combat correspondents
of the 1st Marine Division on a picnic in early 1968 at Red Beach on Da
Nang Bay
(back row, l to r) Phil
Hamer "of the Tennessee Walkin' Hamers", Rick Lavers, Don Wilkinson,
James "Biltmore Ogre" Glover, Capt. Charles Johnson, Bob Bowen, Hal "Clutch"
Blake, Larry LePage, Bob "The Greasegun Gunny" Caulkins, Steve "Stephanie"
Wyatt.
(front, l to r) Dave Martinez,
Gus Hasford, Eric "Rafterman" Grimm, Bob "Ding" Bayer, