Phu Bai Recon Team

Phu Bai Recon Team

This is my recon team in 1969 outside the ammo bunker in Phu Bai, waiting for a chopper to pick us up and haul our sorry tails into the Ashau Valley. That was probably the hairiest place I've been in my life, but incredibly beautiful. I'd love to see it now.

Standing L to R:
Welbaum, Kirkendall, Doc Montgomery, Kennedy (team leader).

Kneeling L to R:
Cox, Gonzales, and 19 year old me, Tom Wilson.

Picture of me,
Tom Wilson, 3rd Force Recon Co. in Quang Tri, after a nasty patrol in the DMZ.

One thought on “Phu Bai Recon Team”

  1. Tom, I believe that the only picture that I can get to see is one of you standing on pallets to help keep you out of the mud. I don’t know how to access the other pictures

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