INDEX OF UNEDITED PHOTOS
Thomas "TJ" Lange
...input to powellcentaur@gmail.com....
1. Jan67-In maintenance break room. TJ on left, SP5(?) on right. My boss while in maintenance.
2. Jan67-TJ outside maintenance break hooch. I thought this was as close to action I was to see. Ha.
3. Jan67-TJ on right. (?) on left. I think he worked in maintenance or supply.
4. Jan67-TJ in hooch. Feeling good. Must have gotten letter from girl friend back in the world.
5. Jan67-TJ in hooch. This was my girl - Loretta Potts.
6. Jan67-TJ writing to Loretta.
7. Jan67-TJ in hooch. I had hair back then!
8. Jan67- D Trp EM Club. Names - ?
9. Jan67- TJ working in Maintenance section then
10. Jan67- TJ on left. (?) on right, Worked in A/C maint.
11. Feb67- TJ now flying on 462. Bridge spanning the Vam Co Dong (Oriental) River at Go Dau Ha)
12. Feb67- Trp corral area. One of our observers. OH-23
13. Feb67-TJ in Trp area.
14. Feb67-TJ visiting corral slick revetment for 662.
15. Feb67- Old Trp area maintenance shed. On left (?) maintenance NCOIC. On right (?)
16. Feb67-same as picture #9.
17. Feb67-Maintenance putting on a head. D model.
18. Feb67-Enlisted shower point. Sun heated water. If you got there late - cold shower!!
19. Mar67- Paul Davidson (462) gunner in hooch.
20. Feb67- Don’t remember this fella, but he was proud of his broken arm.
21. Mar67- These two were short and always drinking. Don’t remember names.
22. Feb67- Short gunners playing chess. They all left in Mar67.
23. Feb67- Same as #22
24. Mar67- A VC suspect brought in by LRP team
25. Mar67- LRP team member checking ID on VC suspect.
26. Mar67- LRP team with a VC suspect. Names (?)
27. Mar67- 113 on mission. (462) low level flight.
28. Mar67- (462) gun sight down. Mission Ahead.
29. Mar67- Go Da Hau. Hog crew entertaining kids. Buying soft drinks.
30. Mar67- TJ early in flying (462) still had helmet with my girls name on it.
31. Mar67- Low level (462) flying Hwy 1. pilot (?)
32. Mar67- Low level (462) flying Hwy 1. pilot (?)
33. Mar67- Inside (462) probably at Go Da Hau
34. Mar67- 462 at Go Da Hau, waiting for something to happen.
35. Mar67- TJ chill’en out under 462 at Go Da Hau
36. Mar67- TJ chill’en out under 462 at Go Da Hau
37. Mar67- Go Da Hau entertaining kids. pilot (?)
38. Mar67- Flight crews in front of a hog waiting for action. name (?)
39. Mar67- Cook’en up some good ole C-rations at Go Da Hau.
40. Mar67- 462 and wind sock at Go Da Hau
41. Apr67- TJ under horizontal wing (462) at Go Da Hau. *Notice we now have coolers and chairs.
42. Apr67- Go Da Hau crews chill’ed out. Johnson on right?
43. Mar67- Kids at Go Da Hau
44. Mar67- Crew member entertaining kids. One kid is sitting on ammo trays.
45. Mar67- Crew member at Go Da Hau. Names (?)
46. Mar67- Go Da Hau - C-ration lunch almost ready!
47. Mar67- Go Da Hau - Paul Davidson found room to take a nap. (462)
48. Feb/Mar67- Mission to Trang Bang (night mission) names (?)
49. Feb/Mar67- Mission to Trang Bang Jiffy pop - popcorn my mother sent me. L to R "Little Joe" Dalcour, Paul Davidson, Peter "Pete" Johnson, Rick Arthur
