Vietnam Photos 58

These photos and documents are from Michael Bakkie and are from 1969.  Thanks for the pictures and documents, Michael. As always, just click on a thumbnail to see the larger image.

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.

	The entrance to the Co H compound in Phuoc Vinh		The TOC and Otto's mail shack
	A LRRP/Ranger's best friend.		An overflight before a mission
	Front: L to R: Bill Abbott, Jim McIntyre, Rick Arden, ? Smith. Who's in the back between Jim and Rick?		Captured bicycles
	A Ranger team fixing to go to work		A rather large NVA soldier. Really a pretender wearing captured gear
	Pre-mission photo of Team 43. Back L to R: Fred Doriot, Jim Kraft (TL), Michael Bakkie. Front: Archie McDaniel (ATL) and Henry Morris		Team on a mule. The shirtless guys are Turner Harvell (far left) and Jim Regan (far right). Others?
	Read about Colonel George Paccerelli on the Ranger Hall of Fame site and in Kregg Jorgenson's book, LRRP Company Command		The full text of Captain George Paccerelli's letter to the rangers  of Co. H upon his change of command.
	The full text of Dwight Montgomery "Bull" Durham's song. Bull was killed along with Loel Largent on 10 Apr 69. This copy was typed up in Nam in 1969. It's a little rough, but the song is special to the rangers and is played at every reunion.		The full text of an article from the 1st Cav's Observer describing the life of an airborne ranger by a reporter who joined the team for one eventful mission. Photos from this article are on Vietnam Photos 29and were provided by Jon Varesko.