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Highway 9 the infamous main
road to Khe Sanh. This is the road we ran convoy duty on.
Not much wider than the tank with brush right up to edge. Perfect
ambush country. This is also the road where we saw a Tiger
crossing.
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The results of one ambush. The
NVA had set a Clamore type mine up designed to kill any Grunts riding
on the tank. And any crewmen with their heads exposed. |
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Even with the moisture spots you can
still see the pellet holes in the sponson boxes. The broken
vision blocks and there are some pellets imbedded in the track blocks
hanging on the turret. |
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The results of this ambush; Platoon
Leader Harris Himes wounded,
Charlie Carson loader wounded,
Ron Shuppy driver ok due to a box of .45 Cal ammo placed on the tank
fender.
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