Boot Camp, Camp Pendleton, Okinawa, & Phillipines
Family Day 
I’m a MARINE now! 
Richard Ross joined with me 
Lina Co ITR 
ITR Camp Pendelton 
WOW! I found the Cover 
Machine Gun School 
Jim Cooper, Me, & Ken Burkitt 
My mom’s 3 Marines 
Ken and I going to Church 
Green Skivies 
Junck on Bumk 
1st Airplane Ride 
Headed. to NAM 
Okinawa 
Clouds 
Camp Schwab 
View at the Club 
1 arm Bandit 
the GANG Jim Bradford, me, Ken, & Frank Bilbao 
Our FLAG Realized I could die for IT! WOW! 
Ken, my cousin Mike Triplett, & me at Camp Hansen 
Snake Lady 
Where’s the Snake? 
Surfside Club Camp Schwab 
Theater 
Church 
PX 
Playing Hearts 
The Gang 
Ken 
Ken 
Formation bt Billet area 
Frank Bilbao 
Jim Cooper 
Ken, Jim and Me 
Fall Out! 
Break Time! 
Falling In 
Break Time 
Me in MY Green Skivies 
Bradford 
Writing a letter home! 
Jim and Frank 
Me with Singapore Sling 
In a Six-Bye 
Cpl Sanders KIA May 10, 1967 Postumously Awarded Navy Cross 
Jack Milligan w/M-14 
Going to NTA Nature Call 
Going to NTA 
Piss Call 
To NTA 
NTA Area 
NTA 
Jack Milligan 
NTA Training 
Bradford and Baden 
Ken, Frank, and Bradford 
Gerald Kelly 
NTA 
NTA 
NTA 
SKI 
NTA Range 
NTA Area 
Lean and working on Mean 
NTA Area 
NTA Area 
NTA Area 
Me it Rained 
Mike Triplett 
Camp Hansen 
Snake Lady again 
NTA 
NTA 
2-rope and 3-rope Bridges across ravine NTA 
I’m on the 2-rope Bridge taking picture of 3-rope Bridge 
NTA 
Repelling 
NTA 
Me again 
Repel Rope looking up 
Example of Punji Pit in Nam what NOT TO DO! 
Bar 
Kelly 
Ski 
Rifle Range 
Range 
Range 
Range 
Doc EASTMAN 
Range 
Range 
Me and Thompson 
John Hughes in front 
Helecopter Training 
CH-34 Helecopter 
Flying in Formation 
Rainy Day 
Rain 
M-16 and Gear 
Me with our new M-16’s 
Mike Triplette again 
Church at Camp Schwab 
Gunny Williamson Wpns Plt on right 
Baseball 
Homerun! Could have been! 
Ken and Jim 
Jim Cooper 
Bradford 
Ken trying to talk to Bradford 
Rifle Range 
M-16 Training 
Range 
Range 
B-52 I Think 
Back side of Range area 
NTA Again 
Me in Old Utes 
Tug of War I think at Beach 
Jungle Boot 
Jungle Utes 
CH-34 Helicopter 
Helicopter Training 
Training 
Amtrak Training 
Training 
Training 
Training for SLF-A 
Loading the CH-34 
Training 
Training 
Camp Schwab from Helicopter 
Okinawa 
Okinawa 
Training 
Net Training 
Jim 
Me and Mike like my Civie’s 
me 29 x34 slim fits! All of 165 lbs! 
Mike Triplett 
Mike had Guard Duty 
NO! Don’t hit ME! 
Mike at work Camp Hansen 
Mike again 
Ken 
Weapons Platoon Weapons 
60MM Mortar 
Cpl Hatcher 
Hatcher w/ Doc Eastman 
Doc Eastman w/Cpl Durazo 
NTA 
NTA 
Packing Gear 
Ready! 
Smile! 
Loading USS Okinawa 
Harbor at Okinawa 
USS Okinawa w/Helicopters on deck 
Burthing area USS Okinawa 
USS Okinawa from Helicopter 
In Flight! 
Sunset at Okinawa 
Bringing Arty in training exercise at Okinawa 
Training 
Helicopter w/a Mule 
Thaining 
Okinawa from the air 
Okinawa again 
Okinawa 
Harbor area 
Looking off USS Okinawa 
USS Okinawa 
Deck on the USS Okinawa 
In Jungle Utes on Deck 
USS Okinawa Flight Deck 
Helicopters for secured for travel 
Flight Deck USS Okinawa 
Flight Deck 
Looking out to Sea 
Kelly 
Roger Bacon 
Westfall in middle 
Sobie 
Sobranski or Sobie 
Ken and Jim 
Berthing area 4 -Bunks high 
Doc Eastman 
Mail from Home 
Subic Bay 
Hurry Up and WAIT! 