50. Feb/Mar67- Trang Bang - TJ and crews enjoying popcorn. L to R TJ, Dalcour, Davidson, Peter "Pete" Johnson
51. Feb/Mar67- Trang Bang crews aroung lantern
52. Mar67- 462 with hit thru tail boom.
53. Mar67- 462 flying somewhere?
54. Mar67- Black Virgin mountain (Nui Ba Den)
55. Mar67- Paul Davidson, gunner 462, in corral (XM-16 flexgun system)
56. Mar67- Hooch in old area mortar attack
57. Apr67- wind storm - operations or maintenance
58. Apr67- Wind storm Trp area.
59. Apr67- Wind storm Trp area.
60. Apr67- Wind storm Trp area.
61. Mar67- Hooch that was hit w/Mortar
62. Apr67- Trp area with repaired roofs
63. Apr67- Trp area wind storm damage.
64. Apr67- Trp area wind storm damage.
65. Apr67- steak night D Trp mess hall
66. Apr67- steak night chow line
67. Apr67- steak night dining area
68. Apr67- steak night dining area
69. Apr67- steak night - TJ got his steak
70. Apr67- steak night - TJ chow’en down
71. Apr67- steak night - clean up area mess hall
72. Jan67- “Sam” the monkey - belonged to SGT Chapman the Motor Pool NCO
73. Jan67- “Sam” the monkey - biting TJ Trp area
74. Mar67- TJ goof’en off D Trp area.
75. Mar67- TJ Cig break on a bunker, Trp area
76. Mar/Apr67- (462) flying over a town (?)
77. Mar/Apr67- TJ re-fueling (462) Must have gotten my “Dear John Letter” changed paint on helmet. Took Loretta Potts name off!!
78. Mar67- Tracking main rotor blade (ship-?)
79. Mar67- repainted helmet, old hooch - personnel area.
80. Mar/Apr67- TJ chill’en out in rack.
81. Mar67- TJ old area hooch.
82. Mar67- somebody’s messy area (?)
83. Mar67- Paul Davidson, gunner, 462 Trp area.
84. Mar67- TJ in hooch old area.
85. Mar67- TJ haven a warm beer.
86. Mar67- Hog got hit - chin bubble.
87. Mar67- ? Go Da Hau taking a ride??
88. Jan67- Building bunkers in old trip area.
89. Feb/Mar67- Cu Chi Post Exchange (PX)
90. Mar67- Operations hooch?
91. Feb/Mar67- Someone from D Trp getting interviewed CBS -?
92. Mar67- Sgt Johnson - short gunner- good night of Poke?
93. Mar/Apr67- Pilot shooting w/movie came (?) 462
94. Mar/Apr67- Low level in 462 over Hwy 1
95. Mar/Apr67- Low level over Hwy 1 Trucks, Tanks & Tricycles.
96. Mar/Apr67- Low level - Typical S Vietnam farm compound.
97. Mar67- Fly to a battle mission - where ??
98. Apr67- Low level countryside - ?
99. Apr67- Low level countryside - ?
100. Apr67- Low level looking out gunners side.
101. Apr67- Low level Hwy 1
102. Apr67- Low level S Vietnamese fishing
103. Apr67- Converting 462 to 19 rockets per side.
104. Apr67- Converting 462 to 19 rockets per side.
105. Apr67- Converting 462 to 19 rockets TJ not happy!
106. Mar67- 462 tail photo
107. Mar67- TJ & 462 in corral old area
108. Mar67- Paul Davidson working on weapons.
109. Mar67- TJ in 462 - Still had helmet w/Potts name on it.
110. Mar67- Paul Davidson? (462)
111. Mar67 462’s maintenance paperwork.
112. Mar67- 462’s Log Book
113. Mar67- Caribou at Cu Chi
114. Mar67- Caribou at Cu Chi
115. Mar67- Rocket on the way to a target (462)
116. Mar67- TJ’s helmet before “Dear John Letter”
117. Mar67- TJ’s helmet before “Dear John Letter”
118. Mar68- Vietnam woman getting water from well.
119. Jun67- Near mission area - lots of tracks in sand. Good shot of chicken rod.
120. Jun67- TJ pointing to where I hit door when chicken rod bolt cam out. Another hit (hole) by my knee in picture.
121. Jun67- TJ & 462 in old corral/trp area.
122. Jun67- Crew of 462 Lange & Johnson.
123. Jun67- TJ in (462) w/new paint job on helmet. Kept this paint job to DEROS. Painted on the back side was “Little Boy Blue”
