194th MP Security Platoon on Vung Chua Mountain pose before a patrol with trucks and military facilities behind them. Pictured, left to right, are Hammonds, Doughty, Clark, Race, Riggle, Manning, and Chu. Most are smiling. The six soldiers are...
194th MP Security Platoon on Vung Chua Mountain poses before patrol. Members, left to right, are Hammonds, Riggle, Doughty, Baisdew, (unidentifed solider in rear), 1st Lt. Zinn, Race, Clark, Chu, and Leech.
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A soldier of the 194th MP Company patrols the perimeter near Vung Chua Mountain for Viet Cong activity. He wears a boonie hat and a belt of ammunition for an M60 machine gun across his chest. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also...
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A soldier of the 194th MP Company stands in vegetation with his M-60 Assault Rifle in his hands, ammunition strapped across his chest, and wearing a boonie hat. He is patroling the perimeter around the Vung Chua Mountain watching for Viet Cong...
A Vietnamese man who did various jobs around the Vung Chua Mountain base located just north of Qui Nhon. He may have been cutting grass around the mountain. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
A woman who polished boots, washed floors, and did various jobs around the Vung Chua Mountain base located just north of Qui Nhon. There are stacked metal drums and sandbag barricades in the background. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy...
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Ammons pictured with three Vietnamese children. He is on one knee, returning a baby to the arms of a little girl. Another child is partly visible on the left side of the image.
Ammons's four-page letter on U.S. Army stationery to his mother and father describes his first days in the Army. He relates the military routine, getting his dog tags, standing fire watch, and waiting for his uniform. He remarks on the fact that...
Fifty-five gallon metal drums are painted with the unit designation "61st MP Det. Security" representing the 61st Military Police Detachment attached to the signal station at Vung Chua. The unit was originally designated the 194th MP company....
Photographs of the olive drab uniform Chris was wearing when he left Vietnam. Patches from the 1st Infantry Division (with whom he served in his first tour) and the 1st Signals Brigade (to whom his MP Company was attached on his second tour) are...
Seven Vietnamese children are pictured in a group near Qui Nhon. One is selling soft drinks out of an ice box. Rocks and barbed wire are pictured in the background. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
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SGT Christopher Ammons on patrol near Vung Chua Mountain. He is wearing a towel around his neck, as was customary for soldiers on patrol in the sweltering climate of Vietnam. He has a belt of M60 ammunition and a white phosphorus smoke grenade.
SGT Christopher Ammons, pictured on his last patrol in Vietnam, appears to be fully armed. He is wearing a soft hat commonly called a "boonie" or "bush hat." This one has a fabric tape band of branch loops around the crown. These loops are meant to...
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SGT Nelson (center) with three soldiers from his platoon. He is orienting them for patrol. The sergeant has "love" and "hate" tattooed on his knuckles, a cultural insignia from 1955 movie "The Night of the Hunter." Robert Mitchum's character...
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Sgt. Ammons poses with a Thompson submachine gun captured from a 1968 encounter with the Viet Cong around Vung Chua Mountain. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
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Sgt. Chris Ammons sits on a rock while on patrol near Vung Chua Mountain. He is wearing a boonie hat and has a towel wrapped around his neck, as was customary in the sweltering climate of Vietnam. He is holding his M-16 assault rifle, and another...
