Index of partially edited photos
William "Bill" Whitmoyer
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BW-001: In flight over Cu Chi I think
BW-002: Goes with #001, #003, and #004
BW-003: Not like the gas stations back home
BW-004: Same as #001, #002, and #003
BW-005: Me screwing around in the bunker
BW-006: Seldom landed but for some reason we landed to detained
BW-007: Rush of traffic on the flight line at Cu Chi
BW-008: Flying somewhere
BW-009: L to R – Jim Taylor, Not sure, Silas Groover, Alan Griffith (standing) and not sure (standing – far right)
BW-010: One of the big boys decided to trim the trees
BW-011: Go Dau Ha Bridge – WO Walter Baum and flew under this from time to time
BW-012: Higher look over the bridge
BW-013: Community along the Oriental river just past the bridge
BW-014: Morning commuter making his way down stream
BW-015: Flying on the surface of the water
BW-016: Flying somewhere
BW-017: Lt. Larry Patterson
BW-018: Flying into Cu Chi
BW-019: Flying into Cu Chi
BW-020: Flying along the river looking for trouble
BW-021: Looking over the buildings at sunset
BW-022: Flying along the river
BW-023: Roof came down in the maintenance shack after a storm – James E Taylor Jr, left, Allen R. Griffith, right
BW-024: WO Walter Baum
BW-025: WO Baum relaxing with the troops
BW-026: Me on the left with Silas Groover on the right
BW-027: Mortar direct hit – somebody parked in the wrong spot
BW-028: Nui Ba Den
BW-029: Nui Ba Den
BW-030: Nui Ba Den
BW-031: Nui Ba Den
BW-032: Most remember the boardwalks going to the shower
BW-033: I believe this is Joseph Marsh who was bunked in my hootch
BW-034: The OH23 as it was when I arrived in country – purely observation, no guns
BW-035: And what followed was clutter and challenges
BW-036: We installed a skid gun, gunner in the R door and someone with M-79 in the L door
BW-037: Lot of clutter with too little room
BW-038: Not nearly enough when you most needed it
BW-039: A few of each
BW-040: Skid gun on the left side
BW-041: Flying close
BW-042: The view looking back
BW-043: Flying somewhere
BW-044: Flying somewhere
BW-045: Looking out of my hootch towards the mess hall and the flight field
BW-046: Same as #045
BW-047: Challenge of a game of basketball
BW-048: When it rained, it did rain
BW-049: You sure found the leaks when it rained like this
BW-050: No basketball today
BW-051: Sunset after a rain
BW-052: Flying somewhere
BW-053: Capt. Ernie Sanders piloting my helicopter
BW-054: Capt. Ernie Sanders as a civilian
BW-055: Flying somewhere
BW-056: Going to the new area past the hanger
BW-057: The maintenance hanger
BW-058: A Huey coming in for a landing
BW-059: Silas L. Groover taking some personal time
BW-060: One of the big boys kicking up some dust
BW-061:This is Kenneth Holmes a really super guy. He hung with Joseph Marsh. I remember giving my seat up one morning on perimeter patrol to a Engineer Captain that wanted to get the opportunity to fly; long story short, they took a random round that day while completing the patrol; the round found unlikely and deadly mark - the Captain was hit in the groin and bled out before they could get back to base. When Holmes saw me later that day back at the hootch, he hugged me and cried, thinking that it was I that had taken the round and died. Walt Baum was the pilot.
BW-062: One of the sites at the Artillery unit behind us
BW-063: Artillery unit behind us
BW-064: Returning home after a long day of flying
BW-065: Some low level flying
BW-066: From high above
BW-067: Picture of Gerald J “Jay” Gautreau
BW-068: Picture of Bryon Bledsoe
BW-069: Looking out over the bunkers and the hootches
BW-070: Left, not sure, Holmes in the center, and right, Paul Davidson
BW-071: Flying somewhere
BW-072: Flying somewhere
BW-073: Do not recall where this was
BW-074: Do not recall where this was
BW-075: The beauty and serenity of sunset
BW-076: Relaxing with the view
BW-077: Relaxing with the view
BW-078: Flying low level along the road
BW-079: Me on the left with Silas Groover
BW-080: The lead maintenance chief and Crew Chief on the OH23s; Jack Lorenson
BW-081: Me standing beside my aircraft doing maintenance
BW-082: I can’t remember the soldier on the left but on the right is James E Taylor Jr
BW-083: Flying low level along the road again
BW-084: TJ Lange relaxing
BW-085: Flying somewhere
BW-086: If I recall they called this the flying crane? (Sky Crane)
BW-087: Morning and time to clean the bubbles so we could do dawn patrol
BW-088: Low level along the river
BW-089: Maintenance shack looking down the flight line of the OH23s
BW-090: Huey gunship firefight at dusk
BW-091: Huey gunship firefight at dusk
BW-092: One of the hootches after the hurricane
BW-093: Operations area did not do well during the storm either
BW-094: Operations storm damage
BW-095: Save what you can; while you can
BW-096: Some just came tumbling down
BW-097: Me relaxing, pretending to be a civilian
BW-098: Flying somewhere a little low
BW-099: The aircraft that replaced the OH23; Hughes LOH-6A "Loach"
BW-100: LOH-6A "Loach"
BW-101: LOH-6A "Loach"
BW-102: LOH-6A "Loach"
BW-103: Potential member of the local VC chapter
BW-104: Some of the tools of his trade
BW-105: Some of the tools of his trade
BW-106: On the road again
BW-106: Not sure who was flying but we were at about 1300 feet
BW-108: Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider
BW-109: Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider
BW-110: The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
BW-111: My OH23 on an overcast day
BW-112: Me relaxing
BW-113: Low level flying
BW-114: Not sure what this is but it looks like something’s really burning
BW-115: Moving into the new area
BW-116: I believe this was right before the new bunkers were completed
BW-117: Looking down the flight line before we had bunkers