Headquarters Battery 4th Battalion 12th Marines Photo History
De Hylier-Dong Ha enlisted man's club manager-1968M109's firing at the Rockpile
Scott Brooks-Miller in Vietnam HQ 4/12 - 1969What's left of a vehicle after detonating a mine in Highway 9 near the RockpileThe morning after a rocket attack on Dong HaBarely visable, US artillery returns fire at duskDong Ha bunker after rocket attack - 1969Brooks-Miller with rifle
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  • De Hylier                1968-69
  • Scott Brooks-Miller 1969-70
HQ - 4/12 Marines cleaning up after a rocket attack on Dong Ha.Early in Brooks-Miller's tour, 1969Carnage after a firefight, location unknown.Senic view of Vietnamese rice paddies; rice is the staple of life in Vietnam...UH - 1 or "Huey"Scott's first image of Dong HaPhoto taken from one of the Dong Ha towers. This picture looks directly north into "indian country" and towards the Marine FSB Gio Linh. Gio Linh was a "bad place" to have duty.
FSB RomanelliJack Kirby - 1969Mike DeCastroLooking north towards the DMZMike DeCastro RVN 1969Monsoon season...Monsoon at Vandergrift Combat Base
Monsoons at Vandergrift CBTraveling north on Highway 1, about eight miles south of the DMZ...An incoming rocket leaves its tell-tale exhaust as it arches heavenward towards Dong HaSecond NVA rocket volleyInbound incoming 122 or 140mm rocketRocket shrapnel... It speaks for itself...Many Marines fell to this type of shrapnel; first used at Da Nang, then itroduced 6 March 1967 at Camp Carroll. It was the first rocket attack in I Corps... Over 420 rounds hit Carroll.
Counter battery (rocket) fire by a USMC artiillery batteryWith darkness approaching, Scott sits with a "Starlight Scope" mounted on a M-16. The scope allowed Scott to see in the darkness, a rare luxery in Vietnam.Night time in Vietnam; danger was always lurking, creeping, probing. It never ended until the sun rose starting a new day.Radio OPScott on duty at the radio OPScott at the maintenance sign for 4/12. Staff Sergeant Quesenberry with a RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade)
Scott and friend...
Sergeant Krum and Private Kirby