Jim Beck

Earlier photo collection (16 photos)

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• Air Medal
• JB00 SP/5 Jim Beck at Quan Loi South Vietnam April 1969
• 200 J.M. Flagg's 1917 Poster
• JB01 Tigerland Entrance Fort Polk (North Fort) Oct 67 AIT training for combat infantry (11B)
• JB02 Tigerland at Fort Polk Oct 67
• JB02A Tiger Land Sign Oct 67
• 02A Tigerland sign at Fort Polk (North Fort) Oct 67 -- I took AIT (infantry) from Aug to Nov 67
• JB03 AIT at C/4/5 Fort Polk Oct 67
• JB04 Inside my barracks at C/4/5 Fort Polk Oct 67
• JB04A Outside of my barracks at C/4/5 Fort Polk, Oct 67
• 04B A Saturday afternoon at C/4/5 AIT unit at North Fort (Fort Polk) Oct 67. Pictured is Don Pino. We took basic training together at Fort Ord California
• JB05 XM-16E1 info on Mess Hall wall at C/4/5 (AIT training at Fort Polk Oct 67)
• JB06 Jim Beck -- night ops at Fort Polk Oct 67
• 06A The chapel at North Fort -- Fort Polk Oct 68
• 06B AIT Training barracks at North Fort, Fort Polk. Picture was taken from the Service Club at North Fort
• JB07 Arrival barracks at Bien Hoa airbase Vietnam Nov 67 -- this photo was taken the day after Thanksgiving 1967. I moved to An Khe the next day to join the 1st Cav.
• 08 Bunker on the perimeter at LZ English. Exact date of photo unknown but taken after Xmas67 (Dale Whitehead on the right)
• 09 Villagers on the perimeter at LZ English. Exact date of photo unknown but taken after Xmas67
• JB10 Rice paddies near LZ English -- we are coming in for a landing -- photo taken from the open door of a Huey (slick)
• JB11 Coming in for a landing at LZ English -- photo taken from the open door of a Huey (slick)
• JB12 Hamlet outside LZ English -- coming in for a landing
• JB13 Overview of LZ English
• Cheyenne Dec 67
• JB14 Cheyenne platoon nearing a hamlet (this photo was taken after the Battle of Tam Quan in Dec67)
• JB15 Walking the rice paddy dikes -- Ricky Day is on the right with an M-79 (this photo was taken after the Battle of Tam Quan in Dec67)
• JB16 Mama san getting ready to plant rice [Jan68]
• JB17 Typical hamlet hootch we had to search for weapons [Jan68]
• JB18 Altar inside hootch
• JB19 Jim Beck at LZ English [Jan68]
• 20 My squad getting ready for a combat assault (Ricky Day and Byron Shaw facing camera) [Cheyenne, LZ English, Jan68]
• JB21 Lead slick in the combat assault -- Cheyenne platoon was in the first wave
• 22 Second wave of slicks landing after the LZ was secured
• JB23 CH-47 Chinook bringing in the third wave of Bravo 2/8
• 23A CH-47 Chinook bringing in the fourth wave -- all of Bravo Company 2/8 is on the ground Jan 68
• JB24 Hills NW of Bong Son
• 25 Bravo 2/8 heading into the bush
• 26 Overlooking the Bong Son Plains -- view is toward the eastward from the hills -- the South China Sea is in the distance
• JB27 Cheyenne 6 -- Lt Beach, Tom Hager (far left), PSgt Harrison, ?? -- Photo taken in the hills NW of Bong Son [Jan68]
• JB28 Jim Beck with full pack in the hills NW of Bong Son
• 29 Beck's first day on point at a rest stop -- I wasn't too happy! [Jan68]
• 30 Ricky Day was my backup man and carried an M-79 - he didn't look too happy either. [Jan68]
• 31 I think we used too much C-4 on this bunker Dec67 or Jan68
• JB32 Someone said we were supposed to dig up the graves looking for weapons - we didn't! Jan 68
• JB33 Bombed out church in the Bong Son area Jan68
• 34 Inside the church
• 35 Raymond "Doc" Bono the Cheyenne medic outside the church [Jan68]
• JB36 Jim Beck on church steps - We had just gotten the new M16A1 to replace the old XM16E1 I think during the Christmas stand down -- [Jan68]
• 37 RR bridge along Hwy 1 a few clicks N of LZ Lowboy (LZ Lowboy was about 13 clicks NNE of LZ English) Jan68
• 38 RR Bridge by Hwy 1 N of LZ Lowboy. My first tour was ended here 26Jan68 by a hand grenade.
