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Assigned to101st ABN3rd BDECamp EvansI Corps
ArrivedSaigonBen HoaAirbaseSept. 70
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Hue/Phu Bai, HQ 101 ABN/AMBL, Sept. 1970
Camp Eagle
Hue/Phu Bai to Camp Evans
The Citadel at the City of Hue
Downtown Hue Sept. 1970
HarleySportster!!
The Imperial City of Hue Capital of the Nguyen Lords Fuedal Dynasty
A city within a city
Note: NVA PonchoFor Sale
Vietnamese “Tractor” Wash
Camp EvansHQ 3rd Brigade 101st Airborne/Airmobile
“Slicks” OnCombat Assault
Camp Evans3rd BDE 101 ABN
“Indian Country”
The A ShauValley is out here
The FirebasesOf the 3rd Bde101 ABN
The FSBs (Fire Support Bases)
of3 Bde 101st ABN
3rd BDE Signal Platoon Bldgs
Brigade Cmdr’s Hooch
3rd BDE TOC – Radio Antennas & Teletype Rig
MARS Antenna – For troops in from field to call home via HAM operators
New Artillery Battery Setting Up
The L-Ts’ QuartersSoutheast Asia Sea HutAka “Hooch”4 of us in this Hooch
Stream crossing near Camp Evans – ArtilleryH&I spot
EOD blowing up 10 tons of captured munitions – 5+ clicks away
Camp Evans to:LZ Sally
Quang TriDong Ha
LZ Sally
105 Battery6 guns
8-inch Battery4 guns
Captured Weapons at LZ Sally
Mortars & 122mm Rocket Launcher
Signal OfficerBasic BuddyBill PritchardAt Dong Ha
Back at EvansThe Aircraft of the 101st ABN Div.
OH-6 “Loach” Light Observation Helicopter Also the “Bait” for Cobra Pink Teams
The famous UH-1 Huey aka “Slick”
BDE Commander’s C&C Ship
AH-1 Cobra Gunship 2 Rocket Pods plus Electric minigun in nose
(6K rounds/min) A “Pee Bringer!”
Cobras on the “Hot Pad”Reloading Rockets for another run
on the Bad Guys
CH-47 Chinook
C-130 on the Evans Airstrip
OV-10 Bronco Aerial Recon The Big “Cigar” Under the Plane is
Full of Cameras
CessnaSkymastersUSAF ForwardAir Controllersfor F4s and otherBombers
Birddog LightObservatonPlane
Skymasters in revetmentsAt Camp Evans
Lam Son 719 Lam Son 719 was a major operation of the ARVN into Laos 30 Jan - 24 Mar 1971. U.S. 101st ABN provided all aviation assets for this operation.
The objective of Lam Son 719 was to disrupt an ongoing North Vietnamese Army supply buildup at Tchepone, Laos. The US Helicopter Crewman went against the heaviest anti-aircraft barrage incurred in the War. They were regularly opposed by NVA 23mm, 37mm, and 57mm anti-aircraft weapons along with .51 caliber machine guns arranged to provide mutually supporting anti-aircraft fire.
The losses to US Helicopter Forces were 65 Helicopter Crewmen KIA, 818 WIA, and 42 MIA. 618 US Helicopters were damaged, including 106 totally destroyed, from 30 Jan - 24 Mar 1971.
F4 Strikes along the DMZ near Laos BorderStart of Lam Son 719
To Camp Carroll on the DMZFire Base used as HQ/TOC for 101st 3rd BDE during
Lam Son 719
The “Rockpile”
Camp Carroll
Camp Carroll – Pentagon Shaped & Heavily Fortified
Camp CarrolCommunications Bunker
Microwave TowersFor Comms back to
Camp Evans and 101st ABN HQ
Camp Carroll Mortar Section
Comms Bunker Tac Radios & Microwaves
Set up for Lam Son 719
Gen. Creighton Abrams Visits Camp Carroll
The “Big Guns” of Camp Carroll8-inch and 175mm Emplacements
8-inch Howitzer
175mm Gun
175 Firing into Laos
The 105sAt Camp Carroll
105s Set on “High Angle”
View of FSB Fuller From Camp Carroll
Fuller was soon to be overrun
3rd BDE Signal PlatoonAt Camp Carroll
CH-54 SkycraneHauling Water Blivets to FSB Sarge
Heading to FSB SargeFor a week on the peak with radio relay team
“Sarge”
FSB SargeApprox 10Clicks fromLaos -OverlookingKhe San
Second Peak ClearedFor Microwave Relays
Sarge - inherited from
our RVN Buddies while theywere in Laos – A filthy, rat infested dump on a high peak usedfor radio relay
“Top of the World”105 Battery on Sarge
Comms Bunker On Sarge
Quad 50Great forSleeping!
Back to Camp CarrollCaptured NVA Gear on Display
RPG Rounds
Lam Son is Over – Back to Camp EvansThe LT’s of 3rd BDE HQ 101 ABN
He’s Goin’ HomeI’m Next
Beware of Birthdays – Two 120mm rockets hitthe FAC hooch next to mine the morning of June 7, 1971
Four Wounded in this Hooch
Newbies Arriving Hue/Phu BaiI’m headed to Cam Rahn Bayto GO HOME!
Chào ông Vietnam!
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