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Me. In the tower we spent the time talking about
food and the stereo receivers we were buying to send home, and looking out for the
"tiger" that was supposed to roam the camp at night. |
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Looking south from the tower, which faced west.
You can see the wire angling away to the east. Artillary Hill was behind us, and the
airstrip at Camp Hensel was out of view on the left. Camp
Enari
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Looking right (north) from the tower. There was
a rumor that there was a tunnel into the base that the VC used. It was also supposed to
be used by the tigers. |
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Looking west, out over the wire. Two of us were
supposed to be awake at all times, but at night two slept and the third watched for
the Sergeant of the Guard. A whole Regiment of NVA could have come through without us
noticing it, as long as they weren't dressed as tigers. |
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Huey helicopter dropping us into a hot LZ. We
didn't know it was hot until a little later when we were ambushed. |
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Another shot of a Huey. |
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Looking down on the LZ as we were extracted by a Huey
some days later. |
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Vietnam from a Huey. Looked peaceful enough, and
even beautiful from up there. |
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The door gunners used these M60 machine guns. They
wore flack jackets and helmets, but were still very exposed to enemy fire. It was a
dangerous job, but some of my buddies volunteered because it got them out of the field.
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Flying toward an airstrip. I could read a map, but
I never knew where we were in a larger sense. We were never told the name of any operation,
or where in Vietnam we were going. But we always operated in the Central Highlands.
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You can just make out the wire around the airstrip,
and the town nearby. I don't remember where it was. |