Ready for NAM 
Martinez 
Training Subic Bay 
Cooling off 
Subic Bay 
Waiting for Trucks 
USS Enterprise 
USS Enterprise 
USS SANTUARY 
Subic Bay
Vietnam Operation Beaver Cage April 28th till May 12th, 1967
Going ashore Operation Beaver Cage 
Out Helicopter window 
Viethan 
On the move 
Moving 
Dusk Kodak Instamatic 104 camera 
Water Buffalo 
Water Buffalo 
Closer 
Farmers working in Rice Paddies 
Working in the Rice Paddies 
Bombed out Church 
Kids by a Ville 
Vietnamese Kids 
Me and Ken 
Me and Ken 
Night Accommodations 
Next day Sun Up. 
Resting out of Sun 
Landing at LZ 
Setting Perimeter for LZ 
Dusk 
Hootch 
Mortar set up 
Sunset 
Getting water by Hootch 
Air Strike in distance 
Kelly May 2nd, 1967 before being Ambushed 
Sunset again 
On move 
End of Operation Beaver Cage w/ Mortar Tube and Base Plate w/M-16 
Vietnam from Helicopter 
View from Helicopter End of Operation 
Vietnam from the air 
Vietnam 
Headed back to the USS Okinawa 
Vietnam 
Vietnam 
Door Gunners Boot 
Vietnam 
Vietnam 
Vietnam 
Coastline of Vietnam 
Me after 15 day Operation Navy guys said we stunk! 
Frank, Me, and Ken again CLEAN again! 
Ken and Me 
Me and Frank 
John Hughes again
Vietnam May, June, July, August, September, and October 1967
Operation Beau Charger 
In the DMZ 
Moving Out 
Hooych w/ Kids under table 
Getting water from Mama son 
On the Move 
End of Operation 
Camp Evans 
Camp Evans 
Camp Evans 
Camp Evans 
Weapons Guys drinking Beer 
Weapons again 
Guns and Mortars 
Camp Evans 
Operation on the Move 
Going towards Phu Bia 
Helicopter spoted VC in a hole, S/Sgt Malloy took a Fire Team and got HIM. 
On the Move again 
By river w/ Hootches on other side of river 
Vietnamese in Boats! 
Walking through a Ville possibly Phu Bia 
Even Trucks on the road. 
Me Resting 
I thought I was losing weight like everyone else. 
Prisoner 
Bosley and Blessinger 
Onos ob rege highway 
At Phu Bia G/2/26 area. Moore, Richard Ross me and Ken. 
Ken and I from the Field Dirty, Others Clean! 
At Dong Ha Harbor for the night. 
Small Boy Saluting Me! 
Dong Ha Harbor the next morning 
Dong Ha Harbor 
Dong Ha Harbor 
me, Ken, Frank, and Bill Caughey D/1/3 on Deck 
Frank taking my picture 
Frank, Ken, and Bill 
Flight Deck by tower Bridge 
Ken 
Frank and Me 
Operation Dusk 
Storm Clouds 
Tank at Camp Evans 
Camp Evans again 
Camp Evans 
Camp Evans 
Looking towards mountains 
Camp Evans 
Mountains again 
Church in distance 
Lots of WAR damage to the Church 
Helicopter in LZ New Operation 
On the Move River Crossing 
River Crossing 
River Crossing 
Camp Evans Blessinger w/boot sole coming off 
Ken and Me again 
Operation Buffalo LZ Landing Charlie Co 1st in 
Bosley and Me on Buffalo 
Dusk again 
Leaving Buffalo area 
On the Move 
Storm Clouds 
Rain is on the way 
Dusk again 
Think at Dong Ha got Beer again my first. 
Vietnamese in boat 
Harbor area 
Vietnam from the air 
Vietnam 
Beach Party Ken w/Beer 
Ken with USO Gal 
Da Nang Harbor- China Beach 
Beach Party 
Superman and Me 
Beach Party 
New Op Amphibious Landing, Kalwara in picture 
Landing Craft 
“Duck” 
On the Move 
Sunset 
Sunset 
Water Buffalo 
Water Buffalo 
On the move 
WP Strike 
Mortar set up to fire a mission 
Napalm Strike 
Napalm Strike 
writing Home! 
two Prisoners 
Kid sold me a frozen ice deal 
River 
On the Move 
Out of Mountains 
Out of mountains 
Down the mountain 
Moving out of mountains 
On the Move 
Me on the Move 
In the mountains 
Mountain stream 
Over looking LZ area 
LZ CH-46’s Inland Op Cochise 
60 MM Mortar Crew Johnson, Westfall, Sobie, Hatcher, Bosley, Bless, and me 
Prisoner being taken to Helicopter 
Vietnam from Helicopter 
Napalm Air Strike 
Napalm Air Strike 
On the Move 
On the Move 
Bath Time! 
