John Girardeau's Xom Cat Photos

6/27th Artillery Participation at Xom Cat
1966 Photos by John Girardeau
Copyright 2014 by John Girardeau and www.quanloi.org

1 Sgt Maidai, my Recon Sgt, sitting on his designer cot in our luxurious quarters.	2 The excavation for the new Special Forces mess hall. The drum sections in the pit were used to build the escape tunnel down to the river.	3 The "out post" securing the other side of the river.	4 The beautiful Song Be River where I caught a phenomenal case of crotch rot while bathing.
5 The Song Be River.	6 Construction work on the mess hall escape tunnel.	7 Cambodian Mercenary ready for work on the escape tunel	8 Cambodian Mercenaries at construction site
9 A few of the Cambodian Mercenaries who occupied the camp. In the background is the housing for them, their wives, and children.	10 More Cambodian housing.	11 The Special Forces mess hall under construction. Gourmet C-Rations were the chef's specialty.	12 The Special Forces command bunker (I think).
13 A mortar position. The only external artillery support for the camp was Charlie Battery's 175's in Phouc Vinh.	14 Mortar position at Xom Cat.	15 Digging hole for the Special Forces command bunker (I think).	16 Xom Cat
17 Illumination during a night attack.	18 Illumination during a night attack.	19 Illumination during a night attack.	20 Cambodian Mercenaries at one of the mortar positions.
21 A firing position on the perimeter.	22 Cambodian children. The Cambodians brought their whole families to the camp.	23 Air resupply - Caribou.	24 Caribou taking off at Xom Cat.
25 A couple of the US Special Forces guys.	26 More of the Cambodian Mercenarie's children.