Oakes spent the last 30 days in county as the NCOIC in charge of the transit tent of B Co 1/4 Marines Dong Ha (rear area)
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Oakes spent the last 30 days in county as the NCOIC in charge of the transit tent of B Co 1/4 Marines Dong Ha (rear area).
Oakes, Ronald
Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
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U.S.S. New Jersey passing by the U.S.S. Repose while Oakes is aboard the hospital ship USS Repose
U.S.S. New Jersey passing by the U.S.S. Repose while Oakes is aboard the hospital ship USS Repose.
Pedicab in the city of Da Nang. Taken after Oakes had been released from the hospital and is on his way back to his unit.
Washing the red clay off the jeep in the rear area in the Quang Tri area with the help of the locals
Washing the red clay off the jeep in the rear area in the Quang Tri area with the help of the locals.
Route 1 south of Hue. Civilians building a fence around their village to keep the VC out
Route 1 south of Hue. Civilians building a fence around their village to keep the VC out.
Vietnamese farmer leading his water buffalo
Vietnamese farmer leading his water buffalo. Notice the deep red clay.
Rice paddies in the Da Nang area. The water in the paddies was usually twenty-inchs to two feet deep and at canals, the water was usually four or five feet deep and full of leeches.
Oakes at Camp Hansen, Okinawa on his way home from Vietnam, April 1969
Oakes at Camp Hansen, Okinawa on his way home from Vietnam, April 1969.
Transite barracks at Da Nang airfield, April 1969. Taken when Oakes is about to leave the country.
Operation Allen Brook. F-4 Phantom releasing ordanace on an enemy position firing upon Oakes's unit
Operation Allen Brook. F-4 Phantom releasing ordanace on an enemy position firing upon Oakes' unit
Corpsman Kirkpatrick and Lt. O'Rourke of 3rd Platoon, B Company 1/27 May 1968 before Operation Allen Brook
Corpsman Kirkpatrick and Lt. O'Rourke of 3rd Platoon, B Company 1/27 May 1968 before Operation Allen Brook.
Oakes and LCPL Lamphere with the platoon radios just before Oakes began working with the company
Oakes and LCPL Lamphere with the platoon radios just before Oakes began working with the company. Lamphere was the man Oakes chose to replace him as platoon radioman. The day after this picture, Lamphere tripped a bobby-trapped hand grenade that took him out, Kirkpatrick and O'Rourke as well. Oakes was part of the relief party the arrived on the scene to take care of the wounded.
1st Marine Division band keeping the men occupied around April 27th just south of Hue
1st Marine Division band keeping the men occupied around April 27th just south of Hue. The men were waiting for a B-52 bombing mission to bomb a village the men had to go through. Two weeks before, the company had traveled through the village and taken a large number of casualties. We lost half of the company.
Operation Allen Brook. The patrol is receiving automatic weapons fire from the tree line in the background.
Men watching the results of the bombing of an enemy position in the far tree line
Men watching the results of the bombing of an enemy position in the far tree line. Operation Allen Brook.
Oakes resting after going from Camp Doung Son to a platoon patrol base in August 1968
Oakes resting after going from Camp Doung Son to a platoon patrol base in August 1968. Oakes had collapsed from heat exhaustion due to the intense heat.
The mountains of Laos are in the background and Oakes and a Forward Observer (FO) are directing artillery fire at suspected enemy concentration points along the Laotian border. This location is as far north and as far west as someone could go in South Vietnam.
Locals going through garbage discarded by the mess hall for 1/27 Marine regiment
Locals going through garbage discarded by the mess hall for 1/27 Marine regiment. They are pouring leftover milk out of the containers.
Mountains West of Camp Doung Son perimeter. March / April 1968.
Oakes preparing to go on a night patrol in March / April 1968 from Camp Dong Son.
Vietnamese women working in a field as VC lookouts
Vietnamese women working in a field as VC lookouts. After the picture was taken, a VC ambush attacked the patrol from the tree line in the background.
Weapons captured in the DMZ area. Clockwise from the bottom left: Oakes' M-16, 82 mm mortar, SKS, AK-47, M-79, 60 mm mortar, and a Russian Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle, manufactured in 1947 (This weapon was brought home as a war prize with Oakes).
A CH-53 Sea Stallion resupplying LZ Neville in Spring 1969
A CH-53 Sea Stallion resupplying LZ Neville in Spring 1969.