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Searching for Crickets324 viewsJim Puhala Photo

The kids would stage cricket fights. They’d get a couple of crickets, rile them up by jabbing them with twigs and let them go after each other. The photo has the kids, with some help from SP4 Guinn, WO Hosmun and others searching for some new combatants.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find s
Feb 04, 2010
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Kids with bikes330 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
Feb 04, 2010
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Three local kids316 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
Feb 04, 2010
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Another group of kids311 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.

Feb 04, 2010
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Local Kids331 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
Feb 04, 2010
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Montagnard Kid336 viewsJim Puhala Photo

LZ Buffalo
The only things the kid had on were the shirts.
Feb 04, 2010
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Mixed Race Vietnamese Teen346 viewsJim Puhala Photo


A 16 year old Vietnamese/Black teen (means he would have been born in 1951.)
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
Feb 04, 2010
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Twin Lakes Region339 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Phan Thiet
Local Landmark
Feb 04, 2010
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Short Final RW 25331 viewsJim Puhala Photo

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During monsoon season.
Feb 04, 2010
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Completed New Shower with Jack Bond357 viewsJim Puhala Photo

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Completed shower. Note two 55 gallon drums for hot & cold water.
Feb 04, 2010
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Almost completed Shower 365 viewsJim Puhala Photo

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Feb 04, 2010
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Shower Construction310 viewsJim Puhala Photo

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Step 2 is building the drainage system.
Left to Right: SFC Best, LT Puhala, SP4 Telford, SP5 Fisk, SP5 Mave, WO Hosmun (kneeling), SP4 Burrows.
Feb 04, 2010
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