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I have shown all very few of my selection of military photos. Most of the photos I will never share with all. Somethings don't need to be seen.

There are games played in combat. This is one of those games. The Air Force Bace at Phu Cat, South Vietnam, was receiving motor fire almost every night. While spotters could tell where the last blast came from, by the time that fire could be return, the other side had already moved and was setting up to fire again. The daytime was a different story. The other side did not want to move in the daylight. They went to sleep and waited for nightfall to begin the fireworks all over again. While ground troops tried to locate the sleeping enemy, it was not always easy. A quicker way, in daylight, to locate the other side was to fly a Huey Helicopt over the landcscape. The VC, just could not help themselves, and would take a few shots at the slow flying bird. Unknown to them, just out of sight of the UH-1, was a Cobra gunship. The Cobra would fly in and open fire on the location where the shooting came from. At the same time, the Huey, who had one of us artillery spotters on board, would be calling in artillery fire. The artillery shells normally would take care of the motor unit for a few days.

Pic1 is the Huey loading up. Pic 2 is Cobra waiting to take off. Pic 3 is the countryside. Pic 4 is inside the bird while artillery fire is being called in.