From Robert Nicholson
| Stringing wire. The Marine on the front right is Jim Reynolds. Jim got into the Reserves/Guard after getting out of the Corps. In April of 2003 his unit got called up and he spent a year in Iraq. At one point he was within hours of getting on the plane home when they extended his unit's tour. He was plenty hot about it, but was basically fucked. At the 2004 reunion he said he was staying in until he had his 30 in. He figured they wouldn't get sent back over until then. |
From Rik Pugh
| Cobb Bridge. The shiny roofs at the top right belong to an engineer unit. We could go up there and eat a hot lunch if we so desired. They gave us forks, spoons, knives, and metal trays - but no cups. We had to supply our own. The road running of the left middle went to 2/7's headquartes at Dai La and to Hotel Battery. |
From Dennis Boettcher
| This photo was lent to me by Dennis Boettcher who was a Corpsman with "M" 3/7 through the spring of 1969. The piture above shows on the left the road running between Cobb Bridge and Dai La/Hotel Battery. Faintly seen in the foreground is the road to Hill 22's road and the Catholic Ville. The little hill just to the right of the white building was the scene of a firefight on August 12, 1969. Just off to the right of the picture the road to Hill 22 turns off. That is were Cecil Lambert was killed. |
From Ray Rankin
| Jake Sphon playing cards. The Marine in silhouette is Gus Mann. |