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This is a view of Duc Pho Hill (Montezuma)) from Highway QL1
a mile or so north of Duc Pho. Our camp was at the base of this
hill. (Duc Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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This photo is a panoramic view of our
camp. It was made from four separate photos. Our camp was on a
small mound at the southwestern base of Duc Pho Hill (Montezuma). You can see
Duc Pho Hill (Montezuma) in the background. (Duc Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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This picture and the next two were taken after
several days of heavy and continuous rain. (Duc Pho, Date:
October 1967) |
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After all that heavy rain
subsided we had to get this dozer to come in and push some of the dirt back
up the hill and around our hootch. (Duc Pho, Date: October 1967)
I received information from Wade Johnson in July of
2002 that the operator's name on this dozer is Bill Hickock from New
Jersey. |
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This photo and the next shows where supplies
were stored at the Duc Pho compound. Helicopters would pick up
supplies here and fly out to units in the field. (Duc Pho, Date:
October 1967) |
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Another view of the Duc Pho compound supply
area. This shows a helicoper picking up some supplies. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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The structure on the left with
the two Vietnamese girls standing in the doorway is our mess hall.
The structure under construction is our new mess hall. (Duc Pho,
Date: October 1967) |
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This photo shows the area where we put together
our culverts. Our culvert yard was along the Duc Pho compound
perimeter. The thatch roofed structures are outside the perimeter
and are part of the Duc Pho village. The structure in the foreground
was our shower and yes, that is someone in there taking a shower. I apologize
for the invasion of his privacy. Duc Pho hill was behind me when I
took this photo. (Duc Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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Another view of the culvert yard but from a
slightly different angle. (Duc Pho, Date: November 1967) |
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The wooden tower in the distance is along the
compound perimeter. This tower and the bunker next to it
were part of the Duc Pho (LZ Bronco) compound perimeter security system.
(Duc Pho, Date: November 1967) |
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A view from our camp looking southwest toward
Duc Pho. I believe the fire is the burning of our ... you know ...
waste from the latrines. The smoke is blowing right into the village
just outside the perimeter. I can't believe we really did that to
the local villagers. (Duc Pho, Date: November 1967) |
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A view of our motor pool.
Mr. Merlin Hanson placed the
following comments in the my Guest Book. Merlin wrote, “The picture of our
motor pool with the 5ton loaded with a triangular tank in the back was the
truck I drove to the quarry every day. After a day of drilling and blasting
I would stop at a river and fill that tank with water for our showers". Thanks for the information Merlin.
The metal roofed structures in the distance were, I believe, part of a
refugee camp in Duc Pho and outside our camp perimeter. (Duc Pho,
Date: November 1967) |