River Bathing 
Air Strike in Distance 
On the Move 
On the Move 
On move out of mountains 
On the Move 
Me at Chu Lia end of Op Cochise 
me Ken and Frank 
Chu Lia 
Chu Lia area 
Chu Lia area 
Chu Lia end Op Cochise 
Chu Kia Troopers Tavern 
CH-34 Helicopter 
Deck of USS OkinawaOn the Move! 
On the Move 
Hootch on Fire 
Burning Hootch 
Hootch again 
On the Move! 
Couple Hootches on Fire! 
Hootches ablaze 
Hootches in the distance 
M-60 aiming at sniper Hawkins said it was him. 
Down for sniper fire 
Possibly Camp Evans 
Camp Evans again 
Storm is coming 
Clouds in distance 
Ken “We had Beer Call” 
Dong Ha Harbor 
Dong Ha Harbor Patrol Boat 
Me on a Landing Craft 
USS Okinawa 
USS Okinawa 
Bosley and Sgt Avalos 
Cpl Bosley and Sgt Avalos again 
Pot Belly Pig 
Pot Belly Pig 
Pig again! 
On Move! 
On Move! 
On Move! 
Tank with us! 
Tomb Stone 
Tank 
My 20th Birthday 
Eating my Cake 
Good stuff too! 
Prisoner 
Vietnamese people 
On the move! 
On the move! 
Me following someone 
Good Looking Marine! 
Storm a brewing! 
River Crossing 
Village Family 
On the Move! 
Truck Convoy through Da Nang 
Da Nang area 
Da Nang area 
Da Nang area 
Da Nang area 
Da Nang area 
Convoy ahead of us 
Da Nang Air Port 
Cementary Da Nang area 
NVA Prisoners Op Medina 
NVA Weapons Op Medina 
George Angilan “Bird” 
Modified “one holer” 
Sunset 
Me, Ken and Frank 
River 
Bomb Crater 
Mountain area 
Mountains Op Granite 
On the Move! 
Mountains Op Granite 
On move out of mountains 
Phu Bia me, Frank, Mike Touche, and Ken 
Frank and Mike joined together from Idaho 
Richard Ross Joined with me at Phi Bia 
Richard G/2/26 
Richard and me, second time we had met in Nam
R&R Penang, Malaysia Nov 1967 (Ken and I went there together)
Going on R&R Penang,Malaysia 
Ken and me at the Golden Pagota 
Being Blessed 
Me and Ken 
Our “TOUR GUIDES” 
Our Hotel 
Back to Vietnam well rested!
November, going to A-3 till mid December 19675
On the Move 
On the Move 
Moving along Beach 
On Move again 
Moving up the Beach 
On Landing Craft Dong Ha area 
Landing Craft again 
1st day at A-3 
A-3 
My Mortar Pit at A-3 
Me at A-3 
Truck in the MUD at A-3 
Cold and Rainy 
Mortars Bunker-Hole in ground 
Command Bunker at A-3 
Rains a Lot! 
Dusk 
Angilan and Cpl Ewings 
Our Mortar Bunker 
Me on the 60MM Mortar 
Me again 
Truck in Mud 
Looking North 
Blessinger 
Sobranski-“Sobie” 
Kaufman and Irgens 
Unknown 
unk, Hosey, and Hank 
Our Bunker again 
Me in Our Bunker 
Our Bunker again
Charlie-4 Area Dec 17th, 1967 till After TET end February 1968
NVA Prisoner at C-4 
NVA Prisoner again 
NVA Prisoner again 
Prisoner 3 sets of clothes 
Capt Osgood(passed 2011-RIP SIR) interviewing Prisoner 
Burkitt with Monkey 
Me with Monkey 
Monkey and me again 
Monkey on Burkitt (True Love) 
Crane Helicopter with Watch Tower 
USMC Huey Gunship 
Tower again 
Setting the Tower at C-4 
Tower 
Tower 
Done, and away 
Me at C-4 
Roger Henry (CIA) 
Hayes and Cpl Daughtery 
Ken and I Christmas Day 1967 
NVA Head Patrol north Christmas Day 1967 
Luke smiling again 
Me Christmas Day Patrol north 
K=9 Handler and his Dog 
Sot Bacon 
Me with Mortar guys 
John Kaufman 
Unknot 
Sand Bag Detail 
Finished Bunker Entrance 
Bunker 
Me where are my Jungle Boots 
Mortar Pit and Ammo Tent 
60 MM Mortar in Gun Pit 
Mortar s again 
Amtrak at C–4 
C-4 area 
Bosley and Sgt Art 
Sgt Adams w/ 81MM Mortar WP 
Memorial Service after Jan 19th 
Memorial Service again 
Bless shaving 
Me 
Ron Lawrence 
Unknown 
Sand Bag filling detail Day Job 
Sgt Bacon in middle! 
