Frank
Baker's Photos
of 'A' Battery, 7th Battalion,
15th Field Artillery in Vietnam
Many
thanks to Frank Baker (above) for sending
a wide variety of photos from 1967-1968 of
LZ Pony, the An Lao Valley and more!
Also, thanks to Dan Gillotti for relaying
them to the 15th webmaster on a CD.
Mascot
at the reception
center when I got in
country
Dump
burning
Tank
position
Commo
hooch at LZ Pony
with gun positions above
Taken
from LZ
English I think
Building
the Commo
Hooch
Section
1 Gun
"On the Way"
Reloading
I
was trying to catch
the projo coming out
of the tube
Weldon
Jenkins &
Section
3 gun,
Guard
duty on
the perimeter
Captured
VC infiltrator. He was hung upside down in the latrine in the rear of
the picture after these Pics were taken. I didn't hang around to find
out his fate. More like I didn't want to know.
Twin
40mm on the
road to Pleiku
Frank
Baker
Machine
gun pit at
SF base LZ Pony -
.30 caliber WWII
issue gun
81mm
mortar pit
being built at SF/
CIDG camp LZ Pony
Looking
south from top
of SF/CIDG camp on Pony.
GI (someone put a name to
him??) takin a break.
On
the highway by the
front gate coming into
Pony.
Section
4 Gun,
"BOOM BOOM No-1"
at Pony
A
plantation or monastery
at the beginning of the An
Lao Valley. Really nice if it
hadn't been all shot up.
Picture
of the top
of the structure shown
in the photo above
On
the veranda with
SF/CIDG patrol. Sgt Mike
Fritsch on the Prick 25
Looking
back towards
LZ Pony
Lookout
post over
looking the An Lao
Valley
Sgt
Fritch and CIDG's
Sgt Fritch
and CIDG
'A'
Btry Gun pits
at LZ English
Frank
Baker and CIDG
Fire
mission
"Load'en Jo"
Rammin
"Jo"
This gun had a worn out
ramming chain and would
Jack Knife if pushed too hard.
Slowed the fire rate way down
Pushing
up berms
for pits
Mess
Hall at Pony
Army
Jeep
More
construction
at Pony: Always building something or filling sandbags.
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