Rattler/Firebird Association


Gerry Wiederhold's Pictures

From 1969

90 total images

71st AHC company area in Chu Lai Unknown F-Troop crew rock Quarters in Chu Lai Decorated wall locker Wallpaper Chu Lai from 5,500 feet Smoke from burning F4 Phantoms after sapper attack Flight line at Chu Lai Snake Doctor Remains of #088 after a Firebird accidently had a rocket fire in a revetment Remains of #088 after a Firebird accidently had a rocket fire in a revetment Remains of #088 after a Firebird accidently had a rocket fire in a revetment Firebird minigun ship #738 Windshield with exit hole from 51 caliber Smitty's ship with 51 caliber hole in center console 51 caliber entry hole in chin bubble What happens when you shoot your own pylon ... names withheld to protect the guilty Boxcar retrieving an aircraft after the tailboom started filling with fuel Bullet hole in #227 taken with a fisheye lens 42 degree gearbox with a bullet hole in it #012 after an engine failure Shrapnel after a hit on the pylon of McLansky's ship You can never have too much firepower Larson Field sign at LZ Baldy Firebird hooch at LZ Baldy McLansky's Firebird Hog Setting up for sniffer mission 176th AHC Musket Kim, one of the bartenders at the EM Club Marble Mountain in Danang LZ West Defoliation mission spraying Agent Orange Returning to Chu Lai after combat assault Thumper ship returning home Thumper returning home, breaking over the 71st company area On the ground at Tien Phouc (sometimes called Lead Valley) Relaxing at the EM club Fish traps in the Hoi An River south of Danang Aftereffects of B52 arc light strike west of LZ Baldy Cooling off in the EM club Unknown in the EM club Cooling off in the EM club Firebird ship #713 at LZ Baldy Hank with Rattler ship #303 Names withheld to protect the innocent Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Armament shack Unknown Unknown Unknown John McLansky John McLansky John McLansky working on a thumper Unknown Magnet Ass Grant Staggs Unknown Bernie Smith Richard Puls at LZ Center Bernie Smith Tad Gorski Rick McLaren Deacon Trendel Bernie (Smitty) Smith Tad Gorski Unknown crew members In the Firebird hooch at LZ Baldy Moore Glen ? and Denny Colvin? Bob Traynor Matland Denny Colvin? Unknown Magnet Ass Grant Staggs Unknown Bernie Smith got his radios shot out Opening night at the new EM Club Unknown pilots trying to figure out where to mount the tail rotor on a stingray Mr. Graham, pilot of #528 Unknown (Grandma, what a BIG lens you have) Unknown Getting ready for sniffer mission Gerry Wiederhold Mr. Gobel Gerry Wiederhold