Dave Prentice - Page 4

Dave Prentice - 3rd Platoon Company B 1/22 Infantry July 18, 1969-June 14, 1970 (KIA)

Raymond Richard writes: "This photo was taken shortly after we got dropped off on Terrace. It looked to me
like it may have been an outpost that was abandoned. Thats me sitting down close to the center of the photo.
(Shirt off and back to the camera.) Looks like I have a smoke in my mouth. That night I laid down not far
from where I was in the photo. After I blew up my rubber lady I took off my boots to let my feet and boots
dry out while I lay there to sleep. I woke up a few hours later and felt something touching my foot.
Opened my eyes and in the moonlight I saw a rat licking my toes. I shook my foot and the rat left
and I went back to sleep. That was the last time for taking off my shoes and socks at night.
My feet did appear to be somewhat cleaner."

Joe Longobordi (center) M-60 machine gun squad LZ Terrace

Dave, standing, center - Joe Longobardi, squatting, center
Far right, standing, "SGT Porky" in charge of Mortar Platoon
Note M-60 machine gun in foreground mounted on tripod,
with c-ration can to serve as ammo loader - LZ Terrace
The hill in the background is where the 81mm mortars of
Mortar Platoon would move to next

LZ Terrace - Raymond Richard writes: "...not sure what the purple smoke is all about but rest of smoke
is from burn piles. I also remember us using a few bamboo charges to blow up a couple very large
brush piles for lanes of fire. "

LZ No Name

LZ No Name - Monkey in center - Raymond Richard writes: "...fellow sitting on the bunker is George Duncan
with 81’s. His nickname was “Truck Driver”. The one thing that stuck out about this LZ was all the perimeter
fortifications we had. Chainlink fence, steel stakes, concertina wire, and barbed wire. Normally it was just sandbags."

LZ No Name - One serious monkey
Raymond Richard writes: "Seemed like somebody in the mortar platoon was always taking care of the monkeys.
Actually there were two monkeys. I can’t remember the name of the female monkey but the males name was Top.
I didn’t care for either one of the monkeys. After one of them crapped on my shoulder it was over."

LZ No Name - Feliciano Negron on left, Raymond Richard on right
Raymond Richard writes: " The monkey is looking for bugs in his hair. Negron really liked both the monkeys.
I remember seeing him with the monkeys for most his tour."

LZ No Name - Raymond Richard, top right without shirt

Monkey see

Monkey do

Cute pup

Dog and monkey playing

Puppy love - Raymond Richard and doggy - LZ No Name
Raymond Richard writes: " Not sure how we acquired the puppy. It and the monkey got along great.
Think it got sick after eating a can of ham and lima beans and died. I can remember another dog that made it
to be full grown. It was all black and was called Raider."