MinorInHistory Posted October 6, 2023 Share #1 Posted October 6, 2023 Hey y’all, I went back to a sale I’d been to a few weeks ago, and I was able to pick up a bunch of photos and paper items, so here’s the complete acquisition: The veteran was the Assistant Division Engineer assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and was involved in the Cambodian offensive in 1970. At the end I attached the first page of a document he wrote detailing his service in-country. Included is a binder of about 150 color slides from Vietnam (many of which match the locations described in the memo), loose photos, negatives, various ephemera (including a plane ticket, duty rosters, etc.), theater made insignia, and various decorations. Some of the slides are pretty cool, including close-ups of Nancy Sinatra and Bob Hope, helicopters, aerial shots of destroyed bridges, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShibaLegend Posted October 6, 2023 Share #2 Posted October 6, 2023 Love those slides. Any way you can post them on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted October 6, 2023 Share #3 Posted October 6, 2023 Super grouping! Packed with research items. The engraved letter opener(?) is top notch and the multiple bronze stars speaks to this veteran's heroism. "Ready to Strike!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/6/2023 at 2:28 PM, snake36bravo said: Super grouping! Packed with research items. The engraved letter opener(?) is top notch and the multiple bronze stars speaks to this veteran's heroism. "Ready to Strike!" Thanks! I’m pretty sure it is a letter opener, and I do hope I can find out what he got the stars for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share #5 Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/6/2023 at 2:10 PM, ShibaLegend said: Love those slides. Any way you can post them on here? I can post a few of the ones I’ve scanned so far, what are you interested in seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted October 9, 2023 Here's a couple of aerial pics from the 1970 Cambodian Offensive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted October 10, 2023 Share #7 Posted October 10, 2023 Impressive slides. I collect those myself. The gunships are Thunder Chickens from the 195th Assault Helicopter Company. The 195th AHC did a lot of cross border operations and were one of the few Army units that had camouflaged gunships and slicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share #8 Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, snake36bravo said: Impressive slides. I collect those myself. The gunships are Thunder Chickens from the 195th Assault Helicopter Company. The 195th AHC did a lot of cross border operations and were one of the few Army units that had camouflaged gunships and slicks. That makes sense, I guess it's possible that the Major may have been flying with them over Cambodia. Looks like they did quite a bit of work with MAC V SOG as well, very interesting. Here are a few more aviation slides from the same 1970 timeframe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDermut99 Posted October 10, 2023 Share #9 Posted October 10, 2023 That's a very cool and interesting grouping. The photos especially are very fascinating, I always get excited finding original slides and photos in groups. Should you ever be interested, Texas Tech University has one of if not the best archive and research center for the Vietnam War, and I'm sure they'd be interested in digitizing and curating particularly the photographs and documents, especially as they seem to have pretty good provenance written on them by the Vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share #10 Posted October 10, 2023 Here’s one of the pages of his log he filled out for Air Medal eligibility, looks like he flew quite a few visual reconnaissance missions! That makes sense with all the aerial shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share #11 Posted October 11, 2023 Here's another few slides taken on visual reconnaissance missions over Cambodia in 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted October 11, 2023 Share #12 Posted October 11, 2023 The temple in the 2nd image of your last post is Cao Dai Holy See Temple in Tay Ninh, Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorInHistory Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share #13 Posted October 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, snake36bravo said: The temple in the 2nd image of your last post is Cao Dai Holy See Temple in Tay Ninh, Vietnam. Thanks for your correction, looking at the original caption on the slide it does says "Buddhist Temple at Tay Nihn Run, July 1970." It looks elements from the 25th ID were based at the Tay Nihn Air Base, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's where his recon missions started from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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