Bill Reynolds' Collection

2nd Platoon, C Company, 4th/47th Battalion, 2nd Brigade

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Dong Tam - September 1967 - 2nd Platoon Survivors Middle Left & Clockwise: Mike Cramer, Jerry Farber, James Holstine, Sgt. Dan Kerr, Bill Reynolds, Frank Modde, Bob French, Curtis Irvin, and Bill Varsafsky.

Coolin' feet between patrols on the USS Benewah - Terry McBride, Curtis Irvin and Bill Reynolds.

2nd Platoon troopers on a one day R & R in Vung Tau.  After meeting up with several Australian troopers, we inadvertently got totally drunk.

Frank Modde taking a photo of Bob French's surgery scar.  Bob was shot in the back on June 19, 1967.

2nd Platoon's Sgt. James Holstine - always a happy go lucky soldier.  On patrol, he was totally reliable, brave and as serious as a heart attack.

Thanks to Bob Ehlert and Stan Cockrell, Ronnie will make it back to the ship.

Tryin' to make it back to back to our ship.  At left: Stan Cockerell and Bob Ehlert standing over Ronnie Bryan.

We actually made it back to the USS Benewah. Bill Reynolds, Stan Cockerell & Idoluis Caceras.

Bill Varsafsky taking my photo; Bill has a photo of me just like this one...

Bill & Wes Ostrem, both from the state of Washington.  Wes was wounded in the June 19, 1967 battle near Ap Bac Village.

Here I am, performing expert public relation duties with local villagers while on guard duty at Dong Tam's dredge site.

Still fraternizing with the locals; harassing is probably more accurate. Dredge site guard duty sure was our favorite duty in the Mekong Delta, at least during daytime.

Well isn't this nice, so much for public relations!

This ole mama-son was so sweet to us dopey G.I.'s. She set out rat traps at our bunker and then cooked 'em like fried chicken for us, which quickly killed our appetites.

My favorite little buddy.  His name was Dong; everytime I yelled out, Dong - Beer, or Dong - Pineapple, or Dong - Coke, he would run like hell to get it from nearby vendors.

Bob Ehlert resting up for night guard duty at Dong Tam's dredge site. We were required (swimmers only) to "walk the pipe" from shore to the dredge out in the middle of the Mekong River at night. It was kinda scary out there....

Another buddy? Hmmmmmm......

Frank Modde carefully inspecting his fine C-Ration meal while his new little buddy waits and hopes for a bite to eat.

Howard Green (left) and me facing the camera - one of our first patrols out of Camp Bearcat - February, 1967.

South Vietnamese workers at Camp Bearcat.  To me it was odd having them in our base camp. Who knows how informative they were to the Viet Cong?

Lambrettas, South Viet Nam's chief means of transportation for the - at least in the larger villages.

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