Mail Call Sgt Bacon passing out! 
C-4 
Sobie 
Sgt Adams and Sgt Avalos 
Mess Hall at C-4 for those that knew about it! 
Messhall dedicated to Cpl Marvin Smith KIA C-4 
Sobie 
Bird! 
with Illumination rounds 
Cpl Ewing 
Chaplain at C-4 Memorial 
Bill Taylor 3rd Purple Heart at C-4 Home now 
Gunny Boskovich 
Watch tower at C-4 
Irgens 
One BAD Marine! Armed and Dangerous! 
Mortars crew 
4.2 MM Mortar 
4. Duce again 
Me with 4.2 Round ready to Fire! 
Dale Northcutt Radioman AKA LURCH Bozo Haircut 
81 MM Mortar 
81MM again 
Me w/ 81MM Round and Bless Gunner 
Doc SKI 
Airplane above C=4 
Taylor again 3rd Purple Heart 
Mortars making a “Rocket” 
Bath Time! Who I don’t remember. 
Mortars “Boat” Sgt Bacon 
Rambo! Buzz (Hosey) 
Unknown 
Prisoners at C-4 
Monkey Bites Marine- Lock Down 
Ron Asher (RIP Ron) 
Sports! Anyone! 
Amtrak 
Bless’s 21st birthday cake from Home! 
Eating and sharing his Cake! Thanks Bless! 
C-4 Cooks 
Cooks again 
Roger Henry AKA “CIA” 
From Tower C-4 area 
From Tower C-4 
C-4 from Tower 
Looking North! 
Looking up at Tower 
C-4 area 
C-4 again 
Tank at C-4 
MY Short Round! WOW! Scary! Yes me and Bless jumped out of pit! Fast! 
Dusk by Bunker 
Sgt Bonnie w/ Swedish MG
Cua Viet, Quang Tri, Da Nang, Okinawa, and Home!
Amtrak sign at Cua Viet 
At Quang Tri 
Operation Jeb Stuart w/ 1st Air Can US Army 
View from the air 
View from the air 
Quang Tri 
Quang Tri 
Quang Tri area 
Observation Helicopter 
Pagota at Quang Tri 
Monk trading candles for C-Rats 
Barbar Shop 
CH-53 carrying CH-34 
Quang Tri area 
Tents 
Airport at Quang Tri 
Army Chinook CH-47 
Chinooks again 
Army Hueys 
Air Strip at Quang Tri 
Air Strip again 
Helicopters 
155 Artillery Battery 
Arty Battery again 
155 MM Gun Battery 
Arty Battery 
Quang Tri area again 
Vehicle of some type! 
C-130 again 
Air Strip again 
1/3 sign at Quang Tri 
H&S 81MM Mortars Sign at Quang Tri 
Me with a Grease Gun 
Army Huey Helicopter 
Unknown 
Unknown, knew him then! 
Sgt Bacon 
Army CH-47 carrying a Observation Helicopter 
Burning the Crappers 
AKA a real Shit Detail.! 
Our Personal “one holer” 
Army COBRA Gunship 
CH-47 carrying a Cobra 
Cobra 
Me again 
Short Timers Tent 
Ray Blessinger “Bless” 
Roger Henry 
Sgt Bacon 
George Angilan “Bird” 
Bruce Irgens 
Me at Quang Tri Ready to go Home 
Danang-Richie Huffman 
Da Nang-Phil Baden 
Me in Da Nang 
Richie Huffman again 
Marines in Da Nang 
Larry Hargrave 
Da Nang Snak area 
Clayborne 
Vietnamese Kids 
Shop at Air port 
Mama son and Baby 
Claiborne and Calhoun 
Da Nang Air Strip 
Jet plane 
Take 0ff 
Landing 
Take offs 
Another jet 
Off he goes! 
C-130 taking off 
C-130 again 
Airplane at Da Nang 
Jet taking off 
C-130 taking off 
Air Liner Landing- My Flight out of Nam 
New Marines-Our replacements 
New Marine from Lakewood, CA 
Da nang lights at night 
Club at Da Nang 
US Army High School buddy going thru Da Nang 
Conteninel Airlines Jet 
Our Flight OUT of Nam 
Unloading New Guys! 
