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MK289.jpgAttack on The OasisLt. Friend’s (the engineer) Jeep. He and his RTO were in it, note the bullet holes. {See also MK-267}
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MK290.jpgAttack on The OasisThis is a trip flare tied off with bamboo strips where they tried to come "through the wire" in the Artillery area. The NVA and VC were also experts at defusing Claymore mines.
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MK291.jpgAttack on The OasisAssortment of satchel charges and a Bangalore torpedo next to a pool of NVA Sappers blood.
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MK292.jpgAttack on The OasisPolicing up the explosives in the wire where the three NVA Sapper assassins were killed. This was a diversion away from the main Attack on the Northwest Perimeter corner of the “Oasis”.
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MK293.jpgAttack on The OasisA "Duster", twin 40mm guns mounted on a chassis, hit by an RPG on the west side of the perimeter. Crew inside killed.
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MK306.jpgAttack on The OasisOne of the main objectives of the attack was the Hawk Missile Radar Battery (without the missiles) at the NW corner of the “Oasis”. We were using the radar to track Russian helicopters coming across the border to Plei Me.
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MK307.jpgAttack on The OasisThis was the Hawk radar unit I used to target and shoot Artillery air burst rounds at Russian helicopter targets; also used the Q4 radar.
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MK308.jpgCutting it closeDuring The Chu Pa (Big Mountain) Campaign, a major operation, I flew my last combat mission and fired my last fire mission. Three days to DEROS then Back to the WORLD 4 July 69!
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MK309.jpgEpilogueReturn to the States...one of the fortunate ones.
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MK318.jpgMemorialIn Memory of Maj Michael Davis O'Donnell.
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MK-319.jpgThat's All, Folks!A picture is worth a thousand words, but a thousand words could not describe the pictures anyway.
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MikeKurtgis.jpgModern-Day MikeMike attends the 2007 Philly reunion with the 35th Inf Regiment, meeting up with his old "grunts" of "Bravo Company".
He now lives in Ft Lauderdale, FL and started a very unique engineering firm using helicopters to repair and maintain high altitude transmission lines in countries all over the world. No one had ever thought of doing that. In 2005, "Modern Marvels" released a documentary on the man who revolutionized high line maintenance.
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