Each evening at our camp a patrol would go out into the surrounding countryside. This is not the Phu Loi patrol however it would have looked very much like this unknown units patrol.
This looks like a radar/communications center on a mountain top, probably in the Central Highlands. Must have been miserable duty.
David - did you notice the men in the 'patrol' don't have magazines in their M16s! I had not noticed that however I am not surprised. We were not allowed to have the magazine in place when in a secure area i.e a base. If I am not mistaken the first two G.I.'s have M16, I think the others are carrying M14's.
Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Cerrone points out a pair of worn out boots to Captain Nguyen Nong Hung during an inspection. The Vietnamese troops who appear to be wearing a mixture of uniforms would not be too bothered about boots as in all probability itwould have been the only footwear he had ever owned. Colonel Cerrone is I believe a Special Forces Officer. It must be relatively early in the war as his rank insignia and airborne wings are not subdued. Hanging from his left pocket appear to be Vietnamese Airborne patch and between the pockets is what I presume must be his rank equivalent in Vietnamese insignia.
A Vietnamese sailor, (Gunner) mounts his 50 Cal. machine gun in the rear of a River Patrol Craft. He is part of a patrol that keeps the Saigon River area secure.
This is the generator shed that supplied power for a VHF Site located at LZ Mary Lou, 25 miles north of Pleiku.
I think this tracked vehicle must have exploded a mine judging from the damage. The comments on the photograph were added at the time of development.
General George S. Eckhardt conducting some kind of flag ceremony. In the rear is a Vietnameses officer who has Vietnamese jump wings on his right breast.
A crew chief refuels a Huey. His M 60 can be seen in the gunners position, his own M16 is leaning up in the back.