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Operation Golf Course, An Khe659 viewsPhoto by Marvin Wolf, PIO photographer, 1CAV
Operation Golf Course was the mission of the advance party, to clear the triple canopy jungle while minimizing damage to the grass below it. This involved backbreaking labor by the senior noncoms and field grades that made up most of the advance party (the rifle company that came along was not involved in clearing jungle because they were screening our expanding perimeter). We did not have a bulldozer or other earth moving equipment, so we used axes, a few small chainsaws (they were all o/a by the end of one week, machetes, Bowie knives, shovels, and two jeep winches. Once we were attacked in force and our position and mission no longer secret, we recruited thousands of local laborers (the mothers, children and grandparents of the local VC) to clear the area. That's what the shot shows. So it's not an operation at the Golf Course, it's Operation Golf Course, the mission of creating space for hundreds of helicopters that were then at sea. This photo was taken the first week of September 1965.
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PFC Robert L. Dial572 viewsPhoto from his sister Gwen Dial
Robert was a doorgunner seriously injured during an incident on 13 March 1966 involving an A/227 aircraft (identified as # 0E080ACD) who was then listed as KIA on 15 March 1966
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At LZ Betty, Phan Thiet in late 1967703 viewsGordon Lewis Photo
On the left is Neal Heape, The pilot behind the machine gun has been identified as 1LT David Dewey by Steve Davidson.
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Company A, 227th AHB Doing it's Job - 1965-1966360 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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30 August 1965 An Khe, the new home of the 1st Cavalry Division223 viewsPhoto by SSG Lyle V. Boggess DASPO via NARA
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Chopper Bone Yard - An Khe140 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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Checking on Pilot140 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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Digging In154 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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Don't believe this was fired during my time with A/227184 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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Some Hurt Parked in Area145 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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Building the EM Quarters142 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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CO Hooch129 viewsRobert Keller Photo
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