Camp Reasoner pictures

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This is the shower.  The water tank was up on the hill behind the combat base with a feed pipe running down to the shower.  The fact the tank was about 200 feet above gave pretty good water pressure but the only heat was supplied by the sun.  Prime shower time was late afternoon when the sun had warmed the water nicely. 

 

 

 

 

This is the first wash rack in the company area.  It was pretty basic as you can see with nothing but a couple large Lister bags with several spigots at the bottom and a bunch of canteen cups to wash up with and brush your teeth, etc.  It was covered by a frame roof covered by some corrugated tin and old ponchos so, if it was raining, you could stay relatively dry under there. 

 

 

 

Here is the Enlisted "club."  As you can see, it is named after a Recon Marine who was killed in action (Wynn was in 3rd  Recon as they had occupied this base camp prior to 1st Recon moving in.  The club was had a concrete slab floor and had bamboo support poles and a thatched roof.  It had several small tables and chairs inside and to the left and just out of the picture was a bar of sorts that sold sodas during the day and beer (2 per person per day limit) after duty hours.  

 

This is the sigh we made for our hootch.  Our Platoon Commander was a Mustang Marine Lt named John Dunn; hence "Dunn's Raiders."  The tiny yellow scroll-like writing said "Never have so few been so foul to so many."  The B and the II indicated we were 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company. 

 

When Lt Dunn rotated out, he was replaced by another Mustang LT named Badger.  We replaced "Dunn's Raiders" with "Badger's Bastards" in white paint (that's all we could find at the time) but, otherwise it remained  the same.  

 

 

 
 

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