These pictures are of an RPG hit on Main Support Co in 69
pictures by Jim Riggs
These seven pics were all taken from the same hit, it was a late evening attack and I'm going to say mid/late summer 1969. The attackers were probably a small but skilled rpg team. As I remember we were on high alert, the guards in the tower adjacent to the showers/crapper (picture2) had actually opened up with a burst from a 60 slightly before the rounds hit. The reason I say the rpg team was skilled was they were able to get close maybe 75 meters and they hit 3 buildings while looking into perimeter lights and coming under fire. The barracks in (picture4) was not as full as it could have been. The troop reduction had already started to some extent. (Picture3)shows our follow-up the next morning, MP's officials, ect. We found blood on the ground. The attackers were just across the road and basically just north of the |
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