Vietnam War Photos From Ken Hicks
Posted on Sep 9, 2019 (last modified Sep 9, 2019)
A collection of photographs from Ken Hicks (Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines) taken during his tour of duty in the Vietnam War.
Khe Sanh
2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Bn 3rd Marines taking a CH-46 helicopter out for a 5 day patrol. The CH-46 helicopters were grounded a few months later when they began to break in half while in the air.
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh
BCH-34 loading at the Ponderosa, Khe Sanh. The Ponderosa was a combat outpost outside the wire. Delta Company occupied it when the Battalion first arrived there.
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh
Bill Hibbard and our puppy 'Gook' (a politically incorrect name for today).
Da Nang
Okinawa
Barracks at Camp Schwab. We didn't have lights on at night (otherwise, one could aim a mortar).
Okinawa
Charles Dickens, Bill Jackson, Bill Peters, Charles Brugh, Frank Delaney and Sgt. Lee. at Camp Schwab.
Okinawa
Bill Hibbard cleaning windows at the barracks at Camp Schwab, Feb/March '67.
Okinawa
Bill Hibbard with new M-16 rifle in the barracks at Camp Schwab, March '67.
Okinawa
Field Day at the barracks at Camp Schwab - Carol Giles, Bill Peters (died of lung cancer in 2014), and Bill Hibbard.
Okinawa
Okinawa. L-R Bill Peters, Bill Hibbard. Kneeling - unknown, Carrol Giles
Okinawa
Bill Hibbard, Carol Giles, and Harry Bernfield getting ready to go on Liberty.
Okinawa
Bill Hibbard, Bill Jackson (he killed himself in 2018), myself and Carol Giles - NTA, Okinawa.
Okinawa
Long, wet night in the mud during NTA. Bill Hibbard, Bill Jackson, Carroll Giles, myself behind Giles with helmet on.
Taiwan
Taiwan
Operation Union I
CH-34 picking up Marines to move inland for Operation Union I.
Operation Beaver Cage
Loading the dead who were killed on May 4 onto CH-34 - May 5, '67.
Operation Beaver Cage
Moving through fields near coast with Ontos on Operation Beaver Cage.
Operation Beaver Cage
CH-53 helo resupply (probably Beaver Cage; it's hard to tell).
Operation Beaver Cage
Bill Jackson, Charles Dickens, Bill Peters, Mike Brugh, Carol Giles - Operation Beaver Cage.
Operation Beaver Cage
.50 Cal MG. This would have to be the Battalion CP as .50 Cal MGs are a battalion weapon.
Phu Bai Airfield - MAG 36
Digging in just outside of MAG (Marine Air Group) 36, Phu Bai airfield south of Hue City off Highway 1. We had humped from the coast to Phu Bai.
Bill Hibbard and Carol Giles; probably on the Deluth. Probably end of May, early June.
U.S.S. Okinawa
CH-34 on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Okinawa. Person unknown (unidentified).
U.S.S. Point Defiance.
U.S.S. Point Defiance.
Punji pit. Probably between Phu Bai and Hue City along the coast. The French called that area 'The Streets Without Joy'.
Camp Evans, 4th Marines rear off of Highway 1, north of Hue City and South of Quang Tri. This is well after Operation Beaver Cage; probably in June.
M-60 MG. Not sure where this is. The position is built up with lumber, with overhead, so it's not a hasty fighting hole.
