Monday, 19 October 2009

Photo Collection of LT Gary Taylor, B Troop, 68-69.


TROOPER PHOTOS (VIETNAM)


This week we continue with the Photo Collection of LT Gary Taylor, B Troop, 68-69.BB

B Troop Firefight

Tracer at Night. One of ours.

B Troop Awards Ceremony-some with scarfs, some without

B Troop set up in Boonies

B Troop Tanks in Position

Not very Pleasant Terrain

Saigon River in the distance

B Troop Lougared

Curious War remenants

Along and near the Saigon River

B Troop Checking ID's

Setup near Highway 13

Hiding from the enemy

Unfriendly area

We're not in Kansas anymore!!

Uncle Charlies place

B Trooper holding 50 Cal Barrel

Good Ole Maintenance Stand Down

I told you that engine was missing!!

LT Gary Taylor, B Trp, 68-69
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Monday, 12 October 2009

Old tanks never die,,, even if they are buried !


TROOPERS CORNER - SOUND OFF!!

Heres an article sent in by Steve Lindsey I'm sure you tankers will appreciate. BB

Old tanks never die,,, even if they are buried !

World War II US D-Day invasion tank unearthed in France
An American tank that formed part of the 1944 D-Day invasion force was discovered buried under a street in northern France.

Bomb disposal experts examined the WWII US tank before it was exhumed in northern France Photo: AFP French bomb disposal experts were brought in to ensure the military vehicle posed no danger before it was dug out from its muddy grave in near perfect condition.

Council workers came across the M5 tank as they carried out routine repairs to the road in Chartres, 55 miles south-west of Paris.

Colonel 'Charlie? McHardyIt thought the tank from the 31st Tank Battalion formed part of the invasion force that liberated France from the Nazis more than six decades ago.

Residents recalled the tank entering the cathedral city where it had been carrying out reconnaissance when it either ran out of fuel or broke down.

When France was liberated it was pushed down a hole and buried, one resident said.

Several battle tanks from the world wars have been unearthed in France. Ten years ago a British tank used in the First World War was found by archaeologists in a vegetable patch in Flesquieres, a French town near the Belgian border.

The 27-ton machine, British Mark 4, had been abandoned during the November 1917 Battle of Cambrai.

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October 2009 - Week 2

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

QUARTERHORSE TROOPER PHOTOS (RVN)


QUARTERHORSE TROOPER PHOTOS (RVN)

We continue this week with photos during Vietnam from the collection of Ed Selucky, A Trp,65-66

Ah yes!! Here we are again at lovely Ft. Irwin, CA-1965

Manuvers in Calif during Mar 65-A Troop

PSG Lanaham-3rd Plt, A Trp: Also served as First Sergeant

Starched Fatigues - (Need some help IDing these Troopers)

Still on Manuvers in CA - Apr 65

I'm just waiting for my pass! Say, where do you go on pass here at Ft. Irwin?

Ironing my Starchy Fatigues for Manuvers at Ft. Irwin, Cav-May 65

Ed Selucky - Hell, I'm ready for inspection!

This is my gun - I don't go no where without it! PFC Congers

3rd Plt Barracks at Funston, Ft. Riley, KA - Ed Selucky and ?

A Troops Generator Man, 65-66 at Lai Khe

We're gonna have our own club even if we have to build it ourselves
and we did! A Troop, Lai Khe, 65-66

All we had to do when we weren't busy fighting, was sit around
and feed the mesquitoes - Lai Khe - 65-66, Danny Slaughter and ?

This is either operation Crimp or Quan Loin, A Trp, early 66

A Trooper, Anyone Recognize him?

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