[01] L-R: Bob Burns, Unknown, Unknown, Dennis Evans, Dan Koser(?), others unknown
[02] 2nd platoon - Front Row: Unknown, unknown (slightly behind front row), Joseph Dastoli, Roy Greene Jr., unknown
Second Row: All unknown
Back Row: All unknown
[03] On patrol west of Tay Ninh
[04] Eagerly awaiting extraction after week long ambush patrol
[05] Bravo at Dau Tieng
[06] Dawn on ambush patrol
[07] Air assault near Tay Ninh
[08] 2nd platoon and tracks,
[09] Dawn breaks on night ambush patrol
[10] Taking a relaxing swim in bomb crater. Lower right, Capt. Paul Merryman
[11] In-country R&R, Vung Tau on the South China Sea
[12] 2nd platoon at Dau Tieng
[13] Vietnamese child gathering food in the mud
[14] Bravo Co troops board C-130 to redeploy
[15] Riding on top of armored personnel carrier (APC) to avoid mine blasts
[16] Rich Erickson near the Cambodian border
[17] Relaxing in front of B-52 bomb crater "swimming hole"; Rich Erickson in center
[18] Rich Erickson and Vietnamese youngsters in camp
[19] Near Cambodian border
[20] Bravo Co troops loaded aboard C-130
[21] Typical hooch at Cu Chi, surrounded by sandbags
[22] "At ease" during patrol atop armored personnel carriers
[23] SSG Carlos Alvarez
A tribute: "SSgt Carlos Alvarez, Bravo Co. 2/14th, the finest platoon sergeant there ever was. He seemed so gung-ho and so keen on keeping his distance from us grunts, but all the while he was devoted to saving our lives and seeing that we got back on that Freedom Bird. I didn't realize it til long afterward and I can't thank him enough, wherever he is. My eyes are welling up with tears as I write this."
Richard Erickson, Bravo Company, and Tropic Lightning News correspondent.
Acknowledgements:
2/14th Infantry Vietnam Scrapbook: Bravo Company - May 1970 - Dau Tieng / Cambodia
Copyright © 2008 Kirk S. Ramsey
Pictures Copyright © 2008 Richard Erickson
Last modified: April 02, 2020
