1969-70

C Troop 7th Squadron 17th Air Cavalry

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Wes Pearson standing at a bar he built. (Pearson)		Me. Fernando Valdez if you're out there email me! An Khe 1970 (Joe)
FNG Dick Bradley saluting, Christmas Day 1969. (Pearson)		Mike Sipsey on approach to Qui Nhon, late '69. Helmet says, "War is not healthy for children and other living things."
CPT Bud Pederson showering with runoff from the hooch roof in late 1969. PA&E had stopped delivering water to our hilltop tank.		Officers Club at Lane, late '69.
Jeff Heritage and Wes Pearson, Lane AAF '69. (Pearson)		No info (Joe)
Cpt Bill Wilson, Ops Officer 1970 at the An Khe Ops Shack. (Parsons)		No info (Joe)
Lt Fred Judkins in Ops. (Parsons)		No info (yojoe)
C Troop formation heading home to Lane, late '69 or eary '70. (Pearson)		No info (yojoe)
C Troop working the beach area near Bong Son. (Parsons)		No info (yojoe)
Fernando Valdez, An Khe 1970 (yojoe)		No info (yojoe)
Joseph Concepcion An Khe 1970 (yojoe)		No info (yojoe)
No info (yojoe)		No info (yojoe)
No info (yojoe)		No info (yojoe)
Scout Sgt Ziegelman, on top of the mountain at An Khe in C-25, the RATT jeep. (Parsons)		Mike Fitz & Dave Sitzman An Khe, 1970
Scout Sgt Ziegelman An Khe 1970 (yojoe)		Bunker Bar An Khe, 1970
Munchkin crew chiefs, april 1970. At the completion of a tactical mission, CPT Barry Speare is inundated with Vietnamese war orphans. These homeless children were often adopted unofficially by U.S. personnel who clothed and fed them. The round "ball" on the dog house is the yellow recognition device for C-7/17 Cavalry. B. Speare Photo	Photos at left and next row are from WINGED SABERS: The Air Cavalry in Vietnam by Lawrence H. Johnson III. Copyright 2001, Stackpole Books, www.stackpolebooks.com."
Are you sure this thing will fly? 1969. Maintenance personnel from C-7/17 Cav survey the damage to their AH-1G caused by an enemy 122mm rocket attack. R. Sherman Photo		Monitoring Troop Command Net, 1969 Unsing a "Prick 25" infantry radio, the ARP platoon commander of C-7/17 Cav listens to scouts working the troop tactical area. Sherman Photo

C Troop Scouts 1969		Scout loaches at LZ Two Bits
C Troop Scouts, early 1970 Top row left to right, Terry Curtain, Sgt.Williams, unknown, Al, Hansen behind his left shoulder, unknown,then Jim Yamitz. Bottom row is Garrett (killed in action),next is Bruce Carlson,Rainey (deceased), unknown (may be KIA). Gary Phillips in bottom second from right Al Bowker is standing center with shirt off		Crashed Red Bird at Two Bits
C Troop Scouts 1970 Back row L-R WO Mal Doremus, WO Ray Colles, WO John Grisard (KIA), Lt John Nelson, WO Greg Hengles Front Row L-R Lt Skip Poole, WO Stan Struble (KIA), WO Rich Curtis, (standing) Cpt Pres McGee, Cpt Drumond		WC Fitz and Bill Ramsey, An Khe 1970
Mr Smith and the Monkey		Sui Cau Valley
SP4 Gary Phillips -- "A great crew chief"		Cpt John Sator & Spec 4 Gary Phillips
Maintining the PRC-25's. Commo worked at keeping the Blues talking. (Parsons)		C Troop armorer. Can you provide a name? (Parsons)
Sgt Parsons, Commo Chief, with SP4 Denny(?), An Khe (Parsons)		C Troop Armorer. Can you supply a name? (Parsons)
Can you ID these guys? An Khe, 1970 (Joe)		No info (joe)
		Purcell & 1Lt Dave Flint
C Troop formation headed home to Lane		Dick Carrol, late 1969
Sunset over Lane AAF tower		Wes Pearson, Hooch Maid For A Day.
One of Bruce Carlson's 5 or 6 crashes.		Mike Sipsey, 1969-70
Low-level		Slick revetments
LZ Two Bits		Destroyed tank in Cambodia, 1970 Gary Phillips photo
Looking west towar An Khe		Destroyed truck in Cambodia, 1970 Gary Phillips photo
UH-1H damaged in sapper attack in June '70 Ron Strickland photo		Destroyed Truck, Cambodia 1970 Gary Phillips photo