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MK266.jpgRecovery missionGoing on a recovery mission with some combat engineers.
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MK267.jpgLt FriendLt Friend, fearless, courageous...a real combat engineer. His jeep was shot up pretty good during the "Attack on The Oasis". {See MK-289}
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MK268.jpgAlong for the rideRTO Ray Plunkett and I go along for the ride.
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MK269.jpgRecovery missionThe object of our mission to seek and destroy one Conex container dropped from a helicopter…we be “dinka dow”…
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MK270.jpgStanding byReady room at 3rd Brigade Infantry TOC waiting for a unit to make “contact” with NVA. Firefights were known as "contacts" throughout the Vietnam war zone.
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MK-272.jpgShort Timers BalladReaching the end of the tour...more than just counting days.
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MK273.jpgGetting "short"It is now "sixty days and a wake-up". Everyone in Vietnam knew the exact date of their DEROS.
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MK274.jpgWeapons MaintenanceCleaning my 9mm; no time to be taking chances.
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MK275.jpgPromotionRTO Ray Plunkett gets a promotion. Expression shows that he earned it!
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MK276.jpgPromotionThis calls for a celebration. I even share my Scotch Whiskey with Ray. (Whatta guy!)
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MK277.jpgGetting "short""The World" is only "60 days and a wake up". I can do this…
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