Washing the red clay off the jeep in the rear area in the Quang Tri area with the help of the locals.

Vietnamese farmer leading his water buffalo. Notice the deep red clay.

U.S.S. New Jersey passing by the U.S.S. Repose while Oakes is aboard the hospital ship USS Repose.

Two U.S. Army dusters, 40mm tracked AA vehicles, south of Hue on Route 1.

Transite barracks at Da Nang airfield, April 1969. Taken when Oakes is about to leave the country.

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…

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 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.