I, was a Soldier once, and young.

This gallery will be used to honor those brave men who fought along side of me in Vietnam. I served in the 1st. Inf. Div. ( The Big Red One ) B Troop 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry ( the Quarter Horse ) from June of 1967 till January of 1969. I would like to dedicate it to the memory of one of my best friends who was killed at "Fire Base Rita", here's to SP4 Mike Alongi, you are not forgotten. Ours was a Noble cause, damn anyone who thinks otherwise. Life then was rather tough, now, life is good. SPECIAL NOTICE, Please note, some of these photos taken of me and my Track, or any other subject in this gallery were taken by others, if anyone recognizes a photo that they took let me know and I will make sure you get credit for the photo.

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For about three months I was Track Commander, on what we called a "Zippo". This was an M-113 Armored Personal Carrier, that had a flame thrower mounted on it. The photo on the right is of me sitting on top of the flame gun, on the flame gun, I had painted, "Crispy Critters Inc.". in the lower part of the photo you can see masking tape on the side of the track, we used masking tape as a stencil when we painted the names on the sides of our Tracks. The photo on the left shows the name we had just painted after cutting it out of the tape, onto the Track, "Burning Sensation". My friend "Papino" is standing on the left, I am on the right.

zippo 1968