Menetrey, Battalion Commander and Charles Smith, medic Tom Hinger - Silver Star, 2 Purple Hearts LTC (Ret.) Clark Welch - Distinguished Service Cross - Rest in Peace, Delta Six Harold Durham - Medal of Honor - KIA 17 Oct. Major Donald Holleder - Distinguished Service Cross - KIA 17 Oct. Medics Blumenfeld, Hinger & Norgon - Operation Shenandoah II, Oct. Operation Paul Bunyan - Napalm strike in the distance Operation Paul Bunyan, blown track 25 July '67 Grunt - King of the Jungle and Irma, the Jungle TeaseĢ/2nd Infantry (Mech) on the move, mid-'67 Minesweeping with machines (and people) Guys cleaning out a truck at the water pointį-102 Delta Dagger flying close air support for my unitĢ/2nd Infantry (Mechanized) area - Lai Khe basecampĬPT (Ret.) George "Sonny" Gratzer. Simon and Garfunkel said it best in the lyrics to "Old Friends/Bookends":Ģ8th US Infantry Regiment - Black Lions of CantignyĪgent Orange and other defoliant spraying in Vietnam Sometimes that takes days, since I don't check the galleries daily.
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If you are interested in learning more about what those photos mean, then please read the narratives and follow the links.Ĭomments are very much appreciated, but please be patient if your comments do not show immediately. If you are interested in historical photos you will find some of those. I have added details and recollections when relevant (although sometimes irreverently and probably not always accurately) and links to other sources in order to provide more information. It also attempts to honor those who should be more than just names on a wall or award citations. The gallery shares experiences and people who were important in my life and the lives of others. They were brave soldiers and I am blessed to have these good friends whose courage and loyalty I respect and treasure. I have had the privilege of reconnecting with many of the guys I served with in the last several years through the magic of the internet. Some were taken by friends or came from archives or other sources. Although most were, not all of these photos were taken by me personally. '67) and 2/28th Infantry Black Lions (Sept. Photos and memories from a tour in Vietnam as a combat medic with the 2/2nd Infantry (Mechanized) Ramrods (April - Sept.