124. Jun67- TJ & a462
125. Jun67- Inside 462 - We were ready for anything!
126. Jun67- TJ in 462 Good picture of M-60, bag, and chicken rod.
127. May67- Fire fight somewhere (?)
128. Mar67- Before or after picture #115, Rocket hits.
129. Mar67- Fire fight - poor picture - where (?)
130. Mar67- (PE) 462 in maintenance, Bullet holw patch
131. May67- (PE) Maintenance working on 462 (PE) names (?)
132. May67- (PE) 462 in maintenance - she’s all apart.
133. May67- (PE) 462 in maintenance - she’s all apart.
134. May67- (PE) 462 in maintenance - she’s all apart.
135. May67- (PE) 462 in maintenance - Rotor blade & Head.
136. Apr68- TJ - R&R in Manila
137. Apr67- TJ R&R Vun Taug In Country
138. Apr67- TJ R&R Vun Taug In Country pool
139. Apr67- Follow up to rocket pod change #103 - 105
140. Apr67- Charlie model coming in - ship (?)
141. Mar67- TJ on left, Paul Davidson on right.
142. Apr67- Cu Chi sunset w/shower in foreground.
143. Apr67- Crew members - near DEROS. L to R: Ed Frey, John "Willi" Williams, Richard L. Meatte.
144. Apr67- Sunset over D Trp
145. Apr67- Dog “Charlie” as a pup. Trooper name (?)
146. Mar67- TJ posing w/vc suspect.
147. Apr67- Hooch maid (?)
148. Apr67- TJ doing maintenance - engine area (?)
149. Apr67- Flying over bridge spanning the Vam Co Dong (Oriental) River at Go Dau Ha)
150. Apr67- Nose of a Charlie model (?)
151. Mar/Apr67- Writing home.
152. Apr67- The short guys found Budweiser beer.
153. Mar/Apr67- On my bunk w/Bill Whitmeyer OH-23 CE
154. Apr67- City crossroads - (?)
155. Apr/May67- Flares over Cu Chi
156. Apr/May67- TJ w/“Charlie” when a pup.
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158. Apr/May67- Some place up north - (?)
