Christmas TreesWe managed to decorate a Christmas Tree and photograph it during most of the years the company was in Vietnam. Here are the ones that have been contributed to the B Company web site along with a more recent addition to the B Company story.
December, 1967. Ben Reynolds and tree.
Photo courtesy of Ben Reynolds.
December 7, 1968. Firebase 25, Hill 849, map location YB 886290. After tearing down and leaving 1001 on Dec. 5 B Co. spent a short time at this FB. Some of us had an early Christmas. Members of Steve Schroeder's squad with Christmas Tree sent by Steve's mother.
Photo courtesy of Steve Schroeder.
December 22, 1968. Recon Hill in VC Valley. Christmas Tree in fog.
Photo courtesy of Dean Northcutt.
December 1969. "Christmas Hill", about 1K from FB Glori Ann. Dan Newsom.
Photo courtesy of Dan Newsom.
Fast forward to the present. A few years ago Tom Lacombe decorated a tree with the names of the B Company KIAs.
Photos courtesy of Tom Lacombe.