Here are some old pictures of when I was on Vung Chua Mountain. 1)John Doty of Olwein took this picture of two other guys and me when patroling around the mountain. 2) We had a poured concrete 81mm mortar base so we could really sight it in, permanently. It's right next to our tent, which is surrounded by 81mm mortar boxes filled with dirt and nailed together. Boxes originally came with 3 rounds that cost you $75 a piece back in 1969, part of the military-industrial complex. We probably fired off 500 to 800 rounds per month. Live rounds were stored in a sandbagged bunker near by. 3) Vietnamese person fishing near the Leprosarium. I couldn't find this spot again since there was so much new development. 4) Practicing sighting mortar. See aiming stakes in background used for starting point for determining deflection, that is direction.
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