RED COLLIER (KILO CO./ 1ST PLATOON RIFLEMAN) & DENNIS "SKI" KWIATKOWSKI (1ST PLATOON RADIOMAN) WITH BATTALION LANDING TEAM 3/26 - JANUARY 1969.
JAMES "TEX" EVANS - KILO - 1ST PLATOON SQUAD LEADER - 1969.
DOC BARRY STEIGLEMAN
OVERLOOKING HY VANN PASS
TEX (LOWER LEFT), LUDWIG, SKI, BARTHOL, DOC MILLER AND DUCK. MADE BY MATT COLLINS- 1981-1985 WPNS CO. 2/8 BEIRUT/GRENADA
NICK AND GIBSON - OCTOBER 68 - AT ARMY BASE. PROVIDED SECURITY, STRUNG BARBED WIRE. BASE WAS OVERRUN AFTER NICK AND OTHER MARINES LEFT FOR MEADE RIVER
OPERATION.
NICK AT HY VAN PASS NOV 68. HAD CEMENT FLOOR FROM CONCRETE STOLEN FROM SEABEES. CAME BACK YEAR LATER AND WAS ASSIGNED TO SAME BUNKER.
NICK STANDING IN BOMB CRATER DURING OPERATION TAYLOR COMMON ON ABOUT 3 MARCH 69. DUG IN NEXT TO BUSHES BEHIND HIM. THAT EVENING A MORTAR ROUND HIT DIRECTLY WHERE HE IS STANDING.
BUDDY ALLEN (NICK'S ASSISTANT GUNNER) IN FRONT OF BOMB CRATER - OP. TAYLOR COMMON
(BOTTOM R-L) BUDDY, BILL BOSTWICK,
JOE FRAMBURGER (ON SHOULDERS), "STUBBY" & BROWN IN THE BACK, BARBER IN THE MIDDLE.
BUDDY AT HY VAN PASS - JULY 1969
MEMBERS OF KILO WEAPONS PLATOON: (BOTTOM L-R UP) NICK, BEAMON, DISNEY, BUTCHER, HODDER, BUDDY, BOGLE, TURTLE IN MIDDLE.
TINY WEIMER CUTTING NICK'S HAIR AT "ROCK CRUSHER" OUTSIDE DA NANG NOV. 68. TINY WOULD LATER LOOSE A FOOT TO A MINE.
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NICK KOSTUROS AMD BUDDY ALLEN
GARY NELSON - 1969
BOB CANAPE - Firebase Charlie 4 Nov '68
JESSIE PADGETT & PAT CARR - 1968
JOHN LAW, ROCKY MEADE, BOB CANAPE, PAT CARR AND DOC LECLAIRE - HILL 861 - PICTURE TAKEN ABOUT MARCH 68
NICK KOSTUROS ON OPERATION
TAYLOR COMMON
(STARTING AT BOTTOM LEFT- CLOCKWISE) 1/LT. PETE FOOR, 2/LT. RALPH BERTLESON, SGT. RENSHAW, TOM HICKINBOTHAM, DICK BARBA, SSGT. ROBERT HALL, SSGT. ROBERT MCLEOD, AND SSGT. WARREN MCBEE . CAPTURED RUSSIAN FLAG FOUND AT NVA BASE CAMP ON OPERATION OKLAHOMA HILLS - APRIL 1969.
(L-R BACK ROW) ART VILLEGAS, GIBSON, TONY MORISCO, UNKN, MADDOX, VAN WELD (BENDING OVER)
(L-R MIDDLE ROW ) SCOTT, SLEEPY, BABE WORLD.
(L-R FRONT) J. J. JOHNSON, STANTON OR SAMSON?
(L-R BACK ROW) LUDWIG (DIED AFTER VIETNAM IN AN ACCIDENT), SKI, JEFF BARTHOL (KIA 04 MARCH 1969),
BOTTOM - DOC MILLER AND DUCK.
NICK KOSTUROS AFLOAT - PROBABLY ON USS TRIPOLI
AFTER USO SHOW NEAR HY VAN PASS. CLOCKWISE - CPL. DISNEY ON GROUND, ISAAC HODDER, BEAMON, BUTCHER, "TURTLE" EVANS BEHIND CANS, BOGLE (HEAD TILTED), NEXT TO HIM ?, NICK KOSTUROS SITTING IN FRONT ON BENCH.
TEX''S FIRST MONTH IN COUNTRY
(FRONT ROW L-R) HM3 CHUCK FOWLER, PFC. JAMES "TEX" EVANS, CPL MASON
(MIDDLE ROW L-R) CPL. GERVAIS, PFC. DAVIDSON
(BACK STANDING) CPL. NEELY
ROCKY (the flying squirrel) MEADE, JOHN LAW, JOHN YAKUBOV & PAT CARR - 1968
