| PHOTO ALBUM 14 - Part 1 |
| Photos submitted by Bobby Biggs, who was a 33C. Bobby says, "I was a member of the team from the 8th that convoyed up (was it in '69?) and converted the Con Thien site to a fixed station from the tracks. I stayed after the "Libertines" left and did Sig. Maint. and kept up the generators. I stayed on the "hill" until just before Lam Son." |
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| Group photo taken in April 1970. Left to right: Maury Rheam (holding "Loser") Ron Hewitt (Chef for a day!) Don Ladson (NCOIC) Steve Walker Ronnie Blackmon Fred Siriani John Frazier Bobby Biggs (holding "Soul" pig) Johnnie Ritchie Jim Staley |
| "This is the view north from Con Thien in early '70, during a typical fog bank. I think the French called it 'crachin' (sp?) or 'spittle' in English. It made Con Thien a spooky place most of the winter." |
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| "...taken in 1970 as the engineers were building the tower. The TOC bunker in the middle is painted as "TOC - Con Thien" an obvious aeronautical aide for the many "rubberneckers" who choppered up for the view! Behind the hill would be a straight shot to Carroll and Sarge via Rte. 9. We never went up on this hill, it was property of P Company, 75th Rangers. Those guys walked all over the compound carrying live 60mm motar rounds and pushing on the firing button! Different kind of folks these guys." |
| "Here is a Con Thien Classic! The cover of Life from Oct. 27, 1967, photo by David Douglas Duncan. I hope few of us had seen this before we trekked up to the hill!!!" (Click photo for the story and more pics.) |
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| Click here or on picture of A-4 to view larger version with greater detail. |
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| Entrance to Operations Bunker at Con Thien. |
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| "We traded rations to the locals at Cam Lo for 'meat on the hoof'. Soul did well foraging around until I went on R&R and returned to find he was shot while in the dump by Marines and presumably became a feast!" |
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| Go to more photos from Bobby Biggs in Photo Album 14 - Part 2 |
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