Milton T. Estrella's Collection

A Company Headquarters, 4th/47th Battalion, 2nd Brigade

Alpha Company

February, 1967 - A tall, lean and mean Milt Estrella at Camp Bearcat.

Here's Milt on the USS Colleton near Vung Tau - photo taken by Lt. Robert C. Aguado, who lost his life during our June 19th battle near Ap Bac Village.

May 30, 1967 - Milt at Dong Tam.

June 18, 1967 Milt dances with Tse Tse (an u-Li Princess).  The people there are much like our Native Americans and have their own customs and culture far removed from the Chinese. Milt performed their dance in front of a live Chinese audience.

Alpha Company's Commo group at Dong Tam. Top left:  Alex Montoya, Pops, Keith Bibee and John Moxness.  Lower left: Richard Lundy (KIA June 19, 1967), Milt and Jose Rivera.

June, 1966 - Basic Training at Fort Riley. Milt has Wayne Linebaugh right where he wants him.

Here's Milt on his last day of R & R at Green Mountain, a big resort in the mountains outside of Taipei - June 18, 1967.

Milt was wounded on July 11, 1967 - here, he is awarded the Purple Heart by the 9th Infantry Division Commander, Major General George G. O'Connor.  93rd Evac Hospital - Long Binh.

It's late 1992 in Las Vegas and several 4th/47th troopers have a mini reunion.

September, 2002 - Composite photo of Milt remembering fellow 4th/47th brothers who fell June 19, 1967 - Diginity Traveling Wall, Houston National Cemetary.

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