Gary Rabideau - Page 3

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

Chinook helicopter carrying water (Buffalo) trailer holding 500 gals.

View of country near Firebase niagara

Chow line at FB Niagara - A small bulldozer was helicoptered in
to dig the hill out for the kitchen. We were often near the artillery units.
They had it pretty good - kitchens & hot meals - flown in insulated thermos and mermite cans.

Me gunning the mortar during a fire mission - LZ Terrace
"Weasel" Wilcox from Chicago is my assistant gunner here -
His first name was either Eugene or William, can't remember for sure.

Left to right: Jim DePoint (SGT), Chuck (SSG), Artie Linger
FDC Firebase Niagara. Their feet are resting on mortar ammo boxes.

Arrow in photo points to my protected sleeping position on Firebase Niagara

Rusty Call (back to camera) just dropped a round into mortar.
Guys on right are plotting the rounds for this fire mission.
FDC Fire Direction Center guys.

Picture of "fire in the hole" by engineers trying to make a big hole for our garbage.
I saw one guy get a rock hit on his steel pot.
He was medivacked out that day. LZ Terrace

On patrol in the Central Highlands - getting cleaned up
in a welcome blue line (stream).

On board helicopter over An Khe - Hong Cong mountain inside base in backgound.

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