Photos from Ray Mendez, 3rd Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion 6th Infantry,
198th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (AMERICAL), US Army, Vietnam 1970-71
 
 
Ray Mendez, pictured at left, made a special effort to photograph his year in Vietnam as a combat infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry.  The result is a collection of photos of his fellow soldiers and some of the scenes and places that he encountered in the field. 

Ray served with distinction as a rifleman, an assistant M60 machine gunner, and a squad leader.  The last few weeks of his tour was as the NCOIC of the Water Purification Point several thousand meters from LZ Dottie. 
 

Approximately 275 full size photos with captions are available at these links:
 
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