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Go to Ambush of Oakes' patrol as they advanced to the tree line in the background item page

Ambush of Oakes' patrol as they advanced to the tree line in the background.
Go to Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley item page

Oakes aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Repose in November 1968 after he contracted dysentery in the Khe Sanh Valley.
Go to Oakes and three other soldiers acting as an escort for a Chinese couple in Chinatown, San Francisco item page

Oakes and three other soldiers acting as an escort for a Chinese couple in Chinatown, San Francisco.
Go to Dorms at the Defense Language Institute West Coast in Monterrey, California item page

Dorms at the Defense Language Institute West Coast in Monterrey, California.
Go to Flame tank support around camp Doung Son item page

Prior to troops advancing through the tree line, the flame tanks burnt out all the bobby-traps.
Go to Flooding in Camp Dong Son after a typhoon in September 1968 item page

Flooding in Camp Dong Son after a typhoon in September 1968.
Go to Deploying Men Under Fire item page

Lt. O'Rourke (center of picture) deploying troops during a firefight south of Hue.
Go to Medevac item page

Medevacing a soldier wounded in the leg during an firefight.
Go to Tent Area Camp Pendleton item page

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.
Go to Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment item page

Rear area in Dong Ha for the 4th Marine Regiment. New mess hall under construction.
Go to 40 ft. Connex containers item page

40 ft. Connex containers at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Q-West that housing four people each. These were what the men first moved into in December 2004.
Go to Commercial airliner that carried Oakes and the other men to Kuwait. item page

Commercial airliner that carried Oakes and the other men to Kuwait.
Go to Inside the living quarters at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, December 2004 item page

Inside the living quarters at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, December 2004.
Go to AH-64 Apache hovering at an Apache refueling point at FOB Diamondback. (Mosul) item page

AH-64 Apache hovering at an Apache refueling point at FOB Diamondback. (Mosul)
Go to AH-64 Apache flying into FOB Q-West in Iraq item page

AH-64 Apache flying into FOB Q-West in Iraq. Notice the consentina wire and the sand berm constituting the perimeter of the base.
Go to Armored vehicles preparing for a convoy from FOB Q-West item page

Armored vehicles preparing for a convoy from FOB Q-West.
Go to Crashed Special Forces C-130 on the FOB Q-West runway item page

Crashed Special Forces C-130 on the FOB Q-West runway on December 31, 2004.
Go to City of Mosul and Mosul Air Base from the air item page

City of Mosul and Mosul Air Base from the air. The airfield is in the middle ground with the city in the background.
Go to Crash S.F. C-130 at FOB Q-West item page

Crash S.F. C-130 at FOB Q-West. In the foreground is the hole that the plane hit upon land with debris from the plane still in the hole.
Go to Golf driving range the men constructed on FOB Q-West item page

Golf driving range the men constructed on FOB Q-West.
Go to Gun truck from the Iraqi national guard item page

Gun truck from the Iraqi national guard. January 2005.
Go to Interior of the crashed S.F. C-130 item page

Interior of the crashed S.F. C-130 after engineers had blown the nose off to destroy all the sensitive equipment.
Go to Looking up the ramp that lead down to the underground power plant at FOB Q-West item page

Looking up the ramp that lead down to the underground power plant at FOB Q-West.
Go to Mercenaries from in the parking lot of FOB Q-West only mess hall item page

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

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