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PICTURES SUBMITTED BY STEVE POUNDSTONE |
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Sea Knight at LZ Vandegrift |
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Huey |
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Looking over Rt. 9 at the LZ |
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Med Station LZ |
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The LZ |
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Duster position off Rt. 9 at the entrance to LZ Stud |
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Duster position |
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CH 46 Sea Knight coming in for a landing |
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Two Sea Knights on landing zone |
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Landing zone |
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Line position |
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Rt. 9 in the foreground |
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Huey |
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Sea Knight |
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PICTURES SUBMITTED BY PAT "DEADEND" STREET |
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Crane bringing in a shot up Sea Knight |
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Fox Company 3rd platoon on the LZ |
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USO Show |
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PHOTO ARCHIVES |
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Arial view of Vandegrift |
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Helo pad |
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PICTURES SUBMITTED BY TONY MASTRIANI |
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TRC-97 radio relay located at LZ Vandegrift |
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The LZ |
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PICTURES SUBMITTED BY Mike Castle |
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This CH53
is seconds away from crashing onto the ammo at " LZ Stud" Vandegrift
April 9, 1969. This was to be a hook up and off to a fire base, but the
rear rotor hit a ballet of 60 mm mortars rounds and ignited the ammo
dump. The crew was able to escape but all that was left was a large
black spot on the ground. The pictures were taken by Mike Castle who was with Golf Company 2nd Battalion 4th Marines
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Aftermath of the explosion on the landing zone. Mike is standing by a red sign denoting LZ "Stud" Vandegrift |
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CH53 with 105 |
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CH53 with load |
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Mike standing by a 105 |
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This is a view of the road from highway 9 to supply the upper LZ. The Foxhole in view is in the Golf 2/4 command area |
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CH47 Chinook with load |
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Troop movement |
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Mail bags waiting to be taken to Golf Company in the bush |
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LZ on the left showing air control tower and if you look close you can see a small red sign behind the truck. That sign will be the remains of LZ Stud upper LZ |
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PICTURES SUBMITTED BY ED SCHULTZ |
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LZ Stud ammo dump explosion, Ed was with 3rd Motor Transport |
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