Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment. New mess hall under construction.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Tent Area Camp Pendleton
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1967-09
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Medevac
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Medevacing a soldier wounded in the leg during an firefight.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Deploying Men Under Fire
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Lt. O'Rourke (center of picture) deploying troops during a firefight south of Hue.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Flooding in Camp Dong Son after a typhoon in September 1968
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Flooding in Camp Dong Son after a typhoon in September 1968.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968-09
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Flame tank support around camp Doung Son
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Prior to troops advancing through the tree line, the flame tanks burnt out all the bobby-traps.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Dorms at the Defense Language Institute West Coast in Monterrey, California
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Dorms at the Defense Language Institute West Coast in Monterrey, California.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Oakes and three other soldiers acting as an escort for a Chinese couple in Chinatown, San Francisco
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Oakes and three other soldiers acting as an escort for a Chinese couple in Chinatown, San Francisco.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Ambush of Oakes' patrol as they advanced to the tree line in the background
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Ambush of Oakes' patrol as they advanced to the tree line in the background.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

A CH-53 Sea Stallion resupplying LZ Neville in Spring 1969
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: A CH-53 Sea Stallion resupplying LZ Neville in Spring 1969.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1969
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Weapons captured in the DMZ area
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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).
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Vietnamese women working in a field as VC lookouts
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Oakes preparing to go on a night patrol
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Oakes preparing to go on a night patrol in March / April 1968 from Camp Dong Son.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Mountains West of Camp Doung Son
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Mountains West of Camp Doung Son perimeter. March / April 1968.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Locals going through garbage discarded by the mess hall for 1/27 Marine regiment
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Locals going through garbage discarded by the mess hall for 1/27 Marine regiment. They are pouring leftover milk out of the containers.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

The mountains of Laos
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Oakes resting after going from Camp Doung Son to a platoon patrol base in August 1968
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968-08
rights: In Copyright
relation: 1968-08
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Men watching the results of the bombing of an enemy position in the far tree line
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Men watching the results of the bombing of an enemy position in the far tree line. Operation Allen Brook.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Operation Allen Brook
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Operation Allen Brook. The patrol is receiving automatic weapons fire from the tree line in the background.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

1st Marine Division band keeping the men occupied around April 27th just south of Hue
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Oakes and LCPL Lamphere with the platoon radios just before Oakes began working with the company
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: 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.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Corpsman Kirkpatrick and Lt. O'Rourke of 3rd Platoon, B Company 1/27 May 1968 before Operation Allen Brook
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Corpsman Kirkpatrick and Lt. O'Rourke of 3rd Platoon, B Company 1/27 May 1968 before Operation Allen Brook.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968-05
rights: In Copyright
relation: 1968-05
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Operation Allen Brook. F-4 Phantom releasing ordanace on an enemy position firing upon Oakes's unit
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Operation Allen Brook. F-4 Phantom releasing ordanace on an enemy position firing upon Oakes' unit
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War