Malcolm Campbell's Pictures

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Group Shot

One day the Motor Sergeant complained that he didn't have enough water to keep the company vehicles clean.  There was a small stream that ran between the L Co. compound and the D Trp 2-17th Cav compound, but the capacity of the pumps used to clean the vehicles far outstripped the capacity of the
stream. The XO, 1st Lt. Bob Suchke stated he had a solution.  He ordered two 17 lb TNT shaped charges and two 40 lb ammonium nitrate cratering charges.  He set the first shaped charge in the center of the stream near the motor pool and detonated it.  This provided a narrow but deep vertical hole in the ground. He dropped a cratering charge in the hole to "make a pool" and after detonation, we had a small 12 ft diameter "reservoir".  The XO said that wasn't enough ( he had explosive left ) so he repeated the process.  The new reservoir was nearly 25 feet across and about 10 feet deep. The motor sergeant never complained again

SSG Debay and SSG Campbell check radios and discuss upcoming mission in Ruong Ruong Valley.