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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
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Marines crossing hilltop LZ near artillery FDC bunker
on 881S Mar '68.
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Photo by, 1stLt,
Charles J. Schneider
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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
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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
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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
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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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