Transportation and support operations were essential to the daily life of D 2/1 in Vietnam.
01A chopper, with much-needed supplies, came out to the field about every three days with a hot meal, mail, and ammo.
02"Pop smoke." We would set off a smoke grenade to help the chopper locate us. We would use various colors because the VC would also use them to try to get a chopper to come close to them, and then they would shoot it down.
03This chopper hovers over a bomb crater because there is no place to land. Door gunner is at the ready.
04A very welcome sight—a Chinook comes in to give us a ride.
05Sometimes a Chinook would transport us from the field to a LZ for bunker line duty.
06Once in a while, we would take the time to play around, pretending to be pilots and door gunners on an observation chopper.
07Adjusting a mortar on a fire support base.
08Ready to fire, I couldn't believe how loud it was.
09Notice the Americal patch on the front.
10Chinook is transporting a howitzer from one location to another.
