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C 3 rd /21 st 196 th 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)

C 3 rd /21 st 196 th Light Infantry

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C 3 rd /21 st 196 th 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). C 3 rd /21 st 196 th Light Infantry. Tom Orner (L) Adams Black GI Eugene McDonald - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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