, Pat Cadenhead & Frank Biesel I took this picture while waiting for a Lift bird to pick us up before being inserted on a recon mission. Specialist 4 … Continue reading
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Saigon Mission
V.P. Spiro Agnew was scheduled to visit Saigon August 27th Charlie Troop 1/9th was chosen to recon the outskirts of Saigon in preparation for an upcoming visit by V.P. Agnew. Just a bit of added security for the Vice President. … Continue reading
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Agent Orange
Used to Clear the Dense Jungle that Provided Cover for Enemy Forces Agent Orange, named after the color of the stripe on the barrels in which the defoliant sprayed by American forces during the Vietnam War was stored, contained tetrachlorodibenzop … Continue reading
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POW Rescue Mission
Suspected POW Compound in Cambodia Army Intelligence felt they located a POW (Prisoner of War) compound in Cambodia and plans were being drawn up for Charlie Troop, 1/9th to storm the suspected compound and free the prisoners. The rumor spread … Continue reading
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