| Page 4 of 4 pages of March 2, 1971-April 6, 1971 photographs
from Donald Thies (B Co, 2nd BN, 1970-1971). Don also wrote an excellent Narrative of Events, detailing the participation of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry in Operation Lam Son 719. |
| March 24: CH-47 Chinook flame drop on B
Company's original location near the Ice Cream Cone before the NVA sprung an ambush on a JP-4 Tanker Truck. The drop was necessary to attempt to destroy a mechanical ambush left in B Company's haste to move out to confront the NVA ambush. |
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| March 25: this photo of Razorback Ridge north of
Highway QL-9 was taken while B Company was on the move. |
| April 4: Captured NVA Chinese radio from
a group of five NVA killed earlier in the morning. The NVA were a forward observer team heading back north with maps of all bases, sighting circles, and wads of money. |
| North of the Rockpile on a high-speed NVA
trail, Don Thies holds a captured AK47 assault rifle after an ambush. The AK47 clip holds 30 rounds. An NVA backpack is in the front left of the photo; Don's backpack is back right (note the stack of letters on Don's backpack). |
| Patrick Bailey, artillery RTO, with one of
the AK50 assault rifles captured in the ambush. The AK50 had a pistol grip and a folding stock. |
| Don Thies with both captured AK50 assault
rifles, which along with the other captured equipment, were handed over to S2. |
| April 5, north of Highway QL-9, checking
out the high-speed NVA trail (running left to right at the bottom of the photograph). |
| Heading south for R&R -- the Rockpile
(center of photo), the Song Cam Lo River, Don Thies' M-16 rifle, and Razorback Ridge (to the right of the rifle). |
| CPT Carl Jensen, (CO, B Co, 2nd
BN) presided over the Memorial Service for SFC Tom Shepherd and PFC Gary J. Fiedler held at the USO Theater at Camp Evans after B Company returned from Operation Lam Son 719. |
