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James Bruce McLaughlin "Jelly Belly"
Sgt. Allen Kidd--Oct. 68-Nov.69 picture in An Khe
Gary Shellenbarger An Khe 1969
Terry Jones and Dennis Hulet take two yards out on patrol Dak
To 12/68
Frank Hise and Terry Jones Dak To 11/68
Dak To 12/68 little girl giving jeep load of armed LRRPs the
bird
Sgt. Valentino Ramirez --was shot through the hand the night
before, while hanging from an extraction ladder it didn`t stop him from the party the next
day 11/68 Dak To
Flanagan and Glen Aoki Pleiku 11/68
Donald [ Baby Huey ] Kincade July 69--July 70
John Pike from San Carlos Arizona Full Blooded Apache good
LRRP and good friend
Rats team--top left, Emmett Mulroney top right Matty
Gentelella bottom Delmer Long they spent the night in this Bomb crater
Frank Humes and James Zwiebel Black Hawk 1969
Frank [ Buck ] Mason 1969-70 wounded in Mang Yang Pass
This picture was taken at Firebase McNearny, near Firebase
Blackhawk in Mar, 1969. 1st Bde. Lrrps. Left to right is: Sab-py ( Kit Carson Scout);
Allen Kidd; Larry Flanagan.
This picture was taken on 22 Feb, 1969. Left to right: Emmett
Mulroney; Wallate Thibodeau ( was KIA on a later mission on July 19, 1969); Mathrew
Gentilella. 1st Bde. Lrrps.
This picture was taken while on a mission to find two missing
American Soldiers. We were sitting in a bomb crater. Top left is, Emmett Mulroney, next
Mathrew Gentilella, and front Delmer Long. 1st Bde. Lrrps. Taken in May of 1969
The following attachment was taken just prior to going on a
mission in VC valley, in which our team had two enemy VC Kills. Our mission began on Jan
27, 1969 and ended on Jan 31, 1969. The enemy kills were, one on Jan28 and the other on
Jan 30. The members are, left to right; Norvert Yano, George Pender, Wallate Thibodeau,
Randy McBride, and Emmett Mulroney
9/30/68 Lt miller, rowe, ramerze,
lawrence,grassman,tong,whalen, neil, light
pete jolian, tibidiv, joe cosmono
9/30/68 mort mcbain, roy leising, Lt miller, dave
wahlen,poncho (cook)
9/30/68 sitting: rowe, greek, grassman,
wahlen,lawrence,ranerze, garza, aoki, pace. Standing: Andradi, Lt Miller, Mort McBain
mike goll, roy leising, bob andrade
10/1/68 pete julian, roy leising, dave wahlen, holloman
Teamleader Jim Zwiebel heading to the pad to go out for
another mission
Bill Manderfeld, with a friend he made in the Mang Yang Pass
Bob Thomas on a
mission in July 1969. 1st Bde. LRRPs Hawkeye 1 Alpha
This was taken at Dakto in early 1968.
L. to R. Hyder, Walker, Alford,? ,Crane, Red.
SSG Jerry Alford-team leader-I am looking for Philip Navarro and Jerry Bickett, who were
the other members of my team. I would enjoy hearing from all LRRPS, and especially the
ones who were there with me. I can be reached at jca1369@aol.com
taken in An Khe in1969. The one
is Larry Flanagan, Michael Hunter, Al Kidd, and Jo Jo Castillio. The other picture is
Dennis Price and Al Kidd. Keep up the good work, take care and keep your head down!! 1st
of the 4th LRRP's. Al Kidd