Commercial airliner that carried Oakes and the other men to Kuwait.
Iraq War, 2003-2011
United States--History, Military
United States. National Guard
Military life
Soldiers
Photographs
Oakes, Ronald
Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
In Copyright
Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
40 ft. Connex containers at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Q-West that housing four people each. These were what the men first moved into in December 2004.
World War, 1914-1918
Michigan--History, Military
United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th
United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.)
Camp Custer (Mich.)
Barracks at Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918.
Angus, Donald James (D. J.)
D.J. Angus photographs, RHC-04
Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Marine Corps
Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment. New mess hall under construction.
Camp Pendleton in September 1967 during Oakes' infantry training. The men slept in tents elevated on plywood floors because there was not enough housing for all the soldiers.
Medevacing a soldier wounded in the leg during an firefight.
Lt. O'Rourke (center of picture) deploying troops during a firefight south of Hue.
Flooding in Camp Dong Son after a typhoon in September 1968
Flooding in Camp Dong Son after a typhoon in September 1968.
Flame tank support around camp Doung Son
Prior to troops advancing through the tree line, the flame tanks burnt out all the bobby-traps.
Dorms at the Defense Language Institute West Coast in Monterrey, California
Dorms at the Defense Language Institute West Coast in Monterrey, California.
Oakes and three other soldiers acting as an escort for a Chinese couple in Chinatown, San Francisco
Oakes and three other soldiers acting as an escort for a Chinese couple in Chinatown, San Francisco.
Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley
Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley.
Ambush of Oakes' patrol as they advanced to the tree line in the background
Ambush of Oakes' patrol as they advanced to the tree line in the background.
A CH-53 Sea Stallion resupplying LZ Neville in Spring 1969
A CH-53 Sea Stallion resupplying LZ Neville in Spring 1969.
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).
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.
Oakes preparing to go on a night patrol in March / April 1968 from Camp Dong Son.
Mountains West of Camp Doung Son perimeter. March / April 1968.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Operation Allen Brook. The patrol is receiving automatic weapons fire from the tree line in the background.
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.