159. Apr/May67- on a mission? Tay Ninh taking a bath.
160. Apr/May67- on a mission? Tay Ninh taking a bath.
161. Jun67- The bridge at Go Dau Ha (Oriental River)
162. Jun67- The bridge again. Leaving
163. Jun67- Town where bridge is located (Go Dau Ha)
164. Jun67- TJ in trp area.
165. Jun/Jul67- TJ flexing muscles - ???
166. Jul/Aug67- Lost a ship - Another Centaur came in to get crew.
167. Jul/Aug67- Chinook came and got it.
168. Jul/Aug67- Chinook came and got it.
169. Jun/Jul67- No idea where this was.
170. Jul/Aug67- Old trp area
171. Jul/Aug67- TJ in old trip area
172. Jul/Aug67- Old trp area bunker
173. Go Dau Ha and Bridge
174. Jul/Aug67- Follow up to #’s 168/169 & Rainy Season.
175. Jun/Jul67- TJ trying on new suit for R&R ???
176. Jun/Jul67- TJ trying on new suit for R&R ???
177. Jun/Jul67- TJ trying on new suit for R&R ???
178. Jun/Jul67- TJ trying on new suit for R&R ???
179. Jun/Jul67- TJ trying on new suit for R&R ???
180. Sep/Oct67- 462 gunner Bo Hoffman (from Wolfhounds)
181. Sep/Oct67- TJ & (?) in old trip hooch area.
182. Nov/Dec67- TJ and Bo Hoffman gunner (462)
183. Nov/Dec67- 462 Now w/mini guns. Standby at Dau Tieng
184. Nov/Dec67- 462 in corral
185. Nov/Dec67- TJ in 462 flying somewhere? & getting short!!
186. Nov/Dec67- TJ in 462
187. Nov/Dec67- 462 hovering
188. Oct67- (?) in front hooch
189. Dec67- TJ Getting ready for civilian life. But I extended till 25 May 68
190. Dec67- Centaur ship flying somewhere?
191. Dec67- Taking pictures of each other.
192. Dec67- Flying along side a hog - where ?
193. Dec67- flying along side a hog - where ?
194. Dec67- TJ w/ a shit eating grin
195. Nov/Dec67- TJ on mission up North? Must have got to do some shooting - I’m dirty!
196. Nov/Dec67- TJ ready to go north - Tay Ninh??
197. Nov/Dec67- TJ w/M-79 up north on mission?
198. Nov/Dec67- Bo Hoffman loading ammo trays, up north - Tay Nin?
199. Nov/Dec67- TJ next to tent, crew members stayed up north mission.
200. Nov/Dec67- TJ up north on mission - Tay Nin??
201. Nov/Dec67- Bo Hoffman gunner - up north mission in tent where crew stayed.
202. Nov/Dec67- Bo w/M-79 up north mission.
203. Nov/Dec67- TJ w/462 mini gun system
204. Nov/Dec67- 462 good shot
205. Sep/Oct67- TJ & Bo Hoffman in front of hooch
206. Nov/Dec67- TJ/462 Good shot of rotor head
207. Dec67- Don’t remember this fella.
208. Nov67- Good shot of a Loach
209. Nov/Dec67- Black Virgin mountain
210. Nov/Dec67- 462 w/US flag painted on vertical fin
211. Nov/Dec67- Mission up north Tay Ninh/Refreshment stand
212. Nov/Dec67- Mission up north EM tent. names(?)
213. Nov/Dec67- Mission up north temp tent city
214. Nov/Dec67- Mission up north. Standing by Bo Hoffman inside 462
215. Nov/Dec67- 462 pilot - Pat "Juaquin" Eastes
216. Nov/Dec67- Tay Ninh. Nui Ba Den in background
217. Nov/Dec67- Mission up north - Bo Hoffman - tent
218. Nov/Dec67- Mission up north - Nui Bau Din
219. Feb/Mar68- play w/Bruce Powell’s guitar?
220. Feb/Mar68- TJ where - ?
221. Feb/Mar68- TJ going to sleep area - ?
222. Feb/Mar68- TJ Black w/gun powder - Did some serious shooting.
223. Feb/Mar68- TJ dirty but ready to go!
224. Feb/Mar68- Fire fight - low ceiling
225. 29 Jan68- 35 got hit, 5 were stuck in a bomb crater. We resupplied them w/ammo.
226. 29 Jan68- 35 got hit - They were stuck in bomb crater.
227. 29 Jan68- 35 got hit. Tried to get picture of them?
228. 28 Jan68- Tet - 444 hit w/50 cal - Bob Taylor's Aircraft
229. Feb/Mar68- Crew chiefs & door gunners - Top row center SP/4 Ward, far right Bob Taylor, Bottom row - far right Sgt Johnson??
230. Mar68- TJ messing around w/hooch puppet
231. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R center
232. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center
233. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center Transportation
234. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center
235. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center Front Gate
236. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center airport shot.
237. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center Entertainment
238. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center Entertainment
239. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center Entertainment
240. Mar68- Vung Tau R&R Center TJ relaxing
241. Mar68- Re-Arm Blows up. TJ in ditch
242. Mar68- Re-Arm Blows up. TJ in ditch
243. Mar68- Re-Arm Blows up. TJ in ditch
244. Mar68- Re-Arm Blows up. Started moving away
245. Mar68- Re-Arm Blows up. Got back to 462
246. Mar68- Awards formation D Trp Good shot!
247. Mar68- Awardies now out front.
248. Mar68- LT Kelly getting his Bronze Star w/V device
249. Mar68- TJ Lange getting his Bronze Star w/V device
250. Mar68- TJ Lange getting his Bronze Star w/V device
251. Mar68- Awardies getting their aways. LT Kelly the only one at parade rest !Ha!
252. Mar68- Awardies - LT Kelly only one at parade rest!
253. Mar68- TJ lange w/his Bronze Star w/V device
254. Mar68- Bob Taylor w/ air medal, TJ w/Bronze Star
255. Feb/Mar68- Donut dollies - ? w/cookies and drinks
256. Feb/Mar68- Donut dollies - ? w/cookies and drinks
257. Feb68- Tet VC Suspects
258. Feb68- Tet VC Suspects
259. Feb68- Tet VC Suspects
260. Feb68- Tet VC Suspects. Turned over to MP’s
261. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers in troop area.
262. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers in troop area.
263. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers in troop area.
264. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers. Crews off ships bunker
265. Feb68- Tet panic bunker empty
266. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers. Trucks bringing in ammo.
267. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers. Tough guy - (?)
268. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers
269. Feb68- Tet panic bunkers
270. Feb68- Tet We got hit w/ a lot of 122mm rockets. Crew chief goofing off.
271. Feb68- Tet Another 122mm hole.
272. Feb68- Tet & another 122mm hole
273. Feb68- Tet 460 got hit w/122mm on flight line
274. Feb68- Tet 122mm hole in troop area.
275. Mar68- 462 w/2 inch chromate paint on grenade holes
276. Mar68- 462 w/2 inch chromate paint on grenade holes
277. Mar68- caribau agg Cu Chi
278. Feb/Mar68- TJ after one hell of a gun run, Black with gun powder - goes w/pic #222
279. Mar68- TJ w/462 back to maintenance w/bullet holes.
280. Mar68- TJ w/462 back to maintenance w/bullet holes.
281. Mar68- TJ pointing to a bullet hole
282. Feb68- Tet TJ holding what’s left of a 122mm
283. Feb68- Tet TJ over a 122mm hole
284. Mar68- Forward Observer
285. Mar68- TJ flying w/Bob Taylor - pic of Bob
286. Mar68- (M) D Trp new hanger
287. Mar68- (M) D Trp armament in new hanger
288. Mar68- (M) Inside new maintenance hanger
289. Mar68- (M) Rotor head inside new hanger
290. Mar68- (M) Maintenance alining rotor w/Blades.
291. Mar68- Hooch maid
292. Mar68- My last gunner Sgt Johnson from Wolfhounds
293. Mar68- Vietnamese woman getting water from her well
294. Mar68- TJ checking out Vietnamese corn.
295. Mar68- The water well
296. Mar68- 113 in the field
297. Mar68- Someone got a new chin bubble, ship (?)
298. Mar68- Someone got a new chin bubble, ship (?)
299. May68- TJ in Philippines on R&R
300. May68- Inside the Caribou that took me Saigon for R&R
301. May68- (?) Might be fella that took over from me on 462 (?)
302. May68- (?) Might be fella that took over from me on 462 (?)
303. May68- Trp corral area.
304. May68- Rocket off to target
305. May68- Rocket hits target
306. May68- (?) last flight - over Cu Chi base
307. May68- Low level one of my last flights
308. May68- Low level one of my last flights
309. May68- Low level motorized Sampan
310. May68- Cu Chi base camp
311. May68- New bunker - Rain got to it.
312. May68- Cu Chi - ? one of my last flights
313. May68- Cu Chi - ? one of my last flights
314. May68- New troop area Operations Shack
315. May68- New troop area D Trp Guide-on
316. May68- New troop area
317. May68- New troop area inside operations
318. May68- New troop area inside operations
319. Apr/May68- D Trp Awards formation
320. Apr/May68- D Trp Awards formation
321. Apr/May68- D Trp Awards formation
322. Apr/May68- Pat Eastes getting awards
323. Apr/May68- Pat Eastes getting awards
324. Apr/May68- Jeff "Doc" Halliday getting award
325. Apr/May68- Bruce Powell getting award.
326. May68- Cu Chi Base camp
327. Nov67- Troop area live entertainment
328. May67- Troop area live entertainment
329. May67- Troop area live entertainment
330. May67- Troop area live entertainment
331. May67- Troop area live entertainment
332. May67- Troop area live entertainment
333. May67- Troop area live entertainment
334. May67- Troop area live entertainment
335. May67- Troop area live entertainment
336. May67- Troop area live entertainment
337. May67- Troop area live entertainment
338. May67- Troop area live entertainment
339. May67- Troop area live entertainment
340. May67- Troop area live entertainment
341. May67- Don’t remember this fella ?
342. May67- Drunk Trooper - (?)
343. May67- Everyone leaving stage area.
344. Chinook taking a huey from Cu Chi
345. Chinook taking a huey from Cu Chi
346. Chinook taking a huey from Cu Chi
347. Chinook taking a huey from Cu Chi
348. Chinook taking a huey from Cu Chi
349. Apr67- (M) 24 volt battery getting worked on.
350. Sep67- Troops playing ball
351. May67- Gautreau
352. May67- Don’t remember his name (?)
353. Apr67- TJ sleeping w/Charle when a pup
354. Apr67- Rubber tree plantation (?)
355. May67- Low ceiling - Nui Bay Din - Background
356. Low Level
357. May68- Saying Good bye to my ship
358. May67- Monsoon rain - low & nasty
359. May67- Monsoon rain - low & nasty
360. May67- Monsoon rain - low & nasty
361. May67- Monsoon rain - low & nasty