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Michael Belis Company C 1/22 Infantry 1970-1971

LZ Action 1971

LZ Action 1971 - smoke billows up from an airstrike. Company C was on a mission in the mountains
around LZ Action and called in an airstrike on a mountain nearby. From LZ Action we could see the bomb hits.

Another bomb strike as seen from LZ Action

M548 supply track of 1/10 Cav being loaded with clean uniforms for Co C 1/22,
which was out in the mountains around Action on a mission.

Members of Company C 2nd Platoon (Roadrunners) handling the laundry,
while Top Grey (right foreground with hands on his hips) supervises.
Inside the M548 cargo vehicle is Sgt Norm Nichols (without shirt)
and Sgt Jerry Welch (with glasses)

M113's of 1/10 Cav moving into mountains around LZ Action. The firebase itself can be seen in the background,
with Highway 19 winding around it. Some of the defoliated vegetation is beginning to come back.

I took this and the following pictures while riding on an M548 track of the 1/10 Cav. We were bringing
a re-supply to C 1/22 who were out in the mountains around LZ Action.

Me riding on the back of an M548 track

The view from Company C's position on the top of the mountain

Bunkers at Company C's position

M113 from 1/10 Cav re-supplies Company C 1/22 Infantry

Company C's perimeter

Tracks from 1/10 Cav bringing supplies to Company C 1/22
Right foreground is Top Grey, 1st SGT for Company C

M113's of 1/10 Cav coming down out of the mountains & heading back to the firebase.

M113's of 1/10 Cav heading back to LZ Action. The firebase can be seen just to the left of the 50 cal machine gun
in the upper right. In the upper left of the picture is the eastern approach to the Mang Yang Pass (Mang Giang Pass).

Almost back to Action. The firebase can be seen in the upper right of the photo.