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"The
credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena;
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood" ~ Roosevelt ~ |
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"The
will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government,
and
to protect its free expression should be our first object." ~ Jefferson ~ |
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1970 Quan Loi 
Behind this pretty hootch maid was D.J. Pelkey's place of residence on the flight line. In Jan 1970 the troop moved their living quarters from the old wooded area down to the Saber flight line (this was closer for responding to emergency missions and safer during mortar and rocket attacks since there were few trees to spread around the schrapnel). This same hootch also belonged to Jack Honeycutt (D.J.'s roomate), Len Demaray, and about 4-6 others. Photo 200-224 
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"Nothing
will be done merely because it contributes to beauty,
convenience, comfort, or prestige. " ~ Anonymous, U.S. Army 1945 ~ |
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1970 Quan Loi If you can identify these troopers, please click on the Cav Patch and tell us. Photo 200-225
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"No
man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body,
to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause." ~ Roosevelt ~ |
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1970 Ray High Photo 200-226
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"Hard
pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest."
~ Wellington ~
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1970 Outside the Blues Hootch at Quan Loi Photo 200-227
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"The
heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic." ~ Emmerson
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1970 "OH-6A LOH, retrieved" from D.J. Pelkey's "last scout mission on Aug 6, 1970". He "suffered a fractured back and a puncture wound from who knows what". Photo 200-228 |
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"No
event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War."
~ Nixon ~
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