Gary Rabideau - Page 5

Gary Rabideau -- C Company 4th Platoon -- 1970-1971

The guys trying to surf the waves at Tuy Hoa.
Army issue air mattresses and inner tube from a jeep.

Party time on the beach at Tuy Hoa, around March 1971
Left to right: Green, small Mexican guy, Wymore, Gray

(Ed., - you might think that sign says "Off Limit", but to anyone with a CIB
it actually reads "Welcome All Infantrymen"

Lizards at Tuy Hoa
A small Mexican guy attached to mortars taught us how to catch the lizards.

(Ed., these lizards lived in the sandy areas at Tuy Hoa.
On a sunny day they would pop up from their holes and run all over the place.)

Me - looking a little rough after an all-nighter on mortars at LZ Action

My hooch maid Phae - 15 yrs old Tuy Hoa 1971
She kept my clothes looking good.

Firing our mortars at LZ Action

Our mortar rounds exploding during a firepower demonstration
for some Army brass. The Dusters showed off also. LZ Action.
Sign on right below the flag is for A Battery 1/92 Artillery.

Looking down on LZ Action from a hill. Our mortars & men were convoyed
by tracked vehicles to the top of this hill for covering fire in the valleys beyond.
The tanks and artillery couldn't reach the areas beyond this hill.
The tank trajectory was too low. Their rounds just barely cleared when shooting over us.
We had to get below ground in case they hit a tree etc.
I think this was one of the last field missions I was on.

This is one of our reconnaissance patrols from this hill top firing position.

The guys were trying to get out of the sun.
We weren't supposed to make any dug in improvements here.
The mortar position was supposed to be temporary.

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