D 2/1 - 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Vietnam

The Vietnam Country Side

All Pictures Below From Jan./Feb., 1969

Hill 800 mountain where NVA Battalion Base Camp was found
Hill-800? We found an NVA Battalion Base Camp on the side of this mountain.
Soldier walking down mountain enjoying scenery
Walking down a mountain and taking a moment to enjoy the scenery.
View looking down at Marine Fire Support Base
Looking down at a Marine Fire Support Base.
Looking back at terrain already covered
Looking back to where we had been.
Antenna Valley where Johnnie David Knight was killed
Antenna Valley, had many booby traps, where Johnnie David Knight was killed 12/31/1968.
Soldiers crossing rice paddies with no cover
Crossing rice patties, no where to hide.
Water buffalo in rice paddies
Water buffalo in rice patties. Small children were able to control them but they went wild when they saw GI's.
Rice paddies in background after night ambush
Rice paddies in background.
Vietnam countryside archival photograph
Went on a night ambush, early the next morning we spotted 8 Viet Cong on trail. Our M 60 machine gun jammed and were out of range for our M 16's so called in artillery. Got them with first rounds.

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