Bill Nelson 101st Airborne Vietnam 1969
Bill Nelson
John Gutekunst, my best squad buddy, did not make it home.
Near Camp Eagle
My buddy Newton Clement writing home.
He did not make it home alive.
Boonie Rat Stew
Dog man was with us for about a week
The second smallest brother was RTO Dick Haymen
One of my LTs
Thanksgiving '69. I'm on the far left on the stump
One of our medics on a firebase
Buffalo near Highway 1 near Phu Bai
My buddy Danny in a fire base position
North Vietnam Currency
Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
Safe surrender passport for enemy
M-16 on top of bunker at Camp Eagle perimeter
Alpha Company at Camp Eagle
Big Gun on firebase
Memorial for fallen brothers at Camp Eagle
Huey lift off after company insertion
Enemy body count
Enemy body count
100 yard stare
Huey inbound
Redeployment to new AO
Christmas Day in the boonies
Fire base in I Corps
Taking a break from cutting an LZ
Riding Duce-and-1/2 north on Highway 1 south of Hue
EKit Carson scout during stand down in the rear