C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment - Page 8

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Lt. Rick Schwab's girlfriend lost a part of her bikini strap! Image courtesy of Rick Schwab, C 2/17, Condor 47	Lt. Joe Nading and Barry Dragon (slick pilot) chewing the fat and a Stogie Image courtesy of Rick Schwab, C 2/17, Condor 47	W.O. Byron 'Crash' Grubbs" in nicely personalized "Stetson" and MA-1 aviator's flying jacket adorned with C troop,  'Condors' 2/17 Cav patches Image courtesy of Rick Schwab, C 2/17, Condor 47
Headquarters, C troop, 2/17 Ca. - Phu Bai, summer, 1971 Image courtesy of Rick Schwab, C 2/17, Condor 47	A C Troop 2/17 Huey over Acid Pad at L Company Ranger. Early 1970, note blue stripe on tail boom. Image courtesy of Tom Delaney photo via Randy White	Though hard to see, those are C Troop Cobras in their reventments at Phu Bai Image courtesy of Fred Beherns  via   Randy White
Team loading onto a C Troop ship at Acid Pad, 1970. Image courtesy of Tom Delaney via Randy White	Rick Schwab's helmet bag featuring fatigue shirt name tag and very well worn C troop, 2/17 Cav "Condor" patch. Image courtesy of Rick Schwab	Veteran Cav troopers with their transition paperwork, as C Troop and the 101st Airborne stand down and prepare for return to stateside. L to R, Eddie Bond, 'Fish' Fite, Pete Forame, and Rick Schwab Image courtesy of Rick Schwab
G.I. issue "Boonie" hat in ERDL (Experimental research and development labatory) pattern Camouflage. The hat has been heavily modified by cutting the brim down and fraying the loop band around the crown. It has also been embroidered with rank, wings, Cavalry device & callsign - "Condor 47" for Rick Schwab while flying in the lift platoon for C troop, 2/17 Cavalry - 101st Airborne Division Image courtesy of Rick Schwab		C troop is what the cover article is about and the right seat of the AH6 on the cover is Cpt. Dick Brown my scout platoon Cmdr. The inside of the article has "Just Say It Was the Comancheros" which was a 101 assault helicopter company supporting the RVN Invasion into Laos and when the author of the article ask who it was the CO, Bob Clewell, said Just Say ---------. He apologized for saying that after the article was published and at the time did not know it was for an article. The body on the stretcher, page1, is 1Lt Butch Simpson, one of my scout pilots. Image courtesy of Jim Newman
"The Legacy" Click here to read the story behind the photo Image courtesy of Jim Newman	Aerial view of "C" Troop Operations at Khe Sahn in the connex containers. Mac Jones and I used one each to sleep in. Image courtesy of Jim Newman

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