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revetments in background are made from fifty-five-gallon Agent Orange barrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671a37f46ab719277f8d4b45/f1530897-fce4-4576-914c-246fe03216ea/Chapter8victorzulu.png NEWS+EVENTS Desi Ford and Bob Ford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671a37f46ab719277f8d4b45/f08666fe-9495-46a5-af72-03e83d36bd14/Chapter15groupshot.png NEWS+EVENTS James Payne, McColon, Lowell “Dee” Truscott, and Bob Brown in the Hue Compound before evacuation to Da Nang on Feb. 3, 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671a37f46ab719277f8d4b45/1af62008-9ac7-4a3c-bebf-b166768e1c4c/Chapter24CaptainFord.png NEWS+EVENTS Bob Ford wearing his captain’s bars and the jungle fatigues given to him by the First Cavalry captain; this photo was taken one week before coming home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671a37f46ab719277f8d4b45/5f124a49-b26e-4f17-a398-8def242ef9a2/CoverBlackCat2-1.png NEWS+EVENTS Refueling at Hue between missions, Nov. 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671a37f46ab719277f8d4b45/b32cded7-dd34-42a2-98fb-61277322d8da/ChildrenofVietnam.png NEWS+EVENTS A young boy at Phu Loc LZ holds a four-pack of cigarettes, standard issue in every C-ration meal; 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