Photos of Bear Cat
By Jim Bury
HQ & A Co 709th Maint. Bn
Thank You Jim for helping
The 709th Maint Bn.
1) Ride to Bear Cat Charcoal Factory
2) Rubber Plantation
3) Bearcat sign
4) Road to Bearcat
5) Bearcat Burm Guard Bunker
6) Bearcat Infantry Housing
7) Bearcat Perimeter Guard Tower
8) Bearcat From the air
9) Bearcat From the air
10) First Barracks at HQ & A Co Bearcat
11) First Barracks & Hi end vanity, Home Depot would like this one
12) first bunk at Bearcat Hq & A Co.
13) Adams Hutch
14) Showers
15) Bearcat showers & Adams hutch
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17) Sr NCO Hutch
18) Jim's Bunk at Bearcat
19) My Bunk in Adams hutch
20) Cook Out with CWO Abbott, 1st LT Bahl, CWO Coon, CWO Montoya ( The Chef )
21) BBQ CWO Grady Abbott, 1st LT Bob Bahl, Cwo Norman Coon, CWO Frank Montoya
22) Typical Local Help
23) Bearcat Helpers
24) CWO Montoya, CPT Chaffin, 1st LT Hines, CPT Wickham, CWO Abbott
25) George
26) CWO Abbott filling the beer cooler after a softball game WE WON
27) CWO Montoya drawing a cold one
28) Hq & A Co Street and a POL Fire in another unit
29) Jim Bury
30) Jim Bury with a 7 foot Cobra
31) LT Buzz Hines S-4
32) HQ & A Co Assembly
33) CWO Montoya, CWO Abbott, LT Bury, LT Hines
34) Officers Club 1st LT Bahl, Schneider, CWO Montoya, CWO Coon
35) Officers Club Party Room CPT Wickham, MAJ Paul Demm, CWO Abbott, LT Schneider, CWO Coon
36) O's Club CPT Torrence, CPT Donovan, CPT Wellin, CPT Chaffin, CPT English
37) CWO Montoya, CWO Abbott, LT Bahl, LT Hines
38) SFC Wysocki with a 7" Cobra
39) CWO Frank Montoya, LT Buzz Hines
40) Typical Bearcat Storgae
41) RVN Septic System
42) LT Schneider, LT Bahl
43) Jim Bury at Hq & A Co Shop Office
44) Shop Office Crew SFC Wostal, 1st LT Bahl, SP-Todd, SP-Edwards
45) Bearcat Main Rd into shop area
46) DX Parking
47) road into Shop area
48) Engineers Section , wheel section,
49) CWO Montoya Coming into shop area
50) EMP on left , Armament in the background
51) SFC Wostal
52) SFC Wostal
53) Shop office parking lot Tom Benton, Wisenhart, Gentry, Reynolds
54) Road into shop area Tom Benton
55) Bearcat Wheel Section Bays
56) 8" Gun Replacement
57) 8" Gun Barrel Replacement
58) 8" Gun Barrel Replacement
59) 8" Gun Barrel Replacement
60) M-155 Self Propelled Howitzer
61) Shop Office Jeep at Service & Evac Shop
62) CWO Lee Raddatz
63) 3/5th Battle Loss
64) M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss
65) M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss
66) M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss
67) M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss LT Quilles on the left
68) M-113 PC Good News/ Bad News
69) Service & Evac Trucks at Bearcat
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M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss
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M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss
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M-88 Loading 3/5th Battle Loss
73) Bear Cat DMS
74) Show Time at the 709th Maint. Club Do you know any one
75) Show Time at the 709th Maint. Club Do you know any one
76) Show Time at the 709th Maint. Club Do you know any one
77) Show Time at the 709th Maint. Club Do you know any one
78) Show time & rain as well
Show Time at the 709th Maint. Club Do you know any one79)
80) Bob Hope 12/25/67 L to R Barbra McNair, Bob Hope, Miss World, Elaine Dunn
81) Are you there or do you know anyone
81) Bob Hope Band, COL Burch & LT Desmet on the steps & the guy with sunglasses is from EMP
83) Famous cue card and note the guys in the tree
84) Gary Crosby
85)Raquel Welch
86) Bob Hope Windup with Gen Ewell
87) Bob & Les Brown after the show
88) Barbara McNair, LT Damen S-2 Driver ????
89) Elaine Dunn, Escort LT Jim Bury Driver ?????
90) Miss World
91) Raquel Welch, 1st LT Provence Co B Pilot
Thank You Jim for the photos
Page Started 2/23/10
Last updated 2/23/10
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