HHC  -  4.2 Mortar Platoon  -  June/July, 1967

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Recon Platoon jeep Melton, Valentine Unknown, Melton, Ross Unknown Rewinding Commo Wire

[1]  Recon platoon jeep,  [2]  Cecil Melton, Ivan Valentine,  [3]  Unknown, Cecil Melton, Roger Ross in gun pit,
[4]  Two unknown with dead snake,  [5]  Alma Benson, unknown rewinding commo wire

SSG Billy Sandlin Filling ammo boxes Clinton Pennington Filling boxes Captured RPG

[6]  SSG Billy Sandlin,  [7]  Unknown filling boxes,  [8]  SSG Clinton Pennington, 
[9]  SSG Clinton Pennington shoveling, rest unknown,  [10]  Cpt Joel Brown (S-2)  with RPG

SSG Clinton Pennington Roger Ross Group SSG Billy Sandlin ARVN mortar

[11]  SSG Clinton Pennington,  [12]  SP4 Roger Ross,  [13]  Unknown, Cecil Melton, unknown,  [14]  SSG Billy Sandlin,
[15]  ARVN mortar pit (why are their sandbags so much neater than ours!?) 

C-130 Memorial Service

[16]  C-130 at Cu Chi, with 25th Band (left),  [17]  Memorial service at Cu Chi

Cecil Melton Melvin, Valentine SP4 Roger Ross Unknown Rewinding Commo Wire

[18]  Cecil Melton, alert on radio watch,  [19]  Unknown,  [20]  PSG Heinz Ruby, SSG Billy Sandlin, SSG Clinton Pennington,
[21]  Unknown cleaning weapon,  [22]  Vietnamese village and children

Alma Benson and Unknown Unknown Unknown

[23]  SP4 Alma Benson, Billy Phillips,  [24]  Bobby Rymer,  [25]  Jerry Garrett

  

 

Acknowledgements:
2/14th Infantry Vietnam Scrapbook:  HHC - 4.2 Mortar Platoon - June/July, 1967
Copyright © 2008 Kirk S. Ramsey
Pictures Copyright © 2008 Clinton Pennington
Last modified: April 02, 2020