SSG Ortiz posing with the Iraqi Army soldiers guarding the rear gate of FOB Q-West

Spent shell-casings at the firing range at FOB Q-West. An M-249 LMG (Light Machine Gun) is in the background

Sandstorm approaching FOB Q-West

Route 1 south of Hue. Civilians building a fence around their village to keep the VC out.

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.

Rice paddies around the Quang Tri area

Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment. New mess hall under construction.

Rear area at LZ Stud, Vandergrift Combat Base. The jumping off point for the relief of Khe Sanh, October 1968.

Platoon ordnance load for a single patrol. Consists of: machine gun ammo, hand grenades, M-16 ammo, M-79 ammo, smoke grenades, LAWs (Light Anti-Tank Weapons), and claymore mines.

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.

Patrol during Operation Allen Brook. Right after Oakes took the picture, North Vietnamese machine guns began firing from the opposite bank.

Part of the Samarra bypass, a wall built around a hostile Iraqi town for protection of the convoys.