L/CPL PICKLES ON ONTOS - AUG 69
HIGHWAY 1 GOING NORTH TO 1192. PHU BI ON OTHER SIDE OF HILL. SEPT. - 69
CLEANING BORE SIGHTING. BILL DYESS WALKING, L/CPL RHINES BACK. ON TOP OF HY VAN PASS.
THIS IS THE INFAMOUS DENNIS (SKI) KWIATKOWSKI. BY DAY HE TOOK ON THE CHORES OF LT. HICKINBOTHAM'S RADIOMAN AND ONE HECK OF A MARINE - BY NIGHT HE BECAME A TOP INTELLIGENCE SOURCE. HIS MANY DISGUISES ALLOWED HIM TO INFILTRATE THE VC AND NVA WITHOUT BEING CAUGHT. YOU'LL NOTICE HIS SMALL STATURE AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN FEATURES ! ? THIS ENHANCED HIS ABILITY TO USE HIS SPECIAL SKILLS WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF DETECTION. THANKS TO SKI (MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES) MANY HOSTILE ACTIONS AGAINST US WERE THWARTED { I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL IT?}.
SAM (RABBIT) RILEY. HAI VAN PASS. AUGUST 68.
PHILIP (COOKIE) COOKMAN WITH BACK TO CAMERA. AUG. 68.
NAMO BRIDGE
TED MROZAK AT NAMO BRIDGE - APRIL 1970
CAPTAIN DALTON AND KIT CARSON SCOUT
TED MROZEK ON CHARLIE RIDGE - OCT OR NOV 69
TED MROZEK WITH BAMBOO VIPER
BATTALION REAR AREA OUTSIDE DA NANG - 69-70
(L-R) MICK FRITZ, JAMES ALFORD, AND PFC GRACIA OF 2ND PLATOON KILO DURING OPERATION OKLAHOMA HILLS AT CHARLIE RIDGE (APR 69).
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TOM AND FELLOW OFFICER CHIP IN DA NANG 69
Feb 5 1969 - General awarding Purple Heart to Gregory P Luth on USS Tripoli for wounds he received in the minefield on the Batangan Peninsula.
Feb 5 1969 - Gregory P Luth and his brother Louis H Luth III on the USS Tripoli.
The photos of me on the Tripoli were taken by a Navy photographer. There is a photo of the names of the folks in the picture. The young lieutenant in fatigues is my older brother 1st Lt Louis H. Luth III. Our grandfather Louis Sr was a bird colonel in the army and served in WW1. Louis Jr was in the USMC in WWII. Louis III was served in the Riverine Patrol boats in the Mekong delta, saw a lot of action, and was wounded several times (most serious was a burst of 3 AK rounds that grazed his neck and killed the guy that was helping him into the boat in the middle of an ambush). His tour was up so hopped some transports to get up the Batangan Peninsula to see me before he rotated out. He got there on February 2 – the day after I was wounded.
by: Greg Luth
