Quang Ngai 2000

ROADS INTO THE RICE BOWL - When I returned to this area in June 2000, I was especially interested in revisiting the areas south of Highway QL-1 and the old French Railroad Tracks. I have arb ...

2009-07-06T12:50:01Z

Lucy421
ROADS INTO THE RICE BOWL - When I returned to this area in June 2000, I was especially interested in revisiting the areas south of Highway QL-1 and the old French Railroad Tracks. I have arb ...

Nui Dau 1a - start of pan southwest, taken from QL-1. Location of FSB Debbie.

2009-07-06T12:32:38Z

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Nui Dau 1a - start of pan southwest, taken from QL-1. Location of FSB Debbie.

Nui Dau 1b

2009-07-06T13:05:33Z

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Nui Dau 1b

Nui Dau, FSB Debbie, 1c, pan right continued. Thumbnails show large view. To right of this photo into next photo is area where B-4/21 was usually set up with mortars and perimeter guard.

2009-07-06T13:46:37Z

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Nui Dau, FSB Debbie, 1c, pan right continued. Thumbnails show large view. To right of this photo into next photo is area where B-4/21 was usually set up with mortars and perimeter guard.

1d - SW end of Nui Dau and FSB Debbie. Mess hall was at base near highway. Nui Dau ("Mulberry Hill") is now all overgrown, with some excavation going on near road going up the hill from ne ...

2009-07-06T12:52:44Z

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1d - SW end of Nui Dau and FSB Debbie. Mess hall was at base near highway. Nui Dau ("Mulberry Hill") is now all overgrown, with some excavation going on near road going up the hill from ne ...

RB 1 - Continue panning right, SE, SSE, etc. across QL-1 from Nui Dau (Debbie). The hill (or stretch of hills) here is called "Horseback" by locals. Succeeding shots pan around the Rice B ...

2009-07-06T12:41:16Z

Lucy421
RB 1 - Continue panning right, SE, SSE, etc. across QL-1 from Nui Dau (Debbie). The hill (or stretch of hills) here is called "Horseback" by locals. Succeeding shots pan around the Rice B ...

RB 2 - Panning right from here. Foreground: southbound railroad track still in use, built by French.

2009-07-06T12:17:16Z

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RB 2 - Panning right from here. Foreground: southbound railroad track still in use, built by French.

RB 3 - Continue pan right

2009-07-06T12:23:09Z

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RB 3 - Continue pan right

RB 4 - Continue pan right

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RB 4 - Continue pan right

RB 5 - Continue pan right

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RB 5 - Continue pan right

RB 6 - Continue pan right

2009-07-06T12:39:45Z

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RB 6 - Continue pan right

RB 7 - Continue pan right

2009-07-06T12:29:39Z

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RB 7 - Continue pan right

RB 8 - Continue pan right

2009-07-06T12:15:45Z

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RB 8 - Continue pan right

RB 9 - Continue pan right

2009-07-06T12:37:12Z

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RB 9 - Continue pan right

RB 10 - End pan right

2009-07-06T12:29:37Z

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RB 10 - End pan right

RB 11 - Pan left

2009-07-06T13:30:30Z

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RB 11 - Pan left

RB 12 - Continue pan left

2009-07-06T14:04:27Z

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RB 12 - Continue pan left

RB 13 - Continue pan left

2009-07-06T12:28:11Z

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RB 13 - Continue pan left

RB 14 - Continue pan left

2009-07-06T13:00:08Z

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RB 14 - Continue pan left

RB 15 - Continue pan left

2009-07-06T12:58:23Z

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RB 15 - Continue pan left

RB 16 - Continue pan left, QL-1 ESE

2009-07-06T12:37:39Z

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RB 16 - Continue pan left, QL-1 ESE

RB 19 North end of Nui Dau, South China Sea behind here

2009-07-06T12:21:55Z

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RB 19 North end of Nui Dau, South China Sea behind here

RB 18 - Continue pan left - Nui Dau

2009-07-06T12:39:12Z

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RB 18 - Continue pan left - Nui Dau

RB 17 - Continue pan left - Nui Dau (Debbie)

2009-07-06T12:53:54Z

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RB 17 - Continue pan left - Nui Dau (Debbie)

NE base of Nui Dau, vicinity of BS 863318, looking WNW. If you patrolled down here, it's pretty much as you remember it, though I don't recall the telephone wires. This is where I first go ...

2009-07-06T12:54:09Z

Lucy421
NE base of Nui Dau, vicinity of BS 863318, looking WNW. If you patrolled down here, it's pretty much as you remember it, though I don't recall the telephone wires. This is where I first go ...

Same location

2009-07-06T12:47:56Z

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Same location

House at base of Nui Dau

2009-07-06T12:42:30Z

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House at base of Nui Dau

Grave marker at base of Nui Dau, ap[proximately BS865319

2009-07-06T13:04:34Z

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Grave marker at base of Nui Dau, ap[proximately BS865319

Al with guide Mr. Mien at base of Nui Dau, grave marker to left. NE side of Debbie. Mr. Mien is an excellent guide and a fine fellow. He was working for Huong Giang Travel Agency in Hue.

