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Comanchero 23 patch |
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Ron Carl / Maintenance Officer, Ron had a tooth missing, and, as you can see here, would make efficient use of that spot to park his cigarette. |
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W-1 Andre` Thomas / Strange Tom, Comanchero 23 9/68:8/69 |
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W-1 Andre` Thomas / Strange Tom, Comanchero 23 9/68:8/69 |
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Comancheros over the Perfume River near city of Hue. Going to raise some hell…. Somewhere. |
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Lt. Mike Nolin / “Nails” |
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W-1 Andre` Thomas / Strange Tom At Da Nang |
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OOPS!!! Also known as “how many Comancheros does it take to change a tire?”
L to R CW-2 James Furman, W-1 Paul Dellazoppa, Lt. Mike Nolin |
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Comanchero 23, The well-known beer symbol was thanks to the efforts of John Bednarz. The “A” stood for A Company, the eagle for the 101st, and the star because we were the best. |
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Helmet of W-1 Andre` Thomas / Strange Tom. |
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Always Ready??? How about an assist on the Ids of these two sleeping beauties. Almost looks like Comanchero 22 on the floor? Sitting is crew chief or gunner? Taken 28 Nov 68 at Alpha pad. |
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Comanchero 23, Once in a while an officer would have to take a patrol outside the wire to check for any suspicious activity in our sector |
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Pre-assault briefing. Capt. Joe Beach / Comanchero 26 |
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W-1 Andre` Thomas / Strange Tom, 24 Mar 69.
Capt. Beach said that in his expert military mind I could never pull off infiltrating the VC. Any 2nd opinions? |
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Comanchero 23, Catching up on the really important stateside news…. Comics. “Augie, how about a refill?” |
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W-1 Andre` Thomas / Strange Tom, 24 Mar 69.
Capt. Beach said that in his expert military mind I could never pull off infiltrating the VC. Any 2nd opinions? |
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Left, Ed Metcalfe / Fast Eddie, Right, Paul Dellazoppa / Smart Zop. These two Comancheros would give you the shirt off their back, if they owned one. |
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“Grunt” (dog) Approx. April 69. Given to a crewmember by a “grunt” during a jungle combat assault. The ground-pounder found him in the jungle. “Grunt” lived very short time; Died of what we believed was distemper. |
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“Grunt” (dog) Approx. April 69. Given to a crewmember by a “grunt” during a jungle combat assault. The ground-pounder found him in the jungle. “Grunt” lived very short time; Died of what we believed was distemper. |
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Life is great! |
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Left, W-1 Andre` Thomas/ Strange Tom, Right, Spec 5 Ron Stucker - 27 Nov 68 |
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Strange Tom, I hate dry weather… no erosion |
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A/101 aircraft, if I remember right, somewhere along the edge of the DMZ. |
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A/101 aircraft, if I remember right, somewhere along the edge of the DMZ. |
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Left to right: Lt. Madden, W-1 Jim Furman, Capt. Spence, W-1 McMorris, SP4 Ellsworth |
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