All
the pictures in this collection are of troops and vehicles assigned to
D Company, 1 Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry in Vietnam
1970
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Automatic
Ambush |
Refueling
a D company M48 at a FSB
in 1970 |
Beers:
Left-to-Right: Denny Carter, Ken
Hendricks, Joe Olmer relaxing at stand
down after Cambodia July 1970 |
Crew
1-3: Left-to-Right: Joe Olmer, Sgt.Don
Brooks, "Pokey"Granberg and
"Damnit II" road march near Xuan
Loc, 1970 |
Dirty
Car: And the maid don't
do windows either!!!! Sometime
in the 1970 wet season. |
1st
Plt Group Left-to-Right: "Pokey" Granberg, Beach,
Sgt.DonJenkins, Ken Hendricks, Charlie Lindley, Kermit Collier,
Vicaro at stand down after Cambodia July 1970 |
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Ken
Hendrix: 1-1 driver "Hendrix's
Experience" in
Memoriam, killed by
illness October70. |
Kit
Carsons: D Co's. Chu Hoi's/Scouts Left-to-Right
"Hien" -3rdPLt... Trooper
Bob Cothrun...Trong-1st Plt and
Luc-2nd Plt. at Dian,.1970. |
Lt.Brooks
and Lt.???? at HHT 1/11 party (New Years/Christmas 1970???) |
Lt
Confair 1/6 Platoon Leader D Co. Oct
70 to 71 deactivation West Pointer, damn
good fair Lt. |
RT
Davis and Sgt Don Jenkins: on1-4
track with 1-3 in background
in 1970. Don was
way too intelligent to be in
the Nam. Go figure. |
RT
Davis as 1-6 lima: Mounted up and ready to roll on Car in Jan/Feb
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Sad
RT Davis: More for the
company street view in
1970 of D-Co at Dian. |
J.
D. Laws |
J.
D. Laws |
J.
D. Laws |
J.
D. Laws |
Lt
Steve Linthwaite doing the hard work and TC |
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Crew
of D66 replenishes main gun
ammunition (crew unknown) |
Automatic
Ambush |
Automatic
Ambush |
Sarg.
SP5 T.C. Dan Newman |
Automatic
Ambush |
Medivac |
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Replacing
a road wheel |
Sweeping
for mines |
Tank
on fire |
First day in country....Brooks next to M60 tank
(Which we never used in Vietnam) |
First combat mission....Running the roads in War
Zone C |
Guys on Latrine....No privacy in a war zone |
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| Airstrikes | Airstrikes | Just before a firefight. | In the firefight | Running route 13 | Ambush on Route 13....4 wounded no KIA |
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| Tank at rest | Spider Hole | Spider Hole | Mine damage | More mine damage | |
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| Brooks plus ? | Filthy Brooks | Brooks near Cambodian border | Trooper ? giving out food near Michelin Rubber Plantation | Persons unknown....Rainy season | Cambodian gave us fresh fruit |
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| Beginning of firefight...Cambodia | Lt. Wally Trace`s tank sinking in Cambodia | Trace facetiously trying to push tank out | Trace`s tank sinks | Trace`s tank sinks | Trace`s tank sinks |
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| British journalist, Cambodia | Norweigian Cameraman, Cambodia | Mine blow`s up Trace`s tank | Temple with Cambodian dead inside | More mine damage | Tank driver Fritch (?) resting in Cambodia |
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| Rainy season in Cambodia | Tank goes after sniper | After a firefight. Cambodia | Fritch (?) sleeping on blown up tank | Hauling out damaged tanks. | Hauling out damaged tanks. |
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| Hauling out damaged tanks. | Resupply | Burned out tank | Burned out tank | Feb 1970 Xuan Loc resupply pad SSG Dinsmore | Feb 1970 1st Sqd trains headed to Tay Ninh |
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| D co cooks in the field during maintenance standdown | Devil's Mistress maint guys repairr 1st plt tank torsion bar | M48A5 tank engine repair in field lager | L-R Lt. Don Holman, Lt. Steve Linthwaite, Cpt. Jerry Hensley, Lt. Wally Trace Lt. Jeff Johnson Mar1970 |
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courtesy of John T. Tillman (B troop) <eleventhcav@netzero.net>
2 courtesy of Rick Davis <rickdavis@earthlink.net>
3 courtesy of Ron Goldthwaite <rgoldthw@ix.netcom.com>
4 courtesy of J. D. Laws <silverfox46527@aol.com>
5 courtesy of Steve Linthwaite <w-marlin@hotmail.com>
6 courtesy of John T. Tillman (B troop) <eleventhcav@netzero.net>
7 courtesy of Dan Newman <DWNewman07@aol.com>
8 courtsey of Tim Brooks <tbrooks@udel.edu>