# 30 left Ray Tyndall...note clean T shirt...only worn 40 days straight. Right Ray Mendez, this was when we worked out of hill 43 with the
track & engineer guys.
# 31 On the way back to hill 43
#32 Track dust and clouds around hill 43
#33 Sunrise viewed from hill 43
# 34 Engineering battalion had tents and showerd "lucky guys" note nude engineer in shower.
#35 Left to right Ray Mendez, Ray Tyndall, Dan Holley, "Arnie" Gene Arnspiger. Cleaning weapons under engineer tent for shade..
note resupply of Charlie Rats...C-rations.
#36left to right Ray Mendez, Ray Tyndall..Tyndall shot this jungle deer for dinner off hill
43.....small but still fresh meat...
#37 left to right Dan Holley (chef) Ray Tyndall (apprentice chef) both chop up deer that was cooked in ammo can with plastic
explosive for firewood....m-m-m- the aroma of fresh shot deer......WE ALL GOT SICKER THAN DOGS......BARFed UP FOR HOURS...
# 38 Ray Mendez shaving hill 43 style...
# 39 Ray Mendez and some Arvins
# 40 Ray Mendez snoozing hill 43 style
# 41 Ray Mendez setting up or doing something around the 60.
# 41 1/2 The infamous Dirty Third moving out.
# 41A The Infamous call sign
# 42 Ray Mendez writing home next to APC
# 43 Ray Mendez front, Mike Magillis under canopy, Jackson on barrel wtih steel pot on, Lundgren on barrel breach area,
#44 little llama good luck charm....bad luck for dinks
#45 Ledger facing camera, Arnspiger with legs crossed...enjoying life in a ad hoc hooch.
#46 In Front Doc Stewart with black berret, Ray Mendez center, Arnspiger on back eating
#47 APC stuck Kid Ridgeway's backend facing camera
# 48 Ray Mendez writing home again
#49 Dunn trying to get us dinner ...Hey Dunn we got sick on the last one remember?
#50 Little dog with Tyndalls hat on.
#51 Ray Mendez eating ...pineapple bits with pound cake....remember?
#52 Outside of hill 43 somewhere in A.O. left to right Lucky kit Carson scout, Ray Mendez standing, Arnspiger with Peace sign with a
little ass on the side, Ray Tyndall with peace sign.
#53 In A.O. V.C's spotted APC's on line firing 50 cals.....dont know who is in foreground.
#54 APC guy dont know who he was....gave black berret to Doc Stewart.
#55 Picture of Nui Go Diem the small hill
#56 picture of A.O. after engineers cleared all brush...and burned all shrubs..
#57 Entering small ville in Loc San area..note marines ..Note M-14 with marine..Dan Holley and Bird in back ground talking...Note APC
crashing through brush in background.
#58 Note poor village...area unknown..near Xy Xuan, note Sierra talking to villagers.
#59 Ray Mendez sitting with regulars of viet namese army "Arvins" menu was rice, chili and tuna fish...it was a change of pace....
#60 Ray Mendez washing hair...
#61 Road from some place...dont remember where.
#62 Another shot of the area.
#63 Riding on Sheadan through town...note howitzer pointing at kids. Note street sign.
#64 another set of kids and tank pointing gun at them...
#65 Small ville on hwy 1
#66 Small group of mama sans and kids..nice looking babes.
#67 Ray Tyndall and I left the area of hill 43 and went with track guys to LZ Dottie..on the way the APC threw a track.....note Ray Mendez
in background polluting a stream...
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