vietnam

wow! I wonder who the photographer was?

yes i worked here in another time but that is all behind me now. It was a place of school of hard knocks.

The Solider front left with both hands on the litter handle made it through the Viet Nam 2 tours is still alive today . Sargent Major John Hakes .
He is a good friend of mine .
THis photo also appears in the Encyclopedia of Viet Nam.
Duncan Adams
9-24-2012

Awesome historical detail, Duncan126...thanks! I don't suppose Mr. Hakes recalls who made this image??

The soldier on the stretcher is my brother Bob Lee, Jr. He was a LT.. Bob lives in Tampa FL with his wife and is retired. and does not talk about this experience. The guy in the front right was LTC Schroder, CO of the 2nd Bn., 39th Inf. LTC Schroder was later KIA. They named a FSB after him in the Plain of Reeds. Special thanx to Cliff Schultz.

Poor Tom :-( RIP

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called TOUR OF DUTY, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

If Intrested further in this Photo sugest you read this Book which I would Highly Recomend to those Intrested in Pets or Animals as much as Millitary History. Trackers - The Untold Story of Australian Dogs of War By Peter Harran Published by New Holland Australia in 2001. In the Apendix on the Dogs These are the Details on the Two in the Photographs - its Also Sad to Add that the Aust Army did Not return the Dogs that Survived back to Australia.... Also the 9 RAAF Chopper that went down were MIA's for quite a while in the case of the 2 Army members on board - he was also only recently returned to Australia after being Located in Vietnam. Justin Arived in Vietnam with 7 RAR. His Handler was Tom Blackhurst who was killed 17 Apr 1971 on his second tour of vietnam with the AATTV. Justin did not return with 7 RAR but was 'rotated' to 1 RAR and during that service time was diagnosed with 'shell shock' (War Neurosis) while under heavy fire at FSPB Coral which was under a major enemy attack in May 1968. He was once more rotated to 5 RAR where he served until Jan 1970 when he 'retired' from the army and was donated to a family in Saigon located at the chartered bank. Originally a stray he was recruited from a local pound inside Sydney NSW. Final fate is Unknown. Cassius Arived in Vietnam 1967 with 7 RAR as a former guide dog for the blind that failed to make the grade. Handler was Norm Cameron. Died due to heat exhaustion in vietnam while at Vung Tau before end of tour. All up 11 Black Labrador's Served in Vietnam as tracker dogs of which - 5 Retired in Vietnam (final fate is also unknown in most cases). 1 KIA 5 MIA or whereabouts unknown after handlers departed for australia. They were named Ceaser, Cassius, Janus, Julian, Juno, Justin, Marcian, Marcus, Milo, Tiber and Trajan. All had their own tags like their owner one example of which would be (War Dog) D6N03 (Ceaser). Stephen. Sydney Aust.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vietnam/Korea - Australia & Allies 1950/1970s, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Happy dogs!

great shot

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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vietnam/Korea - Australia & Allies 1950/1970s, and we'd love to have this added to the group! William (Bill or Gunna) Cunneen took a pic of me and my mate, Warren Alloway, at Fire Support Base Coral in 68. The pic is in this group and also the Official history book on that period.

Great shot, that.📷