Hill 950

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Marine resupply and replacement chopper approaching. One new platoon of Marines rotated in every week to ten days.

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Coming in from the west. Top of cammand bunker, with radio antenna in lower left.

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There's a reason that crew chief is looking out the window. Here's the landing pad.
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He didn't miss, he's hanging off the other side too.

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And out they come, for a week of R&R on 950. Beat the hell out of humping the boonies.
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And then DOWN, DOWN, and AWAY!

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Waiting to leave
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USMC 60mm mortar crew. Anyone have names?

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Joseph D'Avillabrilla (?) of C&C on the left, USMC mortar man on the right.

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Inside the C&C Radio Relay bunker. Radios are on a shelf above the bunk on the right.
Helo pad is out the door and to the left, "Med" bunker is to the right. USMC Force RECON
Radio Relay bunker is next door to the right.

And this is me, 6'1" and 150 pounds after three months of C-rats. I went up on the hill at about 175, and came down at 145. Three weeks after coming down I was about 250. I never got below 200 again.

Note the "bush hat" with the brim trimed to one inch in this and the previous picture.