BRAVO COMPANY 2nd BATTALION 8th REGIMENT
1st CAVALRY DIVISION (AIR MOBILE)
1971 - 1972


Johns picture's



Lt Todd on Patrol
Lt Todd 		Picture of guys taken from helicopter leaving very tight Pickup Zone in jungle
Leaving PZ 		Cleaning up in the jungle with Ronald Evans in the foreground
Jungle Bath 		John Banicki on Patrol
On Patrol 		Jerry Sandy and Doc Elkin's
Sandy and Elkin's
Kit Carson Scout Tu was a good man
Tu 		Sargent Grimble on Patrol
Grimble 		Ansel Voils waiting to be picked up on PZ
Ansel Voils 		Being resupplied by A Co. 229 Black Bandits
A 229 Black Bandit 		Leaving Pickup Zone
Cool Ride
Flying to FSB Tiger after a Patrol
FSB Tiger 		Banicki and Ernie Portillas on FSB Jeffries
Banicki & Portillas 		Henry Quales on FSB Jeffries
Henry Quales 		Hank, Voils and Burleson
Hank Voils Burleson 		Waiting for our mail on Jeffries
Mail Call
Terrance Patrick on Melanie
Terrance Patrick 		Scout Dog ready for next mission
Scout Dog 		Dennis Todd on FSB
Dennis Todd 		Fred Wright on Melanie
Fred Wright 		John Doc Elkins
John Doc Elkins
Daniel Beese of Delta Co. on FSB Melanie
Daniel Beese 		Lucy and Aztec Plt. boarding a Caribeau on way to Vung Tau
Lucy 		Ernie Portillas, Lucy, Thomas and Romaro in Vung Tau 1971
Card Game 		R & R in Vung Tau
R & R in Vung Tau 		Pedro Bernardo in Vung Tau 1971
Pedro Bernardo
Captured AK 47 on FSB Melanie
AK47 		Most of the guys in 1st Platoon Aztec before our numbers were increased from the 101st
Aztec Platoon 		Ronny Burleson in bunker on Melanie
Burleson 		Getting clean clothes and other supplies while standing on top of bunker on FSB Melanie
Getting clean clothes 		1st Lt John Andrew Todd
Lt Todd
Patrolling in the thick cover was never fun
Patrolling 		A Co. 229th pilot bringing supplies into a really tight spot in the jungle
Resupplied by 229th 		Chinook landing outside FSB Jeffries
Chinook Helicopter		 Sgt John McCaslan, Henry Quales, Terrance Patrick, John Banicki, ?
Mini Fire Base 		Sammy Davis Jr on FSB Melanie
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sgt on new Mini Base
 Fire Support Base Melanie
FSB Melanie 		A Co 229th will be here shortly to transport us to our next Landing Zone
Another patrol		 Did'nt your mother tell you not to play with snakes?
Python 		Had lunch in this market. Soup was good and I did not get sick
Market in Vung Tau
David Brockman and Daniel Brubaker shortly before coming home in April of 1972
Dave and Dan 		Cayia back at Bien Hoa Army Base
Cayia 		Harrow and Lt. Hardy back at Bien Hoa Army Base
Harrow & Lt. Hardy 		Wagers at B Co. rear area in Bien Hoa
Ray Wagers 		Cayia And Brockman getting searched at M.P. Gate
Cayia & Brockman

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