SP5 Marc D.Turpin, 1968/1969
2nd Platoon, 1st Squad

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D Company Area in Dong Tam and More

1 - The rain is coming
2 - Monsoon
3 - Monsoon in Dong Tam
4 - Prepping a fixed wing landing area for a PSP (Perforated Steel Plank) surface
5 - An Arty "Duster." Twin 40mm canon on a tank body

1 - Rice paddy
2 - The Dong Tam version of "Home Depot"
3 - D Company ammo and explosives storage area
4 - Putting culverts in in Dong Tam
5 - Flying crane 

1 - Marc came half way around the world to install culvert made in his birth city. Granite City Steel, Granite City, Illinois
2 - Gary Strader with two Hawaiian reservists
3 - Looking from second floor barracks toward D Company HQ Building
4 - Two Hawiian reservists repairing PSP fixed wing runway after main Division ammo dump was blown, March 27 1969
5 - Marc and "Duceless" by barrack 

1 - Marc and a 155mm dud round with active fuse
2 - D Company barrack that took a direct hit
3 - Barrack from the outside
4 - Blown truck in motorpool
5 -Another view 

Dong Tam garbage dump. The GI's garbage is the villager's treasure

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