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WOW! Nice photos!

Any more of USMC Advisors in Vietnam?

 

There may be: the stack of Vietnam photos alone is about 4 inches high, and each time I go through it I see something new. I showed them to my wife tonight and she couldn't put them down: she wanted to go through all 300 or so.

 

My shoulders are sore from all the scanning I did today, but in the morning I'll have the baby boomers breakfast of coffee and Ibuprofen and try to get some more done.

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Marines and machines.....

I believe these birds were part of squadron HMM-362 -

 

Correct. The YL tail code is for 362 and they were using H-34 helicopter when they were an HMM squadron

 

great Photos, any more With the YN Tail Code?

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There may be: the stack of Vietnam photos alone is about 4 inches high, and each time I go through it I see something new. I showed them to my wife tonight and she couldn't put them down: she wanted to go through all 300 or so.

 

My shoulders are sore from all the scanning I did today, but in the morning I'll have the baby boomers breakfast of coffee and Ibuprofen and try to get some more done.

 

Double the coffee and triple the ibuprofen and get back to scanning! These photos are amazing!!

haha Seriously, thank you for posting these -- a very neat find indeed. Can't wait to see more.

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There are more than twenty 8x10 photos of generals, mostly in the field:

 

USMCplanes045.jpg

 

USMCplanes045cap.jpg

 

USMCplanes047.jpg

 

USMCplanes047cap.jpg

 

USMCplanes049.jpg

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Like everyone has said these are amazing. I'm wondering if you may have any in that huge stack that were taken by Master Sgt. Jack Baird. He is a close friend and a wealth of Marine Corps history. Enlisted at age 15 and saw combat in Korea and by the time of Vietnam he had made his way to being a correspondent for Pacific Stars and Stripes. He did two tours in Vietnam as a Combat Combo Marine. A combat photog and writter. He has a book out now titled Combat Combo Marine. He's a really great guy and I'm honored to call him a friend. The book by the way is a compilation of his most popular work while at Pacific Stars and Stripes. Reading him it's easy to compare him to Ernie Pyle.

Colin

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WOW! Nice photos!

Any more of USMC Advisors in Vietnam?

 

Not sure if this qualifies - this officer worked with the ROK forces:

 

USMCadviser001.jpg

 

USMCadviser001cap.jpg

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The YL tail code is for 362 and they were using H-34 helicopter when they were an HMM squadron

 

great Photos, any more With the YN Tail Code?

 

Can't see any YN - but here's several more of helicopter ops:

 

USMCchoppers001.jpg

 

USMCchoppers001cu.jpg

 

Check out his camo:

 

USMCchoppers001cap.jpg

 

USMCchoppers003.jpg

 

USMCchoppers003cap.jpg

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There are a lot of photos from the evacuation of Danang in April 1966 -

 

USMCchoppers010.jpg

 

cap.jpg

 

USMCchoppers012.jpg

 

USMCchoppers012cap.jpg

 

USMCchoppers014.jpg

 

USMCchoppers016.jpg

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That valley of the shadow of death with the punji sticks is quite an image, isn't it?

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That valley of the shadow of death with the punji sticks is quite an image, isn't it?

 

 

It sure is! These photos are great! Thanks so much for taking the time to scan all of these....Kat

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Here's a couple of interesting ones of Marine bandsmen in a combat zone:

 

USMCgrunts027.jpg

 

USMCgrunts028.jpg

 

USMCgrunts029.jpg

 

USMCgrunts030.jpg

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