Firebase Andre

Firebase Pershing

Firebase Sherman

Supply dropoff site

Jungle site

Plenty of leeches in this water

My dairy pages

Choppers landing stirs up the dust

Drop off of supplies

Here comes the choppers, real hero pilots

Returning from mission

Going in after a air strike

Here we go again.  Go CAV!!!

Awesome scout dog smelling the VC

Lost 40 lbs. doing this using a machete

VC trail, usually not a good sign when well traveled

Going after the VC in thick jungle

Hot! Hot!  110 degrees

Joe Elium was a good soldier

Peaceful looking.  WRONG!!!!

Saving our lives was a tiresome job

VC tried to kill us.  RIP!!

Medivac always a welcome site

Gee, wonder where this goes????  Not fun!!!

OK we are tired and ready to leave the jungle

We take all the supplies we can carry, 90 lbs each.

I did NOT like it down here but lots of weapons 

I know I'm tired, I still feel it

During a break, scout dog alerts on 2 VC, we made it while they didn't

Tall grass easy cover for the VC

Welcome sight for us

Brave pilots in open area

Arrival for our pickup

KIA March 11, 1971

Lucci's KIA facts, 4 days after our biggest battle yet

Lucci at firebase.  KIA age 20.

I slept like this for months in the jungle

My squad of 1st Cav 2/7  Hunter/Killer Team

Fixing a home cooked meal, rice and more rice and Texas Pete

90 lbs on back heading out for mission

weapons found in tunnels

more tunnel weapons, over 100 of them

If only it would have worked, full of mud

crossing with M60 wide open for ambush

putting our Claymores every night around us

lifting wounded out of jungle

shot up and home bound but alive

firebase Christmas dinner

hunting VC from up front, still isn't safe

this mission was very tiring, 1000 meters heavy jungle with a machete

hot food was a rare event from jungle food