mc-4.JPGHere I Am!109 viewsYep...that's me. Sp6 Bob McLaughlin...I was the Mess Sergeant (Forward) for Headquarters Service Battery, 2/9th, at LZ Oasis. Behind me is a sea hut. The sea hut is temporary housing that was soon turned over to the South Vietnamese Army as our presence was winding down.
mc-1.JPGFrontal View 107 viewsThis is a frontal view of the 2/9th compound at LZ Oasis.
mc-8.JPGBattalion Staff105 viewsLeft - LtCol Redmond Forrester, Battalion Commander; Right - Major Jerry Orr, Tactical Operations Center (TOC).
mc-6.JPGPython, but not Monty's104 viewsSp4 Roy Ellsworth holds the working end of a dead python.
mc-5.JPGSgt Smith and Sgt Stewart99 viewsStanding among the tents of the 2/9th Oasis compound.
mc-11.JPGInterior View98 viewsNo names, but these two are enjoying the field mess hall.
mc-15.JPGHqs Service Battery, Mess Hall at Camp Enari98 viewsSp5 John O. Olson and Sp6 Bob McLaughlin holding up the Mess Hall sign.
mc-9.JPGCarpenter in chief97 viewsSFC Clyde A. Roker turns ammo boxes into building materials. His "regular job" was working in the Battalion TOC. In the rear at left is Jim Castelletti.
mc-12.JPGInterior View92 viewsYep...we done built a great mess hall.
mc-10.JPGThe Mess Hall91 viewsThis is the Mess Hall at LZ Oasis; it had a dirt floor. I don't know its origins. This is the building that we totally refurbished into a first class dining place.
mc-2.JPGLarge Tent89 viewsThis may have been "Home Sweet Home" for some of our redlegs at the Oasis.
mc-7.JPGHuey formation84 viewsA flight of Hueys departs the Oasis.
