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About the photos.
 I carried a
compact camera in my large trouser
pocket. The photo above was
taken during
a lull in a firefight. I tossed the camera to the platoon's machine-gunner, who
snapped the photo when I turned to look forward. You can see other
troopers from
the second platoon in
the background. I like this photo because it has a grungy, WWII look. (click
on photo for enlargement). Many of the photos in
these albums were taken by others in my company. I thank them for allowing me to use them
here. Photo credits
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Album 1:
In the bush
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Album 2:
Alpha Co. troopers
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Album 3
Alpha Co. troopers
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Album 4
Alpha Co troopers.
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Album 5
Alpha Co. at LZ Betty
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Album 6
LZ
Betty
LZ Betty,
the battalion's base camp, located a mile from Phan
Thiet, the province capitol. Album 7
Phan
Thiet 1968
Phan Thiet, is a fishing town by the South China Sea.
Album
8 With Mac-V
When I returned from the hospital to LZ Betty, I learned that Mac-V was
asking for volunteers to train and go out on patrols with South Vietnamese Popular
Forces (PFs). I volunteered and was transferred to a Vietnamese compound
where
I lived with and went on patrols with PF troops
for several months. Album 9
Return
to Nam 1989 Album 10
Return
to Nam 1989
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