3rd Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion
Fire Support Base Rakkasan
1970


photos from Jeff Brumagin (A Co, 1st BN, 1969-1970)
FSB Rakkasan

Landing at FSB Rakkasan


Bunker

Bunker in front of the 3rd Platoon, A Co, 1st BN hooch


Trip Flares

Tom McNaulty setting trip flares

The CH-47 Chinook is from B Company, 159th Aviation Battalion, VARSITY


155mm Howitzer

155mm Howitzer


Billy Greavu

Billy Greavu (KIA 3/10/70) from Ohio


CH54A Tarhe Skycrane
CH54A Tarhe (Skycrane) from the 478th Aviation Company,
"UP TIGHT - HURRICANES" based in Da Nang, setting a
Howitzer in place on FSB Rakkasan.


Doc Severson

3rd Platoon Medic Tom Severson (KIA 3/10/70)
with a PRC-25 Backpack VHF Radio


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Send any changes or corrections to: Hoyt Bruce Moore, III "The Moe"
This page updated 10/22/06