Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley.

MSR Tampa from the air. The MSR is the Main Supply Route coming out of Turkey extending all the way to Badaq.

Mountains West of Camp Doung Son perimeter. March / April 1968.

Mercenaries from in the parking lot of FOB Q-West only mess hall.

Men watching the results of the bombing of an enemy position in the far tree line. Operation Allen Brook.

Medevacing a soldier wounded in the leg during an firefight.

LZ Gurkha artillery emplacement of 105 mm howitzers.

Looking up the ramp that lead down to the underground power plant at FOB Q-West.

Locals going through garbage discarded by the mess hall for 1/27 Marine regiment. They are pouring leftover milk out of the containers.

White object in the center-right of the photo is a live 81 mm illumination round that went through Oakes' poncho and landed between his head and the Gunnery Sgt's head during a night firing in a rain storm.

Iraqi guards at the rear gate of FOB Q-West looking south. Notice how flat the terrain is and the lack of distinguishing features.

Iraqi civilians looking for work just outside the gate of FOB Q-West.