• JB39 Platoon pups at LZ Lowboy Jan68
• JB40 Ricky Day (shirtless) and ?? taken at LZ Lowboy Jan68 [resting during the day]
• JB41 LZ Lowboy - The new flak vest I wasn't wearing when I should have been! about 24Jan68
• JB42 LZ Lowboy - Well someone had to do it! A job usually left to the FNG photo taken late Jan68
• JB43 A day at the beach. Looking NE. This beach is located about 2.5 km N of LZ Lowboy and 5 km S of LZ Charlie Brown (Sa Huynh) - photo taken about 23 Jan 68
• JB43B A day at the beach. Looking SE. This beach is located about 2.5 km N of LZ Lowboy and 5 km S of LZ Charlie Brown (Sa Huynh) - photo taken about 23 Jan 68
• JB44 At least we remembered something from basic training - how to stack arms! late Jan68 [on the beach]
• JB45 Jim Beck - The water was great! And the sharks didn't bother us either! late Jan68
• JB46 Army issue surfboard! Hang Ten! Photo taken late Jan 68
• JB47 Getting ready to head back to LZ Lowboy and a night on the bridges-- photo taken late Jan68
• JB48 Some village girls filling sand bags on the beach N of LZ Lowboy Jan68
• JB49 This kid was a real ham! He loved having his picture taken -- late Jan68
• 50 Overview of LZ Lowboy Jan68 -- Engineering camp N of Tam Quan along Hwy 1
• 51 A view looking westward toward Hwy 1 from LZ Lowboy (North is to the right)
• 52 1/50th Mechanized Infantry APCs that took us to the bridges for night security. Photo taken late Jan68
• JB53 Loading up for a night on the bridges N of LZ Lowboy -- photo taken Jan68 [APCs]
• JB54 APC from the 1/50th at LZ Lowboy -- photo taken Jan68 [M113]
• JB55 M42 "Duster" at LZ Lowboy. Twin 40 mm cannons on a tank chassis. Photo taken late Jan68
• JB55A Full page image of page 3 of "The Air Cavalry Division", Volume 1 April 1968
• JB55B Northern section of Map from photo 55A
• JB55 C Trivia 1-- Do you remember......? Military Payment Certificates (MPC) and a trip to the PX?
• JB55 D Trivia 2 -- "Do you remember......" some of the stuff you were given to stick in your wallet?
• JB55E Trivia 3 -- Do you remember......" the "shot cards" (Immunization Records) and "Ration Cards"?
• JB56 I met California Gov. Reagan while he was touring Lettermans General Hospital in San Francisco on 26Feb68
• JB57 CH-47Chinook -- inside port gunner
• JB58 CH-47 Chinook -- inside looking rearward. The Chinook could carry a platoon
• JB58A Barracks for new arrivals at Cam Ranh Bay -- The start of my second tour in Oct 1968
• 58B USO facility at Cam Ranh Bay Oct 68 -- No it's not snow....just lots of sand!
• 59 Overview of Camp Evans, Quang Tri Oct68 -- the beginning of my second tour in Vietnam
• 60 Camp Evans Quang Tri -- As I remember, this is the HHC battalion area for the 2/8 Cav
• JB60A Overview of Camp Evans in Quang Tri -- This photo was taken at the 2/8 Base Camp in Oct 68
• 60 B M42 "Duster" demonstration at Camp Evans, Quang Tri Oct 68 (This demonstration was for new personnel joining the 1st Cav)
• JB61 Jimmy Owen -- Oct 68 during the 1st Cav move to III Corps (Tay Ninh) from Quang Tri in I Corps. Jimmy and I were in the same AIT company at Fort Polk
• JB62 Pictured is a C7A Caribou ready for take off during the 1st Cav move to III Corps Oct 68
• JB62A Pet monkey on a trooper's backpack. Photo taken at the same airfield as in frame 62 during the move from Quang Tri to III Corps
• 63 Perimeter of Camp Evans Quang Tri
• JB63 2/8 Battalion CO's CandC slick. Photo taken at LZ Rita Dec 68
• JB64 LZ Rita 2/19 Arty 105 mm Howitzers , Tay Ninh Province, III Corps 2/8 Cav forward base Dec68
• JB65 LZ Rita 155 mm Howitzer Dec 68 Tay Ninh Province III Corps 2/8 Cav Forward Base
• 66 LZ Rita 155 mm Howitzer 2/8 Cav forward base Dec 68 Tay Ninh Province III Corps
• JB66B LZ Rita 2/19 Arty 155 mm howitzers Dec 68 -- the large tubes to the left are the vents for the "Mess Hall"
• JB67 LZ Rita "Mess hall" 2/8 Cav forward base Dec68 Tay Ninh Province III Corps
• JB68 LZ Rita -- APC apparently left by the Americal Division or Big Red One. Photo taken Dec68
• JB69 Jim Beck at LZ Rita 2/8 Cav forward base Dec68 Tay Ninh Province III Corps
• 70 LZ Rita bunker hit by rocket about 22Dec68 -- I was about 20 ft away when it hit. Tay Ninh Province III Corps -- notice Xmas present inside
• JB71 LZ Rita Dec68 -- Black scorpion in a 1 gallon can -- they loved to crawl over you in the night!
