This is exactly how I remember Larry - always happy on patrol carrying his fine M-16 and looking for the
sneaky Viet Cong.
Idoluis Casares - another most excellent trooper from the great Lone Star State of Texas!
From left: Jimmie Salazar, Fred Harrell, Earl Eddings, a Viet Cong suspect, and Sergeant George "Smitty"
Smith.
Lt. Jack Benedick observes as Fred Harrell searches belongings of this local villager and Viet Cong suspect.
Typically, these guys were farmers by day and Viet Cong soldiers by night.
Good buddies, Mike Cramer and Larry Hoyle - two fine Southern California lads relaxing at Dong Tam.
Lt. Jack Benedick looks on Sergeant George Smith and Fred Harrell cut down a tree to enable a chopper to
resupply 2nd Platoon troopers.
Larry Hoyle fillin' canteens with that lovely Mekong Delta river water - ughhhh!
Harold Exum (sitting & facing forward) and Sergeant Dan Kerr standing over a couple of Viet Cong suspects.
Lt. Jack Benedick lookin' for a decent place to cross another stinkin' river...
Mike Cramer resting between patrols at Dong Tam. Mike is thinking, where is my girl, Pat and where is my car
....
Steve Moede from Reseda, California and Idoluis Casares from Austin, Texas found a dry place for a smoke
break.
Okay, we're either burnin' out a chopper Landing Zone or alerting the Viet Cong of our location.......maybe both, eh.
Looks like our resupply chopper made it in with more ammo and c-rations.......yummy!
Here's Larry Hoyle lookin' forward to the next patrol and firing his big bad M-16!
