RW-39.JPGCave Smoke Break73 viewsSgt Barrington taking a smoke break after enjoying a hot meal with the 1/14th soldiers.
RW-46.JPGDestroying the caves73 viewsPhoto from atop one the hills where we started our survey using the coordinates of the peak.
RW-20.JPGModest quarters72 viewsMy home at the Tea Plantation (Catecka). This area was south of Pleiku and south of Dragon.
RW-35.JPGHeading for Hon Noc Mountain72 viewsCatching a ride and headed to the caves.
RW-22a.JPGMess Hall 72 viewsNew Mess Hall under construction. Dragon Mountain in the background.
RW-38.JPGLooking down an entrance.72 viewsLooking down towards the cave complex entrances. We surveyed the entrances to the caves for a B-52 mission to further destroy the caves after Company D 65th Engineers blew up the caves. Capt. Steven Childers, CO of B Company 1/14th was killed. He was at the entrance to one of the caves trying to coax out some civilians when a VC shot him from behind the civilians.
RW-37.JPGChecking out the caves72 viewsSurveyor Chuck Peart (foreground) hanging out with some of the soldiers of the 1/14th Inf Regiment. We were called in after they found the caves.
French_Ambush.JPGSite of the historic ambush72 viewsHistory tells us that this is where the French forces were ambushed at the Mang Yang Pass on Hwy 19.
Pleiku_Child.JPGPleiku series72 viewsSmall boy playing in the barbed wire.
Pleiku_Catholic__Shrine.jpgPleiku series72 viewsAnother view of the rocky Catholic shrine
Gun_Ship_2.JPGLZ Uplift71 viewsThe Chinook workhorse was armed with a high rate of firing capacity. It was know as "Guns A-Go-Go. Here is a look inside.
