1966 / 67, Hill 55 south of DaNang in the background. We were starting our morning mine sweep. I was a combat engineer with c/1/26. This 1.5 mile stretch this side of the river (Song Thu Bon River in background) was called Liberty Road. We swept it every morning to open it up for resupply traffic out to An Hoa. We had a squad of engineers and a squad of grunts split on each flank and also a tank. That day I was driving the mule. We rotated the jobs so you only had to sweep about every third day or so. On the lower left corner on the mule you can see the mine detector. The sea bag had our explosives, det cord supplies. Our platoon HQ was on top of Hill 55 which can be seen in the background. We would routinely find mines one way or another and also receive sniper fire during the sweep. I have more photos if anyone is interested. This is my first posting and am trying to contact some of the guys in my unit during that time. I can't remember names.
Hill 55 and Liberty Road
