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RB 2C.jpg (15487 bytes) This page is from Roy Burchfield, including the photo & caption from James Arnold's book cited below.  Roy graduated from BJWS and served with CTT #13 in 1967 and the 61st IPCT '68 - '69.  This photo shows Visual Trackers at "Home" in BJWS at Johore Baru, Malaysia.

 

RB 3A.jpg (17863 bytes) This Combat Tracker Team kennel was named for Leo Roland Meyer who was KIA (See Memorial Page).  The "Indian Tracker" stayed as a part of the History of Tracker and the patch is now used for Reunion name tags and on Bob Konarske's line of Tracker leisure wear!  The "Snoopy" did not remain as part of the Tracker legend.

 

RB 5A.jpg (23309 bytes) Roy sent the names today - 7/5/99- and THANK YOU!!!   From L to R: Jerry Bates, Bill Grady, Ed Wheeler and Jerry Pritchett.  The boys from BJWS.
RB 6B.jpg (22298 bytes) More of the Gang from BJWS - and more names to come:

Front L is Al Haynes, and R is "Poncho".  The one with no shirt is none other than Dick Timmons.

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This group of photos was taken from the "WANTED" Posters at the Singapore Post Office - Top row from L to R - Dick Burke (who is also very involved in the ongoing Tracker searches), Steve Tesdall, George Battles (died 1968 in a motor vehicle accident just after returning to CONUS) and Thomas Dodd.  Bottom row from L to R: Norman Shaw, Roy Burchfield (who brought all of the photos on this page to light!), Richie Timmons, and CO and Gang Leader, Lt. Don Hendricks.  We have received word that this stalwart band used to take the burled walnut Queen Anne four poster bed belonging to Lt. Hendricks to off-base maneuvers at BJWS.  They even volunteered the information that said Lt. Hendricks was reclining in the bed as his loyal Team members carried him through the jungle!

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Above photo is the October 1967 Visual Tracker Class from BJWS.   Some of the trainees in  the above photo are: George Battles, (died 1968); Jimmy Nakagawa; Ronald D. Grove, Steven Tesdall, Jimmy M. Witner, E. W. Apman ("Moose"), Dick Burke, Richie Timmons, Tom Dodd, and Roy Burchfield.  Thanks for sharing these memories with us, Roy!

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This photo comes from: TET OFFENSIVE 1968: the Turning Point in Vietnam by James R. Arnold, Campaign Series 4; the Osprey Pub. Co., London, 1990. It was captioned: "As in most wars, there was not a 'typical' soldier on either side. Because of the difficult jungle terrain, field expedients ruled the day. An American foot soldier going on patrol might carry a rucksack with basic equipment weighing  some 50 lbs. In addition, he hefted three days' rations, 500 M-16 rounds, four 1 lb. fragmentation grenades, 2 smoke grenades, 1 or 2 Claymore mines, 200 rounds for his unit's M-60 Machine gun, 3 or 4 canteens of water and his individual weapon.  Here 1st Inf. Div. soldiers take a break from Tracking patrol."
As of June 22nd, 1999 - Dennis "Shorty" Snyder has identified the Trackers in the photo:  James Goin, "Shorty" Snyder, Tom Auer, Mike Scardina, James Horten and BLACKIE!
   

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