• JB72 Mortars captured by 1st Cav -- picture taken at Quan Loi about Mar69
• JB73 AK47s Captured by 1st Cav -- photo taken at Quan Loi about May69
• JB74 New .51 cal machine guns still packed in grease -- Captured by 1st Cav about Mar69, Quan Loi
• JB75 Chinese 120 mm mortar round and B40 RPG launchers, Captured by 1st Cav about May69 photo taken at Quan Loi
• JB76 Chinese 60 mm mortar rounds captured by 1st Cav about May69, picture taken at Quan Loi
• JB77 New sniper rifles still packed in shipping wrap, captured by 1st Cav about May69, picture taken at Quan Loi
• JB77A Unloading captured 240 mm rockets at Quan Loi -- May 69
• JB78 240 mm Rockets -- this is why they called Quan Loi "Rocket City" -- they made quite a sound coming in! and quite a mess when they hit!
• JB79 New .51 Caliber machine guns with aerial sights still packed in grease -- photo taken at Quan Loi III Corps about May69
• JB80 AH-1 Cobra 1/9 Cav Quan Loi Early 1969
• JB81 AH-1 Cobra 1/9 Cav -- Maintenance Photo taken at Quan Loi about Mar 1969
• JB82 Quan Loi Rubber Plantation in III Corps, picture taken from guard tower at end of runway Dec68. Quan Loi was also known as "Rocket City", 23 km from the tip of Fishhook and 4 km from An Loc
• JB This is a Landsat satellite image of Quan Loi (center white cross) The yellow line to the left is the Cambodian border Fishhook -- Tay Ninh is in the lower left corner area
• 82A Guard tower on the Quan Loi perimeter. They were a prime target for RPGs - spring 69
• JB83 Me with rocket fragments -- it landed near the 2/8 Cav battalion office at Quan Loi. Quan Loi was also known as "Rocket City". Picture taken in spring of 1969
• JB84 2/8 Cav Medical facility at Quan Loi early 1969
• JB85 "Shower Room" at the 2/8 battalion base camp at Quan Loi Spring 1969
• JB86 C-130 coming in for a landing at Quan Loi Dec 68. Picture taken from guard tower at the end of the runway.
• JB87 A view of the battalion area for 2/8 Cav base camp at Quan Loi. Quan Loi was situated in an old French rubber plantation.
• JB88 Quan Loi Spring of 1969 -- This was one of the old French plantation homes
• JB89 2/8 Executive Officer's pup after a bit too much Miller! Quan Loi -- Spring 1969
• 89A Miller Time! "Cat" (L) and "Saber" (R)
• JB90 Jim and "Saber" the mascot for 2/8 Cav at Quan Loi -- spring 1969 -- the red dirt was everywhere
• JB91 Digging at new bunker at Quan Loi aka "Rocket City" in Dec 68 -- the rockets came in every night
• JB92 Our new shelter completed -- picture taken from the doorway of the 2/8 battalion mail room Dec 68
• JB93 Delta 2/8 company clerk and me, the S-1 battalion clerk, at Quan Loi about Feb 69
• JB94 Guard tower on the Quan Loi perimeter facing West toward Cambodia (photo taken about Apr 69)
• JB95 A second old French plantation house at Quan Loi (an old French rubber tree plantation)
• JB96 Inside 2/8 Cav battalion office tent. Photo taken in spring of 1969
• JB97 Office Staff 2/8 Battalion Headquarters May 1969
• JB97 2/8 Cav battalion office -- someone was "Going back to the World" the next day. Photo taken spring 1969.
• JB100 Wake Island -- Homeward bound about 12 June 1969
• JB101 Refueling stop at Wake Island -- The "Big Bird" that took us home -- 2nd week of June 1969
• Refueling stop at Wake Island