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Photos belonging to Al "The Hawaiian"Dove
E Co.-Recon, 1st/501st Infantry
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Additional Note: These pages are merely a beginning as I'm
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These pages contain photos taken by former troopers of the 101st
Abn. Div. while serving in beautiful Southeast Asia. They have been posted here with the total consent of the owners. They are the sole property of each specific owner and should not be reproduced in any way without obtaining the consent of the owner. Please enjoy the photos and show your respect for their owners by not copying them. Thank You Beaucoup! |
PHOTOS
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SCREAMING EAGLE
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Recon again waiting to be
choppered out.....only this was at LZ Sally and I believe it was around April of 1968. It looks like most of us are watching something, maybe some artillery or an air strike. I know for sure it ain't no USO show. |
These are members of the 2nd
Brigade as we loaded up in Jan. 1968 to go from Cu Chi to Bien Hoa, then fly up to Hue- Phu Bai and establish a new AO in I Corps just prior to the enemy's launching of the infamous 1968 Tet Offensive. |
Some of the guys from E Co-Recon,
1/501, as we try to strengthen up one of those rickety old rural Vietnamese bridges across a small stream.
I don't recall his name but the guy
on the bridge is a Medic assigned to Recon early on and down in the water in the foreground is Cloer (to the left) and "yours truly" (in the shadows). |
This photo was taken at LZ Sally
in March or early April of 1968.... not long after it was established as the base camp for the 2nd Brigade of the 101st. Pictured from rt. to lt. are "yours truly" Michael Bradshaw, Tom Soals from So. California and Tim Anderson from Puyallup, Washington. |
No....this isn't your nude Hippie sit-
in. These guys managed to brush up against some bushes containing 3/4" to 1" fire ants that horde by the millions and when you brush against them they fall all over you, bite the hell out of you and leave huge welts all over you. The rest of Recon is in the surrounding jungle providing security and I can't quite make out who's pictured but I believe that's Lt. Gay in the foreground. |
This is Recon at Firebase Mongoose
waiting to be picked up by choppers and "inserted" or "combat-assaulted" into some god- awful place or other. FSB Mongoose was abandoned (to the RF-PFs I believe) early in 1968 by the 101st and not used again. |