Last additions - Joe Cook
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JCook53.JPGBreaking campAs per the cardboard mount, this photo indicates that B/2/9 is breaking camp with the 105mm ammo in "A-22" slings. This is the time when the FDC was located in a 3/4-ton truck.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook54.jpgMore InfoThat's me loading the breech. Nash is the Gunner and PFC Larry L. Dodd is the Asst Gunner.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook48.JPGOur ArrivalOur convoy coming into base camp. We bought sodas from the locals until we were told that they had glass in them.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook51.JPGBomb craterAccording to the cardboard mount, it indicates a bomb crater filled with water. I think it was a 500-lb bomb.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook52.JPGTonight's EntreeThis lizard came into our AO and didn't live to tell about it.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook49.JPGOur ArrivalA bulldozer leads the way straight through the jungle.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook22y.JPGFDC Tent after Pink KittyThis new tent also served as the FDC sleeping quarters. The cot is in the background. This is a close-up view of the left end of the FDC tent with me at the Firing Chart.Jan 22, 2012
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JCook2a.JPG"B" Battery OfficersSame photo, minus the cardboard slide frame. Captains Barron, Rice & Osborne.Jan 18, 2012
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Joe_and_the_Medic_3.JPGMore Cooking LessonsMedic Riddle now teaches the BC, Capt Jack Osborne, about cooking in the field.Jan 17, 2012
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Joe_and_Medic_1.JPGMore cooking lessons. Here, the Battery Medic (name is Riddle) watches how I cut a loaf of bread.Jan 17, 2012
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Joe_and_the_Medic_4.JPGHanging OutSgt Joe Cook, UNK, and our Battery Medic Sp4 Riddle.Jan 17, 2012
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Joe_and_the_Medic_2.JPGI wasn't doing a good job, so the Medic took over. Note the surgical precision he uses to cut the bread. Medic Riddle was the same guy who attended to SSG David Spears who was KIA during a firing incident.Jan 17, 2012
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