Assigned to101st ABN3rd BDECamp EvansI Corps

ArrivedSaigonBen HoaAirbaseSept. 70

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Hue/Phu Bai, HQ 101 ABN/AMBL, Sept. 1970

Camp Eagle

Hue/Phu Bai to Camp Evans

The Citadel at the City of Hue

Downtown Hue Sept. 1970

HarleySportster!!

The Imperial City of Hue Capital of the Nguyen Lords Fuedal Dynasty

A city within a city

Note: NVA PonchoFor Sale

Vietnamese “Tractor” Wash

Camp EvansHQ 3rd Brigade 101st Airborne/Airmobile

“Slicks” OnCombat Assault

Camp Evans3rd BDE 101 ABN

“Indian Country”

The A ShauValley is out here

The FirebasesOf the 3rd Bde101 ABN

The FSBs (Fire Support Bases)

of3 Bde 101st ABN

3rd BDE Signal Platoon Bldgs

Brigade Cmdr’s Hooch

3rd BDE TOC – Radio Antennas & Teletype Rig

MARS Antenna – For troops in from field to call home via HAM operators

New Artillery Battery Setting Up

The L-Ts’ QuartersSoutheast Asia Sea HutAka “Hooch”4 of us in this Hooch

Stream crossing near Camp Evans – ArtilleryH&I spot

EOD blowing up 10 tons of captured munitions – 5+ clicks away

Camp Evans to:LZ Sally

Quang TriDong Ha

LZ Sally

105 Battery6 guns

8-inch Battery4 guns

Captured Weapons at LZ Sally

Mortars & 122mm Rocket Launcher

Signal OfficerBasic BuddyBill PritchardAt Dong Ha

Back at EvansThe Aircraft of the 101st ABN Div.

OH-6 “Loach” Light Observation Helicopter Also the “Bait” for Cobra Pink Teams

The famous UH-1 Huey aka “Slick”

BDE Commander’s C&C Ship

AH-1 Cobra Gunship 2 Rocket Pods plus Electric minigun in nose

(6K rounds/min) A “Pee Bringer!”

Cobras on the “Hot Pad”Reloading Rockets for another run

on the Bad Guys

CH-47 Chinook

C-130 on the Evans Airstrip

OV-10 Bronco Aerial Recon The Big “Cigar” Under the Plane is

Full of Cameras

CessnaSkymastersUSAF ForwardAir Controllersfor F4s and otherBombers

Birddog LightObservatonPlane

Skymasters in revetmentsAt Camp Evans

Lam Son 719 Lam Son 719 was a major operation of the ARVN into Laos 30 Jan - 24 Mar 1971. U.S. 101st ABN provided all aviation assets for this operation.

The objective of Lam Son 719 was to disrupt an ongoing North Vietnamese Army supply buildup at Tchepone, Laos. The US Helicopter Crewman went against the heaviest anti-aircraft barrage incurred in the War. They were regularly opposed by NVA 23mm, 37mm, and 57mm anti-aircraft weapons along with .51 caliber machine guns arranged to provide mutually supporting anti-aircraft fire.

The losses to US Helicopter Forces were 65 Helicopter Crewmen KIA, 818 WIA, and 42 MIA. 618 US Helicopters were damaged, including 106 totally destroyed, from 30 Jan - 24 Mar 1971.

F4 Strikes along the DMZ near Laos BorderStart of Lam Son 719

To Camp Carroll on the DMZFire Base used as HQ/TOC for 101st 3rd BDE during

Lam Son 719

The “Rockpile”

Camp Carroll

Camp Carroll – Pentagon Shaped & Heavily Fortified

Camp CarrolCommunications Bunker

Microwave TowersFor Comms back to

Camp Evans and 101st ABN HQ

Camp Carroll Mortar Section

Comms Bunker Tac Radios & Microwaves

Set up for Lam Son 719

Gen. Creighton Abrams Visits Camp Carroll

The “Big Guns” of Camp Carroll8-inch and 175mm Emplacements

8-inch Howitzer

175mm Gun

175 Firing into Laos

The 105sAt Camp Carroll

105s Set on “High Angle”

View of FSB Fuller From Camp Carroll

Fuller was soon to be overrun

3rd BDE Signal PlatoonAt Camp Carroll

CH-54 SkycraneHauling Water Blivets to FSB Sarge

Heading to FSB SargeFor a week on the peak with radio relay team

“Sarge”

FSB SargeApprox 10Clicks fromLaos -OverlookingKhe San

Second Peak ClearedFor Microwave Relays

Sarge - inherited from

our RVN Buddies while theywere in Laos – A filthy, rat infested dump on a high peak usedfor radio relay

“Top of the World”105 Battery on Sarge

Comms Bunker On Sarge

Quad 50Great forSleeping!

Back to Camp CarrollCaptured NVA Gear on Display

RPG Rounds

Lam Son is Over – Back to Camp EvansThe LT’s of 3rd BDE HQ 101 ABN

He’s Goin’ HomeI’m Next

Beware of Birthdays – Two 120mm rockets hitthe FAC hooch next to mine the morning of June 7, 1971

Four Wounded in this Hooch

Newbies Arriving Hue/Phu BaiI’m headed to Cam Rahn Bayto GO HOME!

Chào ông Vietnam!