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C 3rd/21st 196th Light Infantry
• Jimmy Charles (bl)
• James Goad
• Jimmie l. Coulthard
• Johnny D. Edmondson
• Rock Mosely
• Cris Lehey (helment)
• Wayne Crist (glasses)
• Daryl Odom
• Joel Estey (rear)
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C 3rd/21st 196th Light Infantry
• Tom Orner (L)• Adams• Black GI• Eugene McDonald• Sgt Norcross• Thomas J. Bradford• Max Garcia• Jimmie L. Coulthard
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Off To Australia for R&R
• Coming in out of the field working with the tracks, March of 68
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R&R to Australia
• Where is this? Was it Hawk Hill or LZ Baldy?
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Ray Ellsworth & Jim Coulthard
• LZ West or Firebase Center
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Odom, Coulthard & Crist
• On a bunker at Firebase center
• Note my boot off because of my ingrown toenail
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Battle for Dong Ha
• Quang Tri Hilton• I don’t know where
this picture came from
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Nhi Ha
• Lawn moweres gone wild
• The ground was so bare and blown clean
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Nhi Ha Weapons
• These are some of the weapons we took from them.
• There equipment was new, very good and plenty of it.
• We got 6 Russian Flamethrowers
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Willy Green at Nhi Ha
• A very nice guy and a very good shot
• He was from Alabama
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Roger Starr wounded
• Roger lost his sight in one eye
• He saved the day with Jim Goad on May 2nd 1968 at Nhi Ha. He was engaged in a very long shot out with his m-60 and a Dink machinegun
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Nhi Ha Bathtub
• 2000 lbs bomb crater at close to sea level they filled quickly
• Doc Bean is filling canteens while we bath in the same water
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What is left of Nhi Ha
• Very torn up place