{"id":3492,"date":"2026-03-21T22:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/?page_id=3492"},"modified":"2026-03-29T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:08:19","slug":"photo-scrapbook-of-life-at-khe-sanh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/?page_id=3492","title":{"rendered":"Photo Scrapbook of Life at Khe Sanh"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Following Photographs depict life at Khe Sanh and the\u00a0 surrounding hills.<\/h5>\n

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C130 Aircraft Shot Down upon landing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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United States troops take cover behind a defensive wall of sand bags during an attack by North Vietnamese Army forces during the Battle of Khe Sanh in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War conflict in 1968. (Photo by Rolls Press\/Popperfoto via Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Captured Enemy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charlie Med Surgeons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David Assum Maybe the only Marine that flew back to the Khe Sanh combat base hanging by one leg in a cargo net.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bombing at Khe Sanh 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(Original Caption) A C-130 Hercules transport, taxis down runway with a load of combat essential supplies as fires from a previous night’s mortar attack still burn in the background sometime in February. Communist gunners shot down a C-123 transport at the Khe Sanh landing strip, March 1st, injuring one passenger aboard the plane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ammo Dump Explosion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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United States troops take cover behind a defensive wall of sand bags during an attack by North Vietnamese Army forces during the Battle of Khe Sanh in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War conflict in 1968. (Photo by Rolls Press\/Popperfoto via Getty Images\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Larry Kubley CBMU 301\/Bravo Last Convoy out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Seabee Dennis Waler viewDown the Runway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ronnie Lee Hawks KIA A\/1\/9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(Original Caption) A C-130 Hercules transport, taxis down runway with a load of combat essential supplies as fires from a previous night’s mortar attack still burn in the background sometime in February. Communist gunners shot down a C-123 transport at the Khe Sanh landing strip, March 1st, injuring one passenger aboard the plane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quick Hole Patch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charles Otto Spillman CBMU 301\/B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dennis Wickersham
Our condo on hill 558<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LT Marty Kux, Jerel Wenger, Sam Messer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dennis Waler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lt. Marty Kux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone’s Favorite CPO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bruce “Budda” Morris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Richard Schooler & Friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aboard Ship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Richard Schooler having a Beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Human Remains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Human Remains Near DMZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Danny Hobart Hill 861 before siege C\/1\/26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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F\/2\/26 Gideon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Doc F\/2\/26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Digging new home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bravo Co 2\/26 March 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mine Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Near West End of base<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Richard Schooler at Dong Ha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rich at Dong Ha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sgt Schooler’s Squad Members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Schooler Squad Member<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beehive Fleshettes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jim with tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jim Dawdy & Ontos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Edward Cody Adams CBMU 301\/B KIA 4\/16\/68<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Topmiller, center, in Vietnam in 1968. On the left is Michael Archer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CBMU 301 Security Platoon Dong Ha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Highway to Dong Ha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Returning with a brother KIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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KC 130 Crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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C 123<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charlie Med<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I Protest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Edward Feldman receiving Silver Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joe Herrera with Hull in front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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C130 Crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Remember the Mule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steve Rawls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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KC 130 Crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hill 881S March 1968
Standing L to R: Nittenger, Carnahan, Reyes, Brain, Glover, Catrin
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Chaplin Luffman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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India Co Assaulting Hill 881 N<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Home is where you dig it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Battle of Fox Trot Ridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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C\/1\/13 Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Battle of Fox Trot Ridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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February 25-29, 1968 881S<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scanner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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4\/4\/1968-Near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam- First Cavalry soldiers stand with the bodies of dead comrades, as they wait to be evacuated from a hilltop along route #9, during their advance toward Khe Sanh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Securing the Perimeter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bunker Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ernie “Preacher” Husted – Bravo Recon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Larry Meyer Dec 67 at KCB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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B Recon Frenchy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charlie Med Personnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Recon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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B – Recon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pagano B-Recon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Larry Meyer Recon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1\/9 Marines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alexandre Rodgers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The crew Rodgers Alexandre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Capt Bill Dabney Hill 881s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Doc Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Randy Wahoske<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hill 861 taking incoming view from 881S<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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India Co Assaulting Hill 881 N<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pilot Ejects after NVA shoots his SkyHawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Combat Base<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guns at Rockpile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Ontos. Morning attack January 21, 1968. One of these “Bad Boys” was sitting on the airstrip right in front of my bunker. I knew that if their guns opened up, we were in big trouble. Jack Haigwood CBMU 301\/B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marine Waiting at strip for a flight out of Khe Sanh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rescue of Downed Pilot <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Supply Drop at KSCB photo by Robert Ellison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Ellison Photographer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tim Haley 1\/9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lone Marine from 1\/9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1\/9 Rock Quarry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hill 861A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helo Pad Hill 861A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LZ 861A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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