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On extended patrol in Panama's triple canopy jungle: a "hooch" somewhere in the interior of the Canal Zone. |
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With his command staff at the Spanish-American War era gun emplacements in Fort Sherman, CZ, October 1978, is Company A, 1st BN, 506th commander 1LT Benjamin C. Freakley [as of 2006, a Major General and Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)]. |

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Devil's Beach at Fort Sherman, CZ, during a break
from Jungle School, October 1978. (L to R): SSG Edwin Sugai, PV2 Alan Windle, and PFC John McKay, all from A Company, 1-506th. (Note the Army-issue air mattresses.) |


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PFC John McKay inside one of the hangers at Howard Air Force Base CZ, November 1978, with A Company Currahees in a "hurry up and wait" mode for the trip back to Fort Campbell, KY. |
