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Williams, Larry  ---  then

Williams, Larry --- then

Standing in front of his hooch

Military ID.

Military ID.

Williams, Larry

Larry standing in front of division office with division sign.

Larry and Paul

Larry and Paul

Larry and Paul Reagan, a Marine from Prattsville, AR, sitting against a bunker with a bottle of Sun Tori Japanese Wiskey. "Was it any good?" "Hell no!"

Larry and Chiquita.

Larry and Chiquita.

Larry and his Hooch dog, Chiquita, a puppy from a near by villiage, sitting on the back of LCPL (Landing Craft Personel Lite).

Larry

Larry

Larry in front of River Security HQ, holding his M-16 rifle. The sandbags were to protect from rocket fire. Living quarters were similar to this building.

Larry and Chiquita again.

Larry and Chiquita again.

Chiquita, next to Larry, is sitting atop a .30 or .50 Machine Gun on the stern of a LCPL on the Cua Viet river.

Larry at the hooch.

Larry at the hooch.

Larry standing in front of the Hooch with a Marine sniper rifle.

Larry and Paul again.

Larry and Paul again.

Larry and Paul standing in the sand with the Communications Bunker in the background

Larry

Larry

Larry manning his .50 machine gun on the LCPL in the Cua Viet river.

Larry and Shorty.

Larry and Shorty.

Larry, pretending to play guitar in the Hooch along with Wayne "Shorty" Sheltra, who was actually playing guitar. Shorty was a vertically challenged individual.

Larry and Chiquita.

Larry and Chiquita.

Larry and Paul standing in the sand with the Communications Bunker in the background

Group picture.

Group picture.

Taken in the Hooch. Shorty in front with the guitar, Larry on the left holding a bottle. Other persons unknown.

Man in foreground is the same man from the upper left of "Group Picture," in the background is Hodges. Both drinking warm beer.

Larry and Short Charge.

Larry and Short Charge.

Larry and his German Sheppard mix named Short Charge, another Hooch Dog.

Larry at the hooch.

Larry at the hooch.

Larry standing in front of Hooch 19. Each unit housed 12-14 men, and the camp consisted of about 200 Sailors and Marines.

Larry and Marine.

Larry and Marine.

Me and a Grunt buddy in front of my Hooch" inscribed on back of photo.

Larry and Steve Maulk.

Larry and Steve Maulk.

Larry repairing a .50 machine gun with Steve Mock behind him at the Harbor Security dock in Da Nang. Back of photo reads: "BM3 Steve Maulk, and GMG3 Larry Williams, 15 January 1969, Da Nang RVN."

Larry cleaning guns.

Larry cleaning guns.

Back of photo reads: "Gun cleaning time. 20 March 1969. Cua Viet, Viet Nam."

Larry and Shorty.

Larry and Shorty.

Having a gourmet meal at the Elisted Man's Club. Looks like hamburgers, french fries, and milk. "I just can't imagine myself drinking milk. Wtf. That may be one of them morning after's getting over the night before's."

Larry and a buddy.

Larry and a buddy.

The back is captioned: "A picture of me and a buddy, Cua Viet, Viet Nam. June 20, 1969." Taken at the edge of the base, the river is either right behind them or to the right. A month before Larry's first daughter, Stacey, was born.

Larry turning 21.

Larry turning 21.

This was the night before. Larry's 21st birthday party.

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WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE.

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