2009-07-06T12:18:59Z

Lucy421
Al with guide Mr. Mien at base of Nui Dau, grave marker to left. NE side of Debbie. Mr. Mien is an excellent guide and a fine fellow. He was working for Huong Giang Travel Agency in Hue.

Looking from base of Nui Dau across QL-1 at Hill 105

2009-07-06T12:17:39Z

Lucy421
Looking from base of Nui Dau across QL-1 at Hill 105

Classic scene from base of south end of Nui Dau, looking ESE

2009-07-06T13:02:24Z

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Classic scene from base of south end of Nui Dau, looking ESE

Nga Man 1 - Taken from car driving south from QL-1 to Hill 56 area, looking SE. I was trying to get a shot of the vicinity in which a VC guerilla and I met at a stream bed on 27 May 1970. ...

2009-07-06T12:50:59Z

Lucy421
Nga Man 1 - Taken from car driving south from QL-1 to Hill 56 area, looking SE. I was trying to get a shot of the vicinity in which a VC guerilla and I met at a stream bed on 27 May 1970. ...

Nga Man 2 - Driving in toward Nga Man, through car window.

2009-07-06T13:00:07Z

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Nga Man 2 - Driving in toward Nga Man, through car window.

Nga Man 3 - from car

2009-07-06T13:06:33Z

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Nga Man 3 - from car

Nga Man 4 - from car

2009-07-06T12:12:07Z

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Nga Man 4 - from car

Nga Man 5 - Recall searching haystacks, prodding, looking for what you didn't want to find?

2009-07-06T12:38:22Z

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Nga Man 5 - Recall searching haystacks, prodding, looking for what you didn't want to find?

Nga Man 6 - on foot here

2009-07-06T12:44:53Z

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Nga Man 6 - on foot here

Nga Man 7

2009-07-06T12:54:18Z

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Nga Man 7

Nga Man 8 - Monument - This commemorates a victory over ARVNs in which 7 were killed and weapons were captured, 1961 date. Obviously, this was erected in 1975 or later, and there must be mo ...

2009-07-06T12:49:19Z

Lucy421
Nga Man 8 - Monument - This commemorates a victory over ARVNs in which 7 were killed and weapons were captured, 1961 date. Obviously, this was erected in 1975 or later, and there must be mo ...

Nga Man 9

2009-07-06T12:47:30Z

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Nga Man 9

Nga Man 10 - Kids same, same as always. This is in one of the Nga Man hamlets, on road east of Hill 56.

2009-07-06T12:21:16Z

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Nga Man 10 - Kids same, same as always. This is in one of the Nga Man hamlets, on road east of Hill 56.

Nga Man 11

2009-07-06T12:47:57Z

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Nga Man 11

Nga Man 12

2009-07-06T13:09:48Z

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Nga Man 12

Nga Man 13

2009-07-06T12:58:54Z

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Nga Man 13

Nga Man 14

2009-07-06T13:07:09Z

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Nga Man 14

Nga Man 15

2009-07-06T12:46:18Z

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Nga Man 15

Nga Man 16

2009-07-06T12:32:33Z

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Nga Man 16

Nga Man 17 - South end of Hill 56

2009-07-06T12:14:05Z

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Nga Man 17 - South end of Hill 56

Nga Man 18

2009-07-06T12:56:47Z

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Nga Man 18

Nga Man 19

2009-07-06T13:11:22Z

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Nga Man 19

Nga Man 20

2009-07-06T13:08:03Z

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Nga Man 20

Nga Man 21 - My favorite photo among these - Road in parallel to east side of Hill 56, looking directly south - Many a 4/21 unit trudged in or out on this road/trail.

2009-07-06T12:28:06Z

Lucy421
Nga Man 21 - My favorite photo among these - Road in parallel to east side of Hill 56, looking directly south - Many a 4/21 unit trudged in or out on this road/trail.

Nga Man 22

2009-07-06T12:10:09Z

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Nga Man 22

Nga Man 23

2009-07-06T13:10:55Z

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Nga Man 23

Nga Man 24

2009-07-06T13:08:21Z

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Nga Man 24

Nga Man 25 - Guide Mr. Mien, just after he told me to go no further

2009-07-06T12:54:08Z

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Nga Man 25 - Guide Mr. Mien, just after he told me to go no further

Looking NW on QL-1, My Trang to left and right - At about BS832336

2009-07-06T13:03:02Z

Lucy421
Looking NW on QL-1, My Trang to left and right - At about BS832336

At My Trang, road numbered 1 on our map above, looking south from QL-1 - BS832336

2009-07-06T12:13:10Z

Lucy421
At My Trang, road numbered 1 on our map above, looking south from QL-1 - BS832336

Same location, I believe also looking NW on QL-1, but from the south side of the highway.

2009-07-06T12:56:27Z

Lucy421
Same location, I believe also looking NW on QL-1, but from the south side of the highway.

CHU LAI BEACH.jpg

2009-07-06T13:35:07Z

Lucy421
CHU LAI BEACH.jpg