TP1 - Company D, 16thArmor173d Airborne Brigade Copy I

Thomas Presley and Tom Bellus Collection 1

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Republic of Vietnam

Josephine after a tough day.

Dinner time water buffalo steak

You should see me at night when the cal.50 lights up

Another destroyed APC

SSG Hicks and SSG Presley

Again Presley, set up in French rubber plantation.

Some type of Vietnames memorial,

VC prison camp near Bien Hoa

South Vietnames war monument

Base Camp, Bien Hoa

SSG Presley after long road march to Dak To

VC prison camp near Bien Hoa

They say "smoking is hazardzous to your health

Hahn's first time driving

SGT Fuller left foreground, KIA

Junction City heavy drop

Junction City heavy drop

Thomas Bellus taking a break

Tom Bellus heading home or R&R

CPT John K. Waters, Jr, damn fine officer

173 Doughnut Dollie

Hanh andWooford. Hahn always had a smile on his face even after the SHTF.

Takingbath in Song Dong Ni

Presley doing laundry on Song Dong Ni

Presley, Josephine and Charlie, base camp Bien Hoa

Presley, Josephine, Charlie, base camp Bien Hoa

True love, Josephine and Charlie

Heavy drop, junction City

Junction City drop

Don't you just miss these day, hot, sweaty, wanting a cold beer, etc.

Hahn and large rice cache

Republic of Vietnam

SP5 Tom Bellus. This guy could maneuver an APC into a matchbox.

Bellus, Jerry West and Lawrence McCaphee

SGT Reeves on SPAT

SPAT, SGT Dietrick and SGT Reese

PSG Opendecker, McPhee, Larkin, Wilson Gerald (KIA) Milan

Awaiting orders, SSG Fuller KIA, and crew

Another day with the ants, spiders and who knows what

A beautiful sight, flown by heroes.

Hahn on his first drive

Artillery on the move and in the attack

M88, VTR as I recall, going for downed APC

D/16 with armor support

Fuller and crew, Fuller KIA

Hahn doing his favorite thing, opening a box of C-rations.

Awaiting orders

Heavy drop, Junction City

Bath time Song Dong Ni

Artillery, on the way, wait

In Europe they put us in the trees, here, they put us in the wide open.

Unk, but looks tired with M60

Can you hear, listen, whop, whop, whop. No matter how long you live, you will never forget that sound.

D14, my track, blown up 17 May 1967, KIA, several infantry, Gerald, Fuller, Edwards, Lewis.

I identify blue smoke

All alone, but ready to fight

Junction city drop, chute visible at base of tree

Long Bien ammo dump hit by sappers

Chinook re location of 105mm

Warren, Warren, when you coming back in

The guys are out there kicking ass and I'm stuck here in base camp with Warren's monkey

Charlie in base camp

Woodard and Wofford working on track. I can still here SSG Hicks hollering for "Wollard, Wofford"

SSG Hicks and Woodard

Woodard, deceased

PSG Opendecker, deceased

Bellus making sure he was ready to roll

SP5 Tom Bellus at the wheel

Bellus and SPAT crew

Gunner on SPAT, SGT Reeves

Ma, would you look at me now