Tom

3rd Platoon (sometimes referred to as the Walking Coffin)

Lt to R sitting- Doc McClain, David Croskey, Witherspoon(bandaged arm), Joe Mangan. Kneeling- Jan Bobowski, John Adame, John Carrillo, Sgt Quintero. Standing on far left- Rolen, Brad Franks, Bato, John McManus, on far right Tom Forbes. Hope to ID all soon

L to R ? Tom, Doug Burdick, ?, John C. Thomas, Harold Baucom.

Tom and John C. Thomas

Hank Rolen and Tom

Tom

Tom & Earl Jeffries

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Tom

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Tom

? Holding a bag of peanuts

Tom

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Flemin, Camp Castle, June 68

Dolly, Camp Castle, June 68

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Tobin & Philips, Bearcat june 68.

Tobin & Tom, Bearcat, June 68

Frenzal, June 15, 68. Camp Castle, Bearcar

Tom, quenching his thirst.

I don`t think this is Tom.

Trust me on this one. This is Tom, lying with leg bandaged on March 10,1968 at the 36th Evac Hospital, VungTau

Loading up for a trip up the river.

Getting ready.

Underway.

Was this the breakfast or dinner cruise out of DongTam?

"Rollin Down The River"

another picture from 'the cruise'

Finally headed back to the safety of the`Mother Ships`.

Pulling up to the pontoons.

on the road

the driver

155?

another 155?

The Cobra

The Caribou ( there sure were a lot of wild animals over there)

The General Store

4 pictures of DongTam. Bottom left must have been a lucky day as there is a rainbow!

When we left Vietnam, we did not even know who lived or died.  Who knew that any of us would find one another?  Who envisioned the Web?  The guy that I'm standing with alone, in the 4th picture, is John C Thomas.  I've been unable to locate him even though I have his service number and an old street address.  I've sent mail to him through the VA but have not received a response. It's good to know that some of the surviving men struggled along to achieve fairly normal lives after dealing with the distressing circumstances of Vietnam in 1968.  It also feels wonderful for us to remember the fine men, our comrades, that did not get to live their lives because of this strange war.                 Tom

If you have any information about John C. Thomas or any of the others in these pictures, please e-mail DocMcClain@webtv.net