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3RD SQUAD |
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PLEASE MR. CUSTARD by LARRY VERNE
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PICTURE SUBMITTED BY BILL MADDEN |
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Bill "Maddog"
Madden at Bridge 29 June 21, 1968
Wounded March 31 and July 9, 1968 |
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PICTURES SUBMITTED BY WALT THOMAS |
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Walt Thomas at
Freedom Hill outside of DaNang Walt wounded Nov. 1967 at Camp Carroll and July 1968 at Con Thien |
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Walt on the right near Ca Lu Village |
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Montaignard village |
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David Spencer on the left |
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Lt. Grady Harreld near Ca Lu Village in May 1968 |
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Montaignard child |
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Evacuation of suspected Viet Cong near Ca Lu Village May 1968 |
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Walt handing a pack of cool aid to a small child |
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Typical Vietnamese hooch |
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60MM mortar site |
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Villagers walking past a 60MM mortar site near Ca Lu |
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60MM mortar site outside of Ca Lu Village |
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Walt at chow time |
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Walt cleaning his M16 |
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Walt on patrol |
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Bill Waldrop, David Spencer, Walt, and Ollie Benson |
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Bill Waldrop on patrol |
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Ammo dump at Dong Ha Combat Base hit by incoming |
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2nd Battalion 9th Marines logo |
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Walt in DaNang picking up firing pins for the M60 |
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Da Nang with Freedom Hill in the background |
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H & S Company at Dong Ha, Jim, Volpe and Peanuts |
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Patrol in the bush |
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UH-34D on the LZ |
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Walt shaving |
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155 gun emplacement |
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Doug McClure sand bagging a hooch |
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Walt at Freedom Hill in DaNang |
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Guarding a bridge outside of Khe Sanh |
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Tony Dimech in DaNang |
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Pier across the river from DaNang |
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Vietnamese
girls near the White Elephant in DaNang |
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Supply depot near China Beach |
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DaNang street |
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USO building on Freedom Hill |
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Walt drinking a " cold one" on China Beach |
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Incoming at Dong Ha Combat Base |
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CH-46 Sea Knight on the LZ |
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Huey on the LZ |
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175mm artillery piece |
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Ollie Benson and Walt |
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David Spencer and Walt cooking C's near our hooch |
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Walt taking a break while on patrol |
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Patrol in the bush |
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Rocket damage Dong Ha Combat Base |
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Bill Waldrop, Brady Nethercott, and David Spencer |
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Brady Nethercott, Bill Waldrop, "Killer", and David Spencer |
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Beer drinking in Dong Ha with 2/9 H&S |
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Drinking beer with some friends in 2/9 H&S supply at Dong Ha |
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Walt at the old transit center in DaNang |
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Highway 1 outside of DaNang |
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China Beach beer-drinking facilities |
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David Spencer and Walt are manning another section of the perimeter while another squad is out on patrol |
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155mm gun emplacement |
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Nethercott and Dominquez taking a break form sandbagging |
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David Spencer and Walt eating C's |
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Walt on the LZ |
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Squad Leader Bill Waldrop taking a break while on patrol |
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Walt, Brady Nethercott, and David Spencer digging a fighting hole around an artillery position |
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UH-34D another mission |
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Ollie Benson and others on patrol |
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On patrol near Ca Lu Village |
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Taking a bath in a river |
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Drinking beer at Freedom Hill, DaNang |
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Walt sandbagging |
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Dominquez and Walt filling sandbags |
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Bill " Mad Dog " Madden standing in front of our bunker |
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Mad Dog Madden holding Bill Waldrop's arm in celebration of the sandbagging champion. Unknown Marine at left. Walt is behind Mad Dog and Waldrop |
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Camp site |
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Walt in bunker |
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Walt saddled up and ready for a patrol |
