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Mixed Race Vietnamese Teen369 viewsJim Puhala Photo


A 16 year old Vietnamese/Black teen (means he would have been born in 1951.)
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
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Montagnard Kid356 viewsJim Puhala Photo

LZ Buffalo
The only things the kid had on were the shirts.
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Local Kids359 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
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Another group of kids338 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.

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Three local kids340 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
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Kids with bikes356 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Helicopters, at least the guns, were kid magnets.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
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Searching for Crickets349 viewsJim Puhala Photo

The kids would stage cricket fights. They’d get a couple of crickets, rile them up by jabbing them with twigs and let them go after each other. The photo has the kids, with some help from SP4 Guinn, WO Hosmun and others searching for some new combatants.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find s
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Montagnard Kids353 viewsJim Puhala Photo

This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.

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Grunt Bivuoac334 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Song Mau
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Spectator Sport Cricket Fight371 viewsJim Puhala Photo

The kids would stage cricket fights. They’d get a couple of crickets, rile them up by jabbing them with twigs and let them go after each other.
This photo was taken at Song Mau. We spent a lot of time there - waiting. We’d put out a recon patrol in the morning. They’d recon for a while; if they didn’t find anything, we’d pick them up and put them someplace else. If they did find something, we’d do a CA.
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Otter Touchdown at Song Mau403 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Song Mau
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OH-13 at Song Mau384 viewsJim Puhala Photo

Song Mau
The OH-13 was from 1/9th; behind it is an ARA ship.
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