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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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Don Thies with both captured AK50 assault rifles,
which along with the other captured equipment, were handed over to S2. |
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April 5, north of Highway QL-9, checking out the
high-speed NVA trail (running left to right at the bottom of the photograph). |
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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). |
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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. |
