Hill 881S - Page 49
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Marine in "bunny hole" on 881S - Mar '68.  Note sandbag divider in  trench, placed to prevent multiple casualties when round landed in  trench. 
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Photo by, 1stLt, Charles J. Schneider 
Marines crossing hilltop LZ near artillery FDC bunker on 881S Mar '68.
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Photo by, 1stLt, Charles J. Schneider 
North face of 881S, looking west towards Laos - early Feb '68.  By  March, entire area between trench and defensive wire was paved with  German barbed wire.
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Photo by, 1stLt, Charles J. Schneider 

1stLt. Carlton Crenshaw, C/1/13, getting haircut before siege began.   It was to be his last haircut for a while! 
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Photo by, 1stLt, Charles J. Schneider 
A rare clear day on 881S.  Good for controlling airstrikes, bad for  enduring incoming, since NVA gunners could see to adjust their fire.   UH-34 in background was shot down 21Jan68, not recovered until mid- April, after siege.
Photo by, 1stLt, Charles J. Schneider 
Marine moving through gate in saddle between India and Mike Company  positions on 881S - Mar '68. 
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Photo by, 1stLt, Charles J. Schneider 

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