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"Tom" Daniel's B/2/77FA "Mole City" Album for 1969
Mole city was out in the middle of rice paddies about 15 mi. south of Tay Ninh, right near the "Parrot's Beak". Mole City got its name because almost everything except a lookout tower and the kitchen was at least partially underground. B/2/77 went in right after New Year's 1969 and stayed until April. Re-Supply was by chopper, out of Tay Ninh.
Thanks to Tom for these donations.
This is where Tom and his ammo Crew spent a lot of their Vietnam Time.
This is pretty clear for an aerial shot. Mole City.
The Ceremony at Mole City. Half of Ammo getting ARCOM, Tom Bronze-Star.
(This is a correction. Originally, I thought the Arcoms and Tom's Bronze were with the V for valor. Having read Tom's Citation, I believe they in fact SHOULD have been. Tom and his crew braved MORTAR and Rocket fire to fulfill that mission and supply 110 tons of urgently needed ammo to Dau-Tieng Base due to increased enemey activity in that area. So, in my opinion, this is yet another example of Army SNAFU.) --'nuff said.
USO Show, Trang Bang. 4 July, '68. By the way, this and the Pool at DT are the only photos that are NOT at Mole City, so far.
Ammo Section & 2 other Guys At FSB WOOD 1. Clockwise from Tom, top left; Peter Noel, I think from Conn.; Johnson, from CA; the BC's driver, who's name Tom doesn't recall; John Otero, believed from NM; Calp, who's home Tom doesn't recall; and Smith (Smitty) from the Maintenance section.
FSB MCNair. FSB McNair- L-R Lambert, unknown, Smitty with Brent Gayler's flak jacket after a mortar attack. Happily, Brent was NOT in it! 
I'm not sure when in '68 this was. It was when I was there the 3RD BDE, 25 INF DIV. POOL. Much of 2/77 Moved to Cu-Chi some time in '68. And yes, It did have a playboy insignia at the bottom. That's Tom at the Pool. I made 2 Dives, and our 67 -68 Focus crew had a heck of a time at that pool only once. 
Had to lift a LOT of ammo to the Battery at DT from Tay Ninh. This is how it was done when road transport was not feasible or too slow.
This is Tom and the best poker player in 'Nam killin time with a couple of hands. 
Some beautiful kids tay ninh area. 
Some bunkers in the Tay Ninh area
Another load goin up under a chinook
B Battery in convoy near Tay Ninh. Looking forward towards gun 4 
An Airstrike between FSB WOOD II AND NUI BHA DHEN. 
FSB Hull and shows R-L standing, Firing Battery Chief MSG Johnson, Otero, Noel, PFC Johnson (no relation), and Calp, fixing a flat tire. 
FSB Wood II also. Same air strike
Bunker at FSB WoodII. 
This is a pic of TayNinh, and was apparently during the Emergency Re-Supply of DT Base. I really HATED hookin 'em up. Wonder if anyone else did? 
Put that big bullet in the hole
Johnson and Flores at FSB Danford
Takin a 'lean up' break against a Chinook.
Stand up, - Hook up, Jump off - and RUN
mess hall at Tay Ninh that took a direct hit from a 122 mm rocket (no casualties).
What Field Artillery is about
Tom at the pool. Plain-tee good fun
Tom at a FSB Beside a VC skull on a post on the perimeter wire at Mole City
Tom and Garland Glaze from Gainesville Georgia. At Tay Ninh, though not ACTUALLY. Fsbs were named for the city, village, or Creek they were nearest to. I.E. TayNinh. 
Tom gettin "strac" in the field. At FSB Danford
Tom by a hootch at DT
Tom by hootch again.
Another shot of Tom in 'Nam. a village close to Mole City
Tom's not - so - sweet home at FSB Hull.
Tom with his "Thumper" At DT Base. Or so we of earlier years called it. 
Tom and "Thumper" are ready for anything. At an FSB very near Tay Ninh
A Vietnamese Funeral near FSB Hull. 
This is Tom and the Ammo Crew's Solar heated shower. At Fsb Danford. The lump under neath the plastic is the section M-60 MG. Vietnam Troops went "Green" before it was in 'fashion'
Bectel on the left convoy from Tay Ninh to Trang Bang, towing the gun Brute
Some of the NCO Club Xmas Party entertainment
Just a different position. FSB WOOD I. 
Another Singer Girl
More of the entertainment
Tom at FSB Danford
Tom at FSB Wood 
This is Tom's Buddy Brent Gayler at the DT NCO Christmas party. Lower right corner. Sorry it was previously mis-spelled
This is Tom with his foot in the hole an 81mm Mortar fired from an 82mm VC/NVA tube in the bed of one of his section's trucks. 
BEFORE there was Rambo, there was TOMBO. 
A Great shot of the "Mole City" Guard/Counter-Mortar Tower
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"Tom" Daniel's B/2/77FA "Mole City" Album for 1969
Mole city was out in the middle of rice paddies about 15 mi. south of Tay Ninh, right near the "Parrot's Beak". Mole City got its name because almost everything except a lookout tower and the kitchen was at least partially underground. B/2/77 went in right after New Year's 1969 and stayed until April. Re-Supply was by chopper, out of Tay Ninh.
Thanks to Tom for these donations.
 This is where Tom and his ammo Crew spent a lot of their Vietnam Time. |
 This is pretty clear for an aerial shot. Mole City. |
 The Ceremony at Mole City. Half of Ammo getting ARCOM, Tom Bronze-Star. (This is a correction. Originally, I thought the Arcoms and Tom's Bronze were with the V for valor. Having read Tom's Citation, I believe they in fact SHOULD have been. Tom and his crew braved MORTAR and Rocket fire to fulfill that mission and supply 110 tons of urgently needed ammo to Dau-Tieng Base due to increased enemey activity in that area. So, in my opinion, this is yet another example of Army SNAFU.) --'nuff said. |
 USO Show, Trang Bang. 4 July, '68. By the way, this and the Pool at DT are the only photos that are NOT at Mole City, so far. |
 Ammo Section & 2 other Guys At FSB WOOD 1. Clockwise from Tom, top left; Peter Noel, I think from Conn.; Johnson, from CA; the BC's driver, who's name Tom doesn't recall; John Otero, believed from NM; Calp, who's home Tom doesn't recall; and Smith (Smitty) from the Maintenance section. |
 FSB MCNair. FSB McNair- L-R Lambert, unknown, Smitty with Brent Gayler's flak jacket after a mortar attack. Happily, Brent was NOT in it! |
 I'm not sure when in '68 this was. It was when I was there the 3RD BDE, 25 INF DIV. POOL. Much of 2/77 Moved to Cu-Chi some time in '68. And yes, It did have a playboy insignia at the bottom. That's Tom at the Pool. I made 2 Dives, and our 67 -68 Focus crew had a heck of a time at that pool only once. |
 Had to lift a LOT of ammo to the Battery at DT from Tay Ninh. This is how it was done when road transport was not feasible or too slow. |
 This is Tom and the best poker player in 'Nam killin time with a couple of hands. |
 Some beautiful kids tay ninh area. |
 Some bunkers in the Tay Ninh area |
 Another load goin up under a chinook |
 B Battery in convoy near Tay Ninh. Looking forward towards gun 4 |
 An Airstrike between FSB WOOD II AND NUI BHA DHEN. |
 FSB Hull and shows R-L standing, Firing Battery Chief MSG Johnson, Otero, Noel, PFC Johnson (no relation), and Calp, fixing a flat tire. |
 FSB Wood II also. Same air strike |
 Bunker at FSB WoodII. |
 This is a pic of TayNinh, and was apparently during the Emergency Re-Supply of DT Base. I really HATED hookin 'em up. Wonder if anyone else did? |
 Put that big bullet in the hole |
 Johnson and Flores at FSB Danford |
 Takin a 'lean up' break against a Chinook. |
 Stand up, - Hook up, Jump off - and RUN |
 mess hall at Tay Ninh that took a direct hit from a 122 mm rocket (no casualties). |
 What Field Artillery is about |
 Tom at the pool. Plain-tee good fun |
 Tom at a FSB Beside a VC skull on a post on the perimeter wire at Mole City |
 Tom and Garland Glaze from Gainesville Georgia. At Tay Ninh, though not ACTUALLY. Fsbs were named for the city, village, or Creek they were nearest to. I.E. TayNinh. |
 Tom gettin "strac" in the field. At FSB Danford |
 Tom by a hootch at DT |
 Tom by hootch again. |
 Another shot of Tom in 'Nam. a village close to Mole City |
 Tom's not - so - sweet home at FSB Hull. |
 Tom with his "Thumper" At DT Base. Or so we of earlier years called it. |
 Tom and "Thumper" are ready for anything. At an FSB very near Tay Ninh |
 A Vietnamese Funeral near FSB Hull. |
 This is Tom and the Ammo Crew's Solar heated shower. At Fsb Danford. The lump under neath the plastic is the section M-60 MG. Vietnam Troops went "Green" before it was in 'fashion' |
 Bectel on the left convoy from Tay Ninh to Trang Bang, towing the gun Brute |
 Some of the NCO Club Xmas Party entertainment |
 Just a different position. FSB WOOD I. |
 Another Singer Girl |
 More of the entertainment |
 Tom at FSB Danford |
Tom at FSB Wood |
 This is Tom's Buddy Brent Gayler at the DT NCO Christmas party. Lower right corner. Sorry it was previously mis-spelled |
 This is Tom with his foot in the hole an 81mm Mortar fired from an 82mm VC/NVA tube in the bed of one of his section's trucks. |
 BEFORE there was Rambo, there was TOMBO. |
 A Great shot of the "Mole City" Guard/Counter-Mortar Tower |
|Ft. Lewis | The Cruise | Bear Cat | Convoy to Dau - Tieng | Building Dau - Tieng |
General, Arty OPS |Battle of Soui - Tre | A/2/12Inf. Warriors on SouiTre | FSB BURT |
Alpha 2/12 Viet Safari Photos |Tet @ Dau - Tieng | HOME | Life as an FO's Rto |
|Who are these Guys? | Alpha Battery Album '68 | A/2/12Inf. @ Home |
| A/2/12 "Thunder Road Mission" | Uptight 2/77FA & Cambodia '70 |
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General, Arty OPS |Battle of Soui - Tre | A/2/12Inf. Warriors on SouiTre | FSB BURT |
|Who are these Guys? | Alpha Battery Album '68 | A/2/12Inf. @ Home |
| A/2/12 "Thunder Road Mission" | Uptight 2/77FA & Cambodia '70 |
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