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Sometimes we would hire some of the local people to help us
do work on the road. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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A new bridge under construction along Highway QL1 near Duc
Pho. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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We didn't usually build bridges. We usually put in
culverts. There was a bridge at this location but the enemy had
damaged it beyond repair. We removed the bridge and installed a
series of culverts. That's the old bridge in the rice paddy.
This photo shows the temporary bypass we put in while we were installing
the culverts. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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Preparing the cut in the road, Highway QL1, where the new
culverts will go. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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Preparing the cut in the road, Highway QL1, where the new
culverts will go. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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In this photo it looks the culverts are in place and
the dozer is leveling the road. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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A photo of me ... in the shade of course.
(Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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A photo of me out on Highway QL1 swinging the ole pick
preparing to fill a pot hole. (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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The dozer in this photo is scraping some of the dirt off the
side of Duc Pho Hill (Montezuma). A front-end loader would then load the dirt in
one of our dump trucks. This site was inside the compound limits at
Duc Pho (LZ Bronco). (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) The dozer operator is
Vaughn Rowland.
The fellow riding shotgun is
Jose Lopez |
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Loading dirt that was removed from the side of Duc Pho Hill
(Montezuma). (Duc
Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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A rock grinder that we used. It was inside the limits
of the compound at Duc Pho (LZ Bronco). (Duc Pho, Date: November 1967) |
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A different view of the rock grinder. This shows the
chute where the large rock and boulders were dumped into the grinder.
(Duc Pho, Date: November 1967) |
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This is the bridge we built on the road that
ran from the beach to the airfield (LZ Bronco). I don't think the
damage was the result of some enemy activity. What ever caused it,
we had to fix it.
(Duc Pho, Date: October 1967) |
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We found these road obstacles one morning
during our mine sweep of Highway QL1. We had to check the obstacles
for booby traps before moving them. We didn't find any. Also
the locals didn't seem to be worried about any booby traps. They
continued to pass by while we were clearing the road. (Duc Pho,
Date: November 9, 1967) |
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On July 2, 1967 2nd platoon had six
casualties during their sweep. One went to the hospital for
observation and another may lose a leg. The rest were minor injuries.
It also messed up the rear end of their 5-ton truck and totaled the rear-end
of one 3/4-ton truck. (Duc Pho, Date: July 1967. Photo
provided by Jeff May Jr.) |
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On July 2, 1967 2nd platoon had six
casualties during their sweep. One went to the hospital for
observation and another may lose a leg. The rest were minor injuries.
It also messed up the rear end of their 5-ton truck and totaled the rear-end
of one 3/4-ton truck. (Duc Pho, Date: July 1967. Photo
provided by Jeff May Jr.) |
