Photo Album
Military Beginnings
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Some images are taken from these books. (provided By: William R Hayes) SFC (Ret) |
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Basic Training | |
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First Military Spit Shine |
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Break From KP Duty |
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Roommate at Repo Depot |
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First Impression of Military Latrine |
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Horse Play Prior to Graduation Formation Practice |
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Basic Platoon Mates |
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Unhappy Day of Cleaning Detail |
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My Friend Eddie Gibson and Friend at FT. Dix We grew up together and are still best of friends |
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My Baraccks at FT. Dix |
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Drill Instructors at FT. Dix Reppo Deppo |
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Basic Platoon Mates Ready for Graduation |
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Corporal in charge of Our Barrack |
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Roland Hayes Graduation From Basic Training |
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Roland Hayes Before deployment to Vietnam- Oct 1967 |
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Big Douce Mess Hall New jersey where i train to be a airborne spoon. |
C.S.T.
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Potato peeling while on KP duty |
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Mess Hall |
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Training Hooch |
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My Graduating cooks course at FT. Dix at New Jearsey 1966 |
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1st Army Statue at FT. Dix Enterance |
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Bunk Area at FT. Dix |
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Preparation for Graduation: Cleaning out locker |
Germany
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Head Quarters of the first of the 509 8th infantry division, Called Pathfinder Division. |
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Jump over Mainz Gunsenhiem |
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Chute Walker |
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Mess Hall member 509 Germany |
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Cook friends clowing |
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Picture of Chute Walker after he got off of the other Parachute. |
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Tactical Jump out of a C-130 Aircraft. |
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Randal Cates, Member of the 1st of the 509 Zarrogozia, Spain |
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Maitnance on the APC at the Quad |
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Repacking chutes after a jump |
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Photo of our APCs at Lee Baraccks |
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Loading of our Mess Truck for a field problem Bombholder, Germany |
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C-130 disgorging second wave of troops. |
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Arial view of potato field |
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Beautiful Arial view |
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Play of shadows on the nearing ground. |
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Departing aircraft and Jump Masters. |
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Picture of the inside of my descending parachute. |
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Heavy Equipment Drop |
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Picture of Village of Mainz on horizon |
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Me manning the .50cal machine gun on top of M113 armored personnel carrier. |
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Maneuvering practice with M113 on sand dunes. |
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Maneuvering practice with M113 on sand dunes. |
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Jonesy and me stationed at Lee Barracks Germany-1967 |
In Vietnam
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Louis Satterfield (left) and my cousin 'Doc' Barry Taylor (right) picture courtesy of Louis Satterfield Eating C-Rations |
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Lt Tomphson and Lt Ruth KIA Same Day Vietnam |
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B Company Members ready to patrol |
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B Company Members at Ft Campbell prior to deployment |
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B Company Members ready for Helicopter Ride |
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First picture taken in Vietnam located in D-zone |
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Roland and Jethro at firebase out of Ben Hoa |
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Last picture taken in Vietnam with surviving members Top Row from left to right, Sgt Beer, Rummler Charles Robinson, Roland Hayes, unknown, Robinson (little Rob) Sgt Chohcho Bottom Row from lefr to right, Powell, Schumen For an even larger and higher resolution version of the picture please click here |
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Part of my squad headed to the valley below Near the A Shau Valley-Nov 1968 |
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Air Assualt in the Iron Triangle, tall Elephant grass-June 1968 |
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LT Ruth and Myself found cashe in the D Zone Ruth later killed in action September 1968 This Photo was taken late January of 68 |
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The three amigo's looking at location on map, along the Dong Nie River SGT Prather (KIA) SGT Freeman (WIA) PFC W. Roland Hayes (WIA) |
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Reading a Bible in a Bannana Grove-Feb 1968 |
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B company being lifted out of War Zone C Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member around late spring |
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Here comes our taxi Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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1st Platoon Airborne over the Iron Triangle Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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B Company ready for lift off Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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Jungle Patrol Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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Lift off! those are not scratches but blade of grass Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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Phuoc Vinh Air Strip Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member1968 |
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Out on Rubber Plantation Patrol Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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Village Photo was taken by another RAKKANAS 187 Member 1968 |
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Ray Pfefferkorn- Another 187 member.. Check out his site by clicking the photo. |
Fort Bragg
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Sgt Washington on left of me |
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F4 Phantom doing a simulated strafing run |
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Aggressor Situation Simulation |
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CH47 Sling un-loading hummvee Photo From: Dave Rodriguez |
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CH47 Sling un-loading hummvee Photo From: Dave Rodriguez |
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C-130 Hercules Photo From: Dave Rodriguez |
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C-130 Hercules take off from dirt landing strip in California Photo From: Dave Rodriguez |
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My Helmet and M-14, on a field exercise |
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Photo taken from my window at FT. Bragg North Cariolina 1969 |
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Aggressor Field Problems with Special Forces at FT. Bragg |
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Aggressor Field Problems with Special Forces at FT. Bragg |
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The guys on the Field Problem |
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Army Mule |
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Sgt. Colon from Puerto Rico |
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Three Amigos: Copland, Harris, and ... |
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Medic's Jeep on a field problem |
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Back door of a C1-41 prior to a jump |
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Field Problem |
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105 Howitzer firing at the field problem |
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Me doing a practice jump PLF |
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Field Problem |
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Me getting to do a PLF Practice |
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Field Problem |
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Morning Formation |
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Jump Master going over Jump Manifiest |
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106 Recoilless Rifle |
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Long shot of our company walking over the horizion FT. Bragg |
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My Family and Friends at the Buffalo Zoo |  |
Me at the Buffalo Zoo |