11th Pathfinder Company

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1964 - 1965
1965 - 1966
11th Pathfinder Company (Airborne/Provisional)
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11th Pathfinder Company Operations Building,
Harmony Church, Fort Benning, GA, June 1965
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Air assault airfield somewhere in South Carolina,
Exersise Air Assault II, Oct 1964
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Mechanical Mule unloads from a CV-2 Caribou,
Exercise Air Assault II, Oct 1964
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Company fun jump, Lee Drop Zone, Fort Benning,
Jan 1965
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Pathfinders jumping at Air Assault demonstration,
Fort Benning, Apr 1965. L-R, Gillem Birmingham
Robinson Angeli.
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CV-2 delivers supplies by low-level extraction,
Air Assault demonstration, Fort Benning, Apr 1965
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Troops board the USNS Darby, Charleston Naval
Base, 14 Aug 1965
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Preparing to depart Charleston, 14 Aug 1965
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Weapons training aboard the USNS Darby, Aug 1965
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Going through the Panama Canal, Aug 1965
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SSG Lopez, assisted by SGT Truss, conducts
training aboard the USNS Darby, Aug 1965
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Qui Nhon Harbor, 14 Sep 1965
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Preparing to debark at Qui Nhon, 14 Sep 1965. SGT
Max Bennett and SFC Charlie Moore in right
foreground.
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Going ashore. Foregound L-R LT Hoffman, SSG
Armstrong, LT Fullerton, and Spofford.
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Enroute to An Khe by CH-47 Chinook, 14 Sep
1965. First look at Hwy 19 and An Khe Pass.
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Initial Pathfinder tent area,An Khe base camp,
Sep 1965.
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Clearing the company area, an Khe base camp, Sep
1965
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Number One Airborne Laundry, An Khe, Sep 1965
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Main street, An Khe, Sep 1965
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Parachute training, An Khe, Sep 1965
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The banyan tree on the Golf Course helipad, An
Khe base camp, Oct 1965
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UH-1Ds pickup slingloads at An Khe base camp, Oct
1965
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Looking east from An Khe Pass, Oct 1965
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Final coordination before liftoff, Operation
Shiny Bayonet, Oct 1965
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Initial lift outbound, Operation Shiny Bayonet,
Oct 1965
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VC POW, Operation Shiny Bayonet, Oct 1965
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Happy Valley, east of An Khe, Oct 1965
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Morning fog in Mang Yang pass between An Khe and
Pleiku, Oct 1965
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French cemetary in Mang Yang Pass, Oct 1965
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Holloway Army Airfield, Pleiku, Oct 1965
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Plei Me Special Forces camp, SE of Pleiku, where
the battle of the Ia Drang Valley began, Oct 1965
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Catecka tea plantation, SW of Pleiku, Oct 1965
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SGT Knab supervises air traffic control during
opening day at LZ Oasis, SW of Pleiku, Oct 1965
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LZ prep, Ia Drang Valley, Nov 1965
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LZ X-Ray, Ia Drang Valley (picture taken Apr 1966)
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Enroute to a combat assault, Ia Drang Valley, Nov
1965
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Combat assault at LZ Crooks, Ia Drang Valley, Nov
1965
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Assault CP of the 2d Bn, 5th Cavalry at LZ Golf,
Ia Drang Valley, Nov 1965
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Last elements of the 2d Bn, 7th Cavalry depart LZ
Golf, Ia Drang Valley, Nov 1965
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CH-47 recovers downed UH-1, Ia Drang Valley, Nov
1965
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CH-54s on the Golf Course helipad, An Khe base
camp, Dec1965
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Hon Cong Mountain, An Khe base camp, Dec 1965
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11th Pathfinder Company area, An Khe base camp,
Dec 1965
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The Red Hawk Inn, An Khe base camp, Dec 1965. Hon
Cong Mountain in the background.
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The Bob Hope show, An khe base camp, Dec 1965
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The daily manure -burning detail, An Khe base
camp, Dec 1965 The Eternal Flame
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Pathfinder camp at the Turkey Farm forward
aviation base, near Pleiku, Jan 1966
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Roadside banana salesgirl, Pleiku, Jan 1966
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Pathfinders training with the trooper ladder,
Pleiku, Jan 1966
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Pathfinder CP at LZ Dog (later LZ English),
Bong Son, Jan 1966
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First CV-2 lands at the assault airfield at LZ
Dog near Bong Son, Jan 1966
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On long final approach into LZ Byrd SW of Bong
Son, Operation Masher, Jan 1966
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VC Main Force POWs, LZ Byrd, Jan 1966
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CPL Ed Bull Warren controls a flight of two
UH-1s into LZ Mike, Operation Masher, Jan 1966
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Air assault enroute to an LZ, SW of Bong Son, Jan
1966
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MAJ Bruce Crandall (Serpent 6), CO of Co A, 229th
Assault Helicopter Bn, Operation Masher, Jan 1966
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Close air support, NW of Bong Son, Feb 1966
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Hilltop artillery position, NW of Bong Son, Feb
1966
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Air assault in progress, NW of Bong Son, Feb 1965
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Staging area, SE of Bong Son, Feb 1966
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The river south of Bong Son, Feb 1966
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Pathfinders enroute to an LZ south of Bong Son.
Dam Tra Lake and the coast in the background, Feb
1966
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An LZ vicinity of Kannack, NE of An Khe, March
1966
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Pathfinder CP, Soui Ca Valley, Mar 1966. LT Dick
Tifft on the right.
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LZ Cat, Ia Drang Valley, following night air
assault by a rifle company and an artillery
battery, April 1966
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LZ Cat, Ia Drang Valley, April 1966
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Resupply of artillery ammunition by airdrop from
CV-2 Caribous, LZ Cat, Ia Drang Valley, April 1966
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Infiltration trail with bamboo tied overhead on
the Cambodian border, west of Pleiku, April 1966
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Assault CP, 1st Bn, 8th Cavalry at LZ Mustang on
the Cambodian border, April 1966
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Staging area, Plei Djereng Special Forces camp,
west of Pleiku, April 1966
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Pathfinder officers, An Khe, May 1966. L-R, Mc
Knight, Blizzard, Valcourt, Gillem, Sanders.
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Central coast near Tuy Hoa, June 1966
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Max Bennett and LT Jackson check downed UH-1D
dropped by CH-47 during recovery operation near
Tuy Hoa, June 1966
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The Freedom Bird, New Pleiku Airfield, July 1966