Mad minute on LZ Ike, 1968. In the Vietnam War, the "mad minute" was used to describe a drill involving intense automatic weapons fire, intended to flush out infiltrators or ambushes. The area targeted would be something which provided potential concealment for an enemy but not very good protection from projectiles, such as the vegetation line at the edge of a field, or at the edge of a cleared free fire zone around a fire base. All soldiers involved would direct the heaviest rate of continuous fire they could into that area for one minute. Photo by James Tree Machin.
Soldier Poses Outside a Small Sandbag Fortification
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Soldier poses outside a small sandbag fortification. "Just relaxing outside the three star hotel that the Air Force put us up in while we were in base camp". Photo and comment by John Clarke
Army Base, LZ English, With the MP Hootch in the Foreground
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LZ English, MP Hootch. "This is LZ North English from a bunker looking over the MP Squad, the Chapel, and then TOC (Tactical Operations Center) in the background. Look at the shrapnel holes in our trailer. Still worked on beer runs into Qui Nhon's PX." Photo and comments by Jerry W. Colwell
Soldier in a Sandbag Fortified Watchtower. "Buddy of mine from the 903rd dropped some pics to me a couple of days ago thought you might want to take a look". Photo and quote by Lonnie Strickland
