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- Collection: Ronald Oakes collection
Transite barracks at Da Nang airfield
Transite barracks at Da Nang airfield, April 1969. Taken when Oakes is about to leave the country.
Oakes at Camp Hansen, Okinawa on his way home from Vietnam, April 1969
Oakes at Camp Hansen, Okinawa on his way home from Vietnam, April 1969.
Rice paddies in the Da Nang area
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.
Vietnamese farmer leading his water buffalo
Vietnamese farmer leading his water buffalo. Notice the deep red clay.
Route 1 south of Hue. Civilians building a fence around their village to keep the VC out
Route 1 south of Hue. Civilians building a fence around their village to keep the VC out.
Washing the red clay off the jeep in the rear area in the Quang Tri area with the help of the locals
Washing the red clay off the jeep in the rear area in the Quang Tri area with the help of the locals.
Pedicab in the city of Da Nang
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.
U.S.S. New Jersey passing by the U.S.S. Repose while Oakes is aboard the hospital ship USS Repose
U.S.S. New Jersey passing by the U.S.S. Repose while Oakes is aboard the hospital ship USS Repose.
Oakes spent the last 30 days in county as the NCOIC in charge of the transit tent of B Co 1/4 Marines Dong Ha (rear area)
Oakes spent the last 30 days in county as the NCOIC in charge of the transit tent of B Co 1/4 Marines Dong Ha (rear area).
Two U.S. Army dusters, 40mm tracked AA vehicles, south of Hue on Route 1
Two U.S. Army dusters, 40mm tracked AA vehicles, south of Hue on Route 1.
Rear area at LZ Stud, Vandergrift Combat Base
Rear area at LZ Stud, Vandergrift Combat Base. The jumping off point for the relief of Khe Sanh, October 1968.
LZ Gurkha artillery emplacement of 105 mm howitzers
LZ Gurkha artillery emplacement of 105 mm howitzers.
Platoon ordnance load for a single patrol
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.
122 mm rockets captured in the rocket belt south of Da Nang
Da Nang, Spring 1968. 122 mm rockets captured in the rocket belt south of Da Nang transported on a mule motorized cart to Camp Dong Son.
Live 81 mm round
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.
Engineers placing C-4 around the bobby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on
Engineers placing C-4 around the bobby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on.
Patrol during Operation Allen Brook
Patrol during Operation Allen Brook. Right after Oakes took the picture, North Vietnamese machine guns began firing from the opposite bank.
Booby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on
Booby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on. The round failed to detonate because the dirt around it gave way.
Corpsman attending to wounded soldier
Corpsman attending to wounded soldier who had tripped a booby-trapped hand grenade in the 3/27th Marine's area.