Woodrow " Woody" Trissel Page 1

Woodrow "Woody" Trissel - Company B 1/22 Infantry November 1968-June 1969

Woody's Basic Training Platoon at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
2nd Training Brigade 8th Battalion Company A 4th Platoon
Woody is in the top row, third from the right

Training Platoon of Woody's brother Steve. Steve is in the 2nd row from the top, sixth from the left.
When Woody was killed Steve was able to leave the Army as sole surviving son. He later joined the Reserves,
where he served for 20 years.

The back of the above photo,
showing signatures of many
of the men in the photo.

Woody Trissel in Vietnam

Woody at a firebase with PRT-4 radio transmitter in his right hand
and PRR-9 helmet receiver in his left hand

Area of Operations

Firebase

Firebase
Note rifles and rucksacks leaning against the sandbagged bunker

Woody with his M-79 grenade launcher and D-handle shovel
Note his rucksack, 40mm grenade vest and smoke grenade -
he is obviously preparing to go out on an operation

Battery of 105mm howitzers at a firebase

Firebase - Soldiers sitting in the shade of a bunker
Note 105mm artillery canisters

Firebase

Looking out over the Area of Operations
Note the white mist blanketing the top of the valley-
mornings in the Central Highlands frequently
brought such a mist, permeating down into the jungle itself.

Firebase

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