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Rich Erickson served six months in the field with Bravo Company, and then received a reassignment to Cu Chi where he became the 2/14th battalion photographer for the Tropic Lightning News. His outstanding photographs, published in the Division's weekly newspaper, have left a graphic record of the mundane and the dramatic of our daily existence in Vietnam. |
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[01] Bravo Company in Cambodia. On phone, Capt. Paul Merryman, to his left
SSG Carlos Alvarez
[02] Alpha Company on patrol,
[03] Delta Company in Cambodia
[04] Bravo near Cambodia
[05] Bravo air assault
[06] Delta Co, 3rd Platoon, Platoon Sergeant Toby Novelli at left, at Dau Tieng
[07] Bravo 2nd platoon with tracks
[08] Rescuing crew of downed chopper in Cambodia
[09] On patrol in Cambodia
[10] Infantryman under fire from VC
[11] Typical monsoon rain, leaving you soaked within 15 seconds
[12] Charlie Co on patrol in the rain near Cambodia
[13] Building bunkers on hilltop base, previously overrun twice
[14] Helicopter assault into an unsecured Landing Zone
[15] "Tunnel rat" about to go "where no man dares go before"
To see more Rich Erickson photos . . . Bravo, May 1970 Delta, May 1970
Acknowledgements:
2/14th Infantry Vietnam Scrapbook: The Combat Photography of Richard Erickson
Copyright © 2008 Kirk S. Ramsey
Pictures Copyright © 2008 Richard Erickson
Last modified: April 02, 2020
