Woody back from patrol.
Val Wuthrich with pack and M-79. This is picture of me with a heavy pack. In this picture you can see a Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) on the side of my pack. There’s also those critical canteens. I...
View ArticleLetter home 1-10-69, Lt Dugger
This is the letter that I wrote home to my Mom and Dad the first part of January, 1969. It contains what I wrote to them about the day Lieutenant Dugger died. This will be the first letter that I’ve...
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Another air-assault into the jungles of Vietnam. Usually when we were dropped at an LZ the pilots would touch the skids of the helicopters on the ground. Occasionally we would be dropped at an LZ that...
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Huey taking off from fire base with troops, headed to an LZ in the jungle. As my squad readied weapons and gear we were given final instructions by our squad leader, Sgt Dunn. He told us that our...
View ArticleNew guy with bug killer
Toward the last part of my tour, we had a new soldier join our squad while we were out on a mission in the jungle. His last name was Carpenter. Most of the men in our squad had been together for...
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