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Vietnam
Aug 70 Jul 71

Jim Garvin
www.jimgarvin.org

Tour of duty:
Aug. '70 - July '71
U.S. Army
1st Cav. 2nd/8th
Delta Co. Range 1

5 Aug 1970
Nick Harrington was from
Bennington, Vermont and
had been in my AIT class at
Ft Ord California. Neither
of us received orders at
graduation and were held
over a week.
Nick and I enjoyed our day
on Okinawa and we both
ended up in Delta Co. 2/8th
Cav.
I sent my personal
shipment home on Nicks
orders because I did not get
my orders in time.

Aug 1970
Loading log bird Powder
Ridge.
Lower right corner
Craig Thomas Waterman
(Water Buffalo)
Water Buffalo was killed
on 03 Sept 70
when he lost his way and
got outside the perimeter.

Nov 1970
The AK 47 was
the primary
weapon of the
Viet Cong. This
AK 50 had a
folding stock
which made it
several pounds
lighter and easier
to handle.

Ray Graham

Fred (Worm) Lester, Rich Hansen

Gary (Indian) Collins,

Bill Davidson

SSG. Stan Dillon

Russell Burnett

Jim Garvin M-16

Dec 70
Joco Jouelta
Cambodian
Kit Carson Scouts
Range
Had a fascination for
ears.

Steve Dyer,
Jim Garvin,
Joe (Meatball) Fairchild,
Nick Harrington

Dec 70
Doug Meyer, Gary (Indian) Collins, Joco, Jouelta

Brad Cullen,
Ray Graham,
Joe Fairchild

Joe (Meatball) Fairchild, Ray Graham, Lt. Druener, Ray Hunsucker (waving),
Doc Crawshaw (behind Rays arm), Chris Rosenbloom, Raymond Jacobsen,
Fred (Worm) Lester, Bill Davidson

Dec 1970
It must have been during
our stand down at the
1st Team Academy that
we had a chance to
check out a Huey.
Doc Crashaw
Brad Cullen
Joe (Meatball) Fairchild,
Ray Graham.

Jim Catterson,
Jim Garvin,
Gary (Indian) Collins

Nov 1970
Bill Holtzclaw

23 Oct 70 04 Nov 70
Jim Garvin
CLC Top Graduate
Student #13
As top graduate I was awarded a
promotion to Spec. 4.
An interesting coincidence was that my
lottery number was 13, it was also my
badge number at CLC.

Jim Garvin
mounting
Max

Jim Garvin
M-60

Jim Garvin
M-203

Louisiana, George Anderson, Sgt. Joe Smith, Ray Graham, (unknown), Fred (Worm) Lester

Doc ?,
Louisiana,
Ray Graham,
Sgt. Joe Smith,
George Anderson,
Bob Recek

26 Nov 1970
This is Thanksgiving
dinner1970, brought
to the field by
chopper.
It was not the best
turkey I have ever
had but it tasted
pretty good after 3
months of canned
"C" rations and
freeze dried LRPs
(Long Range Patrol
Meals)

Jim Garvin Thanksgiving

14 Dec 1970
Range heading to
MACE:
Leo Kinkade,
Ray Grahm (Shadow)
Don Lance, Sgt Doug
Meyer(PRC-25
Radio),
Joe Smith (Steel Pot),
Henry Deemer
Hunsucker (M-60)

14 Dec 1970
Range heading
to Mace:
Don Lance,
Stan Dillon,
Henry Deemer.

16 Dec 1970
We were pretty excited
about the arrival of the
new
M-203 weapon.
It was an M-16 Rifle
with a 40 mm grenade
launcher suspended
under the rifle barrel.
Doc Crawshaw and
Ray Graham were great
partners for this photo.
I think Doc Crawshaw
was from Peoria Ill

. I was one of his first inoculation subjects. He also treated me for a major boil on
my arm. The treatment was to stuff gauze into the arm under the skin. As the arm
began to heal he would pull out about 6 to eight inches each day and clip it off. I
guess the gauze was a wick for the infection. This treatment lasted for several days.

14 Dec 1970
Fred Lester
M-203

16 Dec 1970
This was a nice
spot for a rest
and our platoon
sergeant E6
Stanley Dillion
was a willing
participant as he
displayed the
new M-203
weapon, which
had just arrived
in the field. The
M-203 was a
combination M16
Rifle and 40mm
grenade
launcher.

Joe (Meatball) Fairchild, Sgt Stanley Dillon, Ray Graham

18 March 1971
Interesting sand
structures.
Don Miller, Doug
Hilts, Jim Garvin
Tom Emery, Leon
Ash, Rocky Darnell.

18 March 1971
Many of us spent a lot
of time just on the
beach soaking up the
sun and swimming. It
was a welcome
change from the sweat
and bugs in the bush.
Don Miller,
Rocky Darnell, Tom
Emery,
Leon Ash,
Nick Harrington, Jim
Garvin,
Doug Hiltz

18 March 1971
Nick Harrington and I
met in A.I.T. at Fort
Ord Cal. and were
together through our
entire tour. Nick was
initially assigned to
Cat and got out of the
field soon as an
R.T.O. for the
Battalion Commander
on the Fire Base.
When I left the field I
went to the rear at
Mace and Bien Hoa.

Nick was from Bennington Vermont he loved to tell stories about deep
snow and driving snow mobiles out of the hay loft of the barn.

Jim Garvin
Arms Room
SKS

Jim Garvin
Arms Room
M-16

Sgt. Maurice Gay Bien Hoa Medic Aid Station

July 1971
This little fellow
made the final
days pass a little
faster as all
preparations were
made, but there
was still time to
wait.
This picture was
taken out side the
medic station
across the parade
ground from
Delta Co. AO.