Company D, 16thArmor173d Airborne Brigade Copy I
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Thomas Presley and Tom Bellus Collection 1

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Republic of Vietnam
Fire fight
Sunset
Josephine after a tough day.
Dinner time water buffalo steak
You should see me at night when the cal.50 lights up
Montagnard
Blown up APC
Another destroyed APC
SSG Hicks and SSG Presley
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
SP4 John Hahn
SSG Presley after long road march to Dak To
VC prison camp near Bien Hoa
They say "smoking is hazardzous to your health
Gun Ship
Hahn's first time driving
SGT Fuller left foreground, KIA
Junction City heavy drop
Junction City heavy drop
John Hahn
Thomas Bellus taking a break
Tom Bellus heading home or R&R
SP5 Tom Bellus
CPT John K. Waters, Jr, damn fine officer
173 Doughnut Dollie
John Hahn
Doc Larkin
Jerry Milam
Hanh andWooford. Hahn always had a smile on his face even after the SHTF.
Cortez
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
Collection 2
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
Fire fight
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
Captured RPG
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.
Chinook
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
SPAT
Warren, Warren, when you coming back in
Oh lonesome me
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"
Jerry West
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
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