Old Guys waiting to load! 
Waiting still! 
Loading 
Our Jet out of Nam! 
Clouds 
Okinawa below 
Okinawa 
Okinawa 
Okinawa Camp Hansen Mike Touche 
Me 
Me again 
Shining out shoes! 
My Bunk 
Barracks in Okinawa 
Home Bound! 
San Bernardino Mountains 
My Christmas Card 
Another Christmas Card
HOME! Post Vietnam March 1968 the early years Home!
Ron-my Twin, Me, Barney, and Edd my brothers 
Ron, and Air Force Buddy at Travis AFB March 68 
Ken Burkitt in Illinois 
me and Ken going to Church April 68 
Kieth Cooper Jim’s younger brother 
Jim’s tombstone in Lawrence, KS April 68 
James R Cooper KIA May 10,1967 Op Beaver Cage 
Jim, Ken and I were MY Moms “3 Marines” 
Ken and I went to meet Jim’s family in Lawrence 
We left some Flowers. RIP Jim Our Brother 
Me with Pat Cooper jim’s mom 
Me and Pat again 
Ken, Keith, and me 
Jim’s little sister Claudia and Pat his mom 
Ken and Pat Cooper 
John Hughes in 68 GTO 
John C/1/3 66-67 knew Jim in Machine Guns 
Frank Bilbao and brother Barney at Salton Sea 
My 62 Chevy Corvair 
Me with my pistol, ready! 
Barney and Frank at Salton Sea May 68 
Frank again 
Frank 
Frank again 
Ken in Illinois Cpl in Dress Blues! 
Ken again Sept 68 
Me hunting in British Columbia, Canada for Moose Oct 68 
Home Nov 68 My First Gotee! WOW! 
me Staying it with sweater and Gook hat! 
Me (no DI) bought the Campaign Cover 
Good looking Marine 
Me and Ron in Our Uniforms Dec 68 
Me with Kim Our Family poodle! 
My Corvair w/ Cheater Slicks! Bad Boy! 
Ken’s parents and My parents in MO Aug 67 
the Old Gang, Doug-Navy, Mike-AF, Peggy=Mikes wife, and Ron-AF 67 
My Helmet Cover “Crow” one of my nicknames 
Started to make the EYES like Helicopters, turned into Horns 
Helmet w/Dates in Nam 
I was Hard Core USMC! 
Ron Asher and me met again in 2003 
Me with my Helmet 
Helmet again 
Peter Cooper now Joseph Peter Roemer Sept 03 
Get Together at Steve Fanter’s House Sept 03 
Me, Capt Reczek, Steve, and Kevin Brooks 
Tom Sobranski(Sobie) and Me Oct 03 
Sobie and Me 
Sobie in 60MM Mortars with Me Nam 67 
Sobie and me again 
Me and jim Hawkins in Nov 03 
Me and Jim out to dinner. Jim Machine Guns 67 
Moving Wall Oceanside, CA April 04 
Panel 19E Row 079 JR Cooper (RIP Jim) 
James R Cooper KIA May 10, 1967 Op Beaver Cage 
Jim RIP My Brother 
James R Cooper 
Rubbing James R Cooper 
Moving Wall again 
Moving Wall again 
Capt Reczek’s Del Mar Camp Pendleton Gathering April 04 
Percy Avalos, Fantner, Ken Hicks, Ray Kelley, Kevin Brooks 
Ken(Delta 1/3), Me , and Ray(Delta 1/3) 
Me and Percy Avalos (1st Plt Charlie 67-68) 
Charlie Co Percy, me, Capt Reczek,Brooks, Fanter 
Charlie and Delta group Capt Ron Burton D/1/3 
Mini 1/3 Reunion Scotsdale, AZ Sept 04 
Ron Asher, Bill Ervin(D/1/3) and Me 
C/1/3 Ron, Jim Hawkins, and Me 
1/3 Group picture Scotsdale AZ Sept 04
MY Misc. Travel Photos! 2009 to now!
Doc Daryl Henry(Died Aug 2016) and me Oct 2014 
John O’Brien and me Oct 2014 
John and Me again 
At the Willis House with Bambi Oct 2014 
Jerry Willis 
Millie and Jerry 
Jerry and Me 
Sgt Bonny Oct 2014 
Me and Bambi at the Bonnnelyeke’s house 
Betsey and Sgt Bonny 
Sgt Bonny and Me again
1st Battalion / 3rd Marines 