Special Forces Years
1961-1970
[All identification of groups are from left to right & front to rear.]

 


3 unk ARVN pilots, Tom Zan, Norbert Weber, Unk hidden behind Harold Dreblow, Umatilla, Delbert Hayes & Larry Dickinson
"Chow time!"
Maj. Art Strange's Going Away Bash at the original Delta Club on the beach
Nha Trang, RVN Summer 1965
 

Sgt Leon, Me & Larry Meltzer
"Zombies"
Project Delta Camp
Nha Trang, RVN 1965

Lt. Montoya, Sgt. Arnold, hidden, Me, hidden & SGM Charles T. McGuire
Project Delta
"Who yelled free beer?"
Proj. Delta Billet area across ditch from 5th Grp's original Playboy Club
Nha Trang, RVN 1965
 

Val & Thai SF Student
Jungle Quick-Fire Range
SF Proficiency Course
"Missed again.  Please God don't assign this guy to my team."
46th SF Company
Camp Pawai, Lop Buri, Thailand 1967

 


SP/5 David B. "Big Dave" Taylor
Receiving Purple Heart from Maj. Bulldog Smith
"Whatca mean you forgot to duck?"
MACV-SOG
Khesanh FOB, RVN April 1968

MSG George "Pappy" Townsend
"Who loves ya baby?"
[Just adopted by Yard Tribe.]
Republic of Vietnam 1968

Unk, Fred Zabitosky, Me & Unk former SAS trooper.
Camp Lejuene, NC FTX
"Whadaya mean we gotta walk back to Bragg?"
Feb-Mar 1964
[Zab was later awarded the MOH for action with MACV-SOG]

Lt. Purdy, SFC Earl Woods [Tiger Woods' dad], Unk Nung, Hidden, SP/4 Steve Schofield w/back to camera, rest are unknown Nungs.
"Whose in charge of this fire drill anyway?"
China Bch, Marble Mtn FOB
Danang, RVN 1968

Homer Rice, Jim Bregy & Sam McSpadden
Okinawa 1969

 


 


Kneeling: [U.S. only] Unk [S], Williard "Pete" Garner [C], Gilbreath [S], Unk [S], Maj. James Morris [OIC], Me [C], Walter T. Hawley [S], Hartshorn [S], & Unk [S].
Rear: Phil Ahumada [S], Lima [S], Malinski [S], Tony Williams [S], Unk [S], Robert Gifford [C], Unk [S], Unk [S], Carbon T. Stewart [C], Tom Zan [C], Unk [S], Norbert Weber [C], Unk [S], Al Friend [NCOIC], Jimmy Cooper [S], Floyd Marshall [S], & Eldon "Duke" Payne [C-KIA Vietnam].
1st Class - SF Proficiency Course
46th SF Company
Camp Pawai, Lop Buri, Thailand
1967
S= Student C= Cadre

 



"Homer" Helms, "Bugs" Moran, William O'Neil, Cpt. Greenwood, Holmes & George Reaves.
Forest K. Foreman, Me, "Moose" Brannon, Murphy, John "Slick" Silk & Knuttilla
SFOD A-4632
46th SF Company
Lop Buri, Thailand 1966

SFC Don Valentine 1967
"How y'all like my Air Force gloves?"
SF Proficiency Course
46th SF Company
Camp Pawai, Lop Buri, Thailand

 


SFC Don Ayers, SSG Henry Keating, USAF Sgt "Crazy" Tufin & Cpt. Mason.
Mule Deer - meat for Maj. Strange's Going Away party & Tiger trophy for RVN Chopper Crew
Project Delta
Nha Trang 1965
 

Don "Doc" Wellington & Ken Miller
"Waiting for plane to Oki"
Luang Prabang, Laos
1962

SOG-Doc Hardy & Dave Taylor on Opn in Laos blocking end of Ashau Valley 1968.