From David Kass
| David Kass looking at the camera and Ron Taylor behind him. Just one more three day sweep. The only laundry we had a lot of times. We'd jump in and just start washing clothes and ourselves. |
From Travis Skaggs
| Sgt. Tom Ferguson and Travis Skaggs enjoying a nice piss warm beer at Tugboat, summer of '69. Either I'm getting ready to go, or just got back from the hospital. In early July we were on a patrol in the Bo Bans. I couldn't stay awake. Everytime we'd stop I'd fall asleep. Finally, about dark, the Corpsman noticed and took my tempeture. It was a toasty 104. They let me sleep that night with no watches. In the morning when it was no better they called a medivac for me. I spent a week in hospital in Danang. I had contracted leptospiroses, some kind of liver fluke. When I got to the hospital they weighed me and I came in at a less then hefty 122 pounds. |
From Rik Pugh
| Gunny Callahan at Cobb Bridge. |