Photos

A picture of President Johnson in the fall of 1967 when he visited Fort Benning, Georga while I was in N.C.O. Candidate School. For those familiar with Ft. Benning, you can make out the Follow Me sign in the background.

The discussion before we headed into The Bowling Alley. As you can tell, no one was smiling about it.

This is the famous EM Club at Lai Khe. Made the news in Life Magazine on account of all the centerfolds hanging on the wall. Never knew who hung them up there. EM stands for Enlisted Men. In other words, no Officers allowed.

If you look close you can see the driver's windows. This shows you how much room we had to store our duffel bags, C-rations, ammunition, and water inside an APC.

This is the sign that was in our base camp at Binh Phuoc. The sandbags around the buildings behind the sign was for protection from enemy rockets and mortars which helped unless the mortars came through the roof. The board sidewalk was for the monsoon season to help keep our feet out of the mud.

A picture of Bandido Charlie One-One (First Squad, First Platoon - Lead Track) running down the road with the rest of the Company following. This track had the highest percentage rate of hitting a mine than any other track in the Company. And during the time this driver was in Vietnam he never hit a mine. I think that is something to be proud of, Lanny Jones, and I think the men would agree in thanking you for it.

Guard duty on Perimeter Defense on a bunker at Lai Khe.

Me inside Fire Support Base Jim shortly after my return from the hospital after being wounded. That's powder burn that's embedded in my skin on my left arm from an explosion.

Curtis Hatterman, the original webmaster of the Bandido Charlie website.