D 5/2 Album
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Photos of Proud Mary 2 provided by Irvin Livingston (HHB 5/2 '70-'71)

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All the photos below and on the next page were provided by Don Kinney (D 5/2 '70-'71). Don's duster was "Head Hunter". (The sister track in the section did not have a name.) Don did the art work his track. "The skull I found while securing the area on QL-13 between Thunder 3 and Quan Loi." "I was at Xuan Loc for a few days then to Den 2, then Thunder 3, Thunder 2 for 2 days during uncle Ho's birthday. Then after Thunder 3 we went to Doomsday for a month.or so. Then Quan Loi to cover the Cav guys as they pulled out." Don and his section went to FSB Eagle, Tan Lynn, FSB Mace with the 1st Cav and FSB Nancy.

Red at the Ready

On the Road in '70

"Head Hunter" at Tan Lynn

The Sister Track

Walker from Missippi and Don (with shirt) (no enlargment)

Tan Lynn - C/20th Engineering Base

At Tan Lynn, Don's section served in support of the 20th Engineers and guarded the 1st Cav airstrip there. The photo shows the rearming point at the 1st Cav airstrip where C-130's would fly by and drop off cargo out of the back of the plane without landing.

1st Cav Airstrip at Tan Lynn

Cobra gunship landing to re-arm Sgt. Smith and Johnny Testerman of Proud Mary 2

Proud Mary 2 Wash day by river at Tanh Lin

Crew of Proud Mary 2 Driver is Sp/4 Bradsher On guns is Sp/4 Curt Metcalf [passed away in 1998] On turret is Sgt. Jones

"The dog [in the photo above] was Dusty, son of Sharky. Sharky was at DEN 2 when it got overrun. She saved it from getting completely over run. It was a duster man on guard who had Sharky with him and heard Sharky growling at the VC and NVA. So he went to his sergeant and told him about Sharky acting strange and asked if he could fire some rounds from his M 60. The sergeant (who was still half asleep) said "Yeah, go ahead." When the duster guy started shooting it caught the VC and NVA off guard, so they came with what they had ready at that time. Sharky got a Silver Star for that."

Kurt & Dusty at Tan Lynn

Hitching a ride on a Chinook