Insert Troops

Insert Troops Photos

Let's go on operation and see a troop insertion. We'll be riding on a Zippo. The convoy gets underway from either the Benewah or the Colleton.

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We'll pass T-112-4 and drop in behind M-111-3

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I think that's an old French bunker (below), a remnant of another war...

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The river narrows... we arrive at our destination.

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Not quite the same insertion but it's all that was available.

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B&W photo above courtesy Albert Moore and the Mobile Riverine Force Association, taken by PH1 Ed Stanton.

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