Ft. Lee, Virginia. Richard left for Vietnam in February, 1966.


Tugged out of San Fransisco.


USS Walker, debarking San Fransisco.


Possibly close to San Francisco, on the way to Vietnam.


Richard's message in a bottle (name/address/latitude/longitude), was thrown overboard in the mid Pacific.


Volcano spotted while sailing through the Philippians Islands on the way to Vietnam. The crew stopped in the Philippians on the way to Vietnam.


Early Cu Chi accommodations.


House Moving - the Army way.


Nurse housing - well protected (from man, and mortar)


Mortar protected billits (housing) of the 25th Infantry Division - complete with maid service.


Specialist Teatrick (sp?) giving out gum on the streets of Cu Chi.


Saigon dump - close to the Air Force Base (which was Saigon's main airport).


Fourth of July, 1966. Pig Roast.


Richard's quarters.


"We went with a local priest to a farmer's house to visit a sick farmer. Specialist Gunler has the rifle."


Medical visit to sick farmer's house.


Three farm kids.


Perimeter patrol in an APC around 25th Division camp. (APC: Armored Personnel Carrier)


Harassing Charlie (as well as our own unit with a wind shift) with teargas.


Probably an abandoned farm hut from the French Indo-China war.


After the patrol.


Camp day workers. The older ladies were hired by civilian contractors to help with construction.


Goo Lin (pronounced Go Lin - aged 14) Goo Lin stated she was older in order to obtain work.


Local homeowner's shrine.


Pumping Agent Orange into a helicopter for dispersal.


Downtown Cu Chi.


Along highway 17 towards Saigon.


Local farmer hut.


Buddhist symbol (Nazi symbol would be on an angle)


Fish farm along Mekong River.


Giant Buddha statue near Vung Tau.


Freighter near shorline near Vung Tau.


Same as above taken through 7* field glasses held in front of the camera.


Virgin Mary statue near Vung Tau.


Old WWII Gun Emplacement near Vung Tau.


Vung Tau beach.


Old Buddhist cemetery plot - probably near Cu Chi.


USO Tour of Danny Kaye and Vikki Carr in April 1966.


Rich for his 1500 grooming appointment.


Henry Cabot Lodge and West Moorland visiting the 25th Division.


West Moorland visit at the 25th Division. "We had to spiffy up everything."


Cu Chi sunset.


Double rainbow over camp.


Lucky mortar hit corner of trailer.


Homecoming, September, 1966.