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Email: BenandCarol@verizon.net 11th Pathfinder Company Area, An Khe, Vietnam July 1966 COL Howard I. Lukens, Cdr, 11th Aviation Group Preparing to jump with Pathfinders, July 1966 Assisted by SSG Knabb Pathfinder practice jump An Khe July 1966 LZ X-Ray, Ia Drang Valley (lower left) Chu Pong Mountain (background) August 1966 LT Bardon Blizzard An Khe September 1966 Plei Me Special Forces Camp CPL Stallings & PFC Lunde (l to r) October 1966 LZ Playboy near South China Sea CPT Buckley October 1966 LZ Hammond 11th Pathfinder Company Field CP LT Robert Jackson October 1966 LT Bardon Blizzard 14 November 1966 Awarded Silver Star for actions on 1 December 1966 Awards ceremony, An Khe, November 1966 LTC Reischer, PSG Lopez, SGT Crites, SGT Cunningham, CPT Crandall, SSG Berger, SGT Ebersbach, LT Blizzard, SSG Neilson (l to r) Awards Ceremony, An Khe, November 1966 COL Lukens pins award on PSG Lopez assisted by SGM Neal (MAJ Nixon on left) Awards Ceremony, An Khe, November 1966 COL Lukens pins award on SGT Ebersbach (LT Blizzard & SSG Neilson on right) LZ Hammond 4 December 1966 (l to r) CPL Maas (standing), PFC Hulett, LT Blizzard CPL Lajko, PFC Gallagher (in tent), PFC Ellis Going ashore. Ready for practice jump (l to r) SGT Villareal & LT Luther, 8 November 1966 They made night Combat Jump, 10 November 1966 Awards ceremony, An Khe, November 1966 (l to r) LT Sanders, SSG Martin, SGT Villareal, CPL Moak, CPL Maas, CPL Holder, PFC Lozoya, CPL Weaver LZ Oasis, 1 December 1966 (l to r) PFC Gaston, PFC Matthews, CPL Lockamey, SGT Crites, LT Charles Fitt LZ Oasis, 1 December 1966 (l to r) CPL Lockamey, PFC Crites, LT Charles Fitt LZ by South China Sea CPT Ben Buckley 3 December 1966 Landing 105MM Howitzer Bong Song area 3 December 1966 Landing ammunition for Howitzer Bong Song area 3 December 1966 UH1-D Helicopter Ready To Go ! UH-1D Lift Off ! LZ Hammond, January 1967 (l to r) LT Blizzard, PFC Harris, LT Flynn, LT Fitt, LT Sanders, CPL Mincey, CPL Holder, CPL Cost LZ Hammond, January 1967 (l to r) LT Flynn, LT Blizzard, LT Fitt, LT Sanders, LZ Uplift 26 January 1967 General Support Pathfinder Team LZ Uplift, 26 January 1967 This team jumped that night into LZ Moon (l to r) kneeling: SGT Crites, PFC Flick, CPL Moak, SGT Cunningham standing: LT Flynn, LT Fitt, CPT Buckley 11th Pathfinder Company Field CP LZ English February 1967 February 1967 PFC Lunde, General Support Team Receives award for actions in support of Infantry Company 28 May 1967 Vicinity of Bong Song Pathfinders & others waiting to jump Vicinity of Bong Song Five Pathfinders waiting to jump Pathfinder in center injured Achilles & was MedEvac to Japan BG Blanchard, CPT Alsbro, COL Lukens