Gallery 8 - Other Photos of LZ Virginia and Betty

The seasons in the PhanThiet area can be described as wet and hot and dry and hot. The photos below were taken in late spring when storms were drenching the area sporadically. The humidity was high and it was often uncomfortable. Mosquitoes were everywhere and one of the things that we did consistently in our platoon was to take our daily anti-malaria pills. The scenes below depict two of our camps.

Road from LZ Betty to Phan Thiet Airfield

Road leading into
LZ Betty

View of LZ Betty

An aerial view of
LZ Betty

The road leading from the airfield to the city of Phan Thiet

An 8 in. artillery gun mounted on a tank going through
LZ Betty

The HQ compound of the 2nd Bn,
7th Cavalry

Helicopter bunkers
at LZ Betty

Ware, Reynolds and Mione taking a break

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The following pictures are also of LZ Virginia and LZ Betty. They belonged to Ivan Alfaro, who was in the mortar platoon in 1966-1967. He gave them to me so that they could be posted here.

Alfaro in front of his hooch	Salgado, Lee?, Mione, Alfaro, Unidentified and Shields	Salgado, Craig, Ware, Alfaro and Unidentified	Alfaro and 2 unidentified troopers
Unidentified Platoon Leader, and Alfaro storing C-rations	Alfaro, Shields and Lee? toasting with water	Salgado in background, Lee?, Alfaro and Shields	Garza in back, Alfaro, Lee? unidentified, Ware and R. Rodriguez
Salgado, Piccuito and Craig in front and Alfaro	Alfaro, Platson and Stanfield's back	Salgado and Alfaro watching Mione adjust the mortar	Alfaro, unidentified in back Platson, Garza and Mione
Salgado, Alfaro, R. Rodriguez, Bourgeois, Shields and Mione	Alfaro, Ware, Bourgeois and Shields	Alfaro up to his waist in water while crossing a stream	Alfaro and Cardwell, who had just arrived in the unit
Platson, D. Rodgriguez, Alfaro, unidentified in back and Mone