The Thunder Road Mission


|Ft. Lewis | The Cruise | Bear Cat | Convoy to Dau - Tieng | Building Dau - Tieng |
General, Arty OPS |Battle of Soui - Tre | A/2/12Inf. Warriors on SouiTre | FSB BURT |
Alpha 2/12 Viet Safari Photos |Tet @ Dau - Tieng | HOME | Life as an FO's Rto |
|Who are these Guys? | Alpha Battery Album '68 | A/2/12Inf. @ Home |
| A/2/12 "Thunder Road Mission" | Uptight 2/77FA & Cambodia '70 |


Young Sergeant Stone

John & Wife current

CIB Orders for John & friends

Page 2 CIB orders

Moe Harper

I think this is "Ski"

"Trini" Lopez

"Swanee"

Ski

"SHOTGUN" Fuller

"Mike Golf" 3d Plt. Hog man

"Slick"

"Barney" FO's RTO

Stoney and Pineapple

"Chief"

John Wayne Stone

Doug "Rat Patrol" Buhl

Rat Patrol again

Harvey

Swanee with his moustache

Barney at play

Stoney and "Top"

Captain Jack

Captain Jack's Cane

Alha on the move

Cp Group

Same pic, different positions

Still the guys in front

Top on I.D. Check

Guys! Let's play "hide
and wait with Charlie"

M-109 SP 155MM Howitzer
probably B/3/13

Another one, or pic of the same one

I think this one is a 3/4, from the length and size of the trailer

Deuce and half, or 5 ton, cuz of the double axle rear end

FSB ITTY BITTY Vic. DT

CP group gets a chauffer on this leg of the trip

More round eyed tourists in funny clothes action

Beats hell outta walkin, right?

Buildings along the road

Shake that rice good, Mama-San!

So, Barn dance and hayride tonite?

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You numbah one, G.I.! You gimmee chop chop?

Maybe a Vietnamese Circle K?

Part of the rest of the convoy back to camp DT

God Bless this humble Home

Bill Klevins by perimeter Bunker

The Baron joins the fight

Anyone know if Baron is an M-48 or an old M-1 Tank type?

Human mine sweepers. No way I'd want that job!

Some people just love to watch things go -BOOM!

Some kind 'O BIG BOOM!

Guy on the left with CAR-15 is an officer Stone doesn't know his name

"Top" and others goin down that dangerous road

Captain Merrill looking over
the edge

Lt. Harris, Frenchy, Ski, Moses, Palacio, and another guy on bridge center.

more guys comin over the bridge

The Baron getting ready to recon by fire

Baron recons by fire. Very Very loud!

The Baron adjusts recon fire to woodline

EOD blowing IED's in place...or just havin a little explosive fun!

The Baron takes a hit

WIA in front of the Baron

Someone crouched by WIA

Medic caring for WIA

Carrying the WIA to the chopper

SFC Draughon and other guy at the bush just before BOOM!

The Baron and a WIA

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Todd and Lt. Harris

Baron is abandoned

Baron still all alone

Stone is suspicious of those hootches

Lt. Harris and Palacio picnicing

Crater made by IED under Baron

Merry Christmas, Alpha!

R.I.P, Sam Buffington

Your brothers STILL miss ya!

Captain Jack and Barney. Eyes on the camera, minds on Sam.

"Volunteer" mine sweepers from the village

Volunteers again. About the same way the U.S. Army got a lot of theirs.

Mamma - San, the newest volunteer.

KA BOOM BOOMED Bridge

Better view, same bridge

Engineer, R.I.P.

G.I. Wearing a "Shoot Me" hat

Captain Jack and Triple Deuce C.O. in Pow-Wow

Don't I know You? I think we wuz buddies! C'mere!

Yep, that's him

Actually, all on the one track and most of the others!

The Mech. unit's metal coffins

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Still waitin. Don't look none too steady

Don't look like it would hold an APC

Nothing for it but to take a shot

Courtesy Dan Hollister. Tank gunner medevac or maybe SFC Draughon

David Petrie Shortly after being wounded.

David Petrie again. He was transferred to MP's

John "Doc" Collins, Medic.

Courtesy Dan. Left is an M-88 VTR, right looks like a "Duster"

Dan's pic of mine sweepers on the road

Dan's pic of the Baron

Dan's pic of the Dustoff Chopper

Another of Dan's Dustoff Photos

Lt. Martin Beech, Arty Officer

Not quite known Officer, maybe Duquesne?

Lt. Dean Walker, Plt. Leader

Lt. Bobby Bates, acting C.O, A Company awhile

Cpt. Lance Hewitt made permanent C.O after Lt. Bates


|Ft. Lewis | The Cruise | Bear Cat | Convoy to Dau - Tieng | Building Dau - Tieng |
General, Arty OPS |Battle of Soui - Tre | A/2/12Inf. Warriors on SouiTre | FSB BURT |
Alpha 2/12 Viet Safari Photos |Tet @ Dau - Tieng | HOME | Life as an FO's Rto |
|Who are these Guys? | Alpha Battery Album '68 | A/2/12Inf. @ Home |
| A/2/12 "Thunder Road Mission" | Uptight 2/77FA & Cambodia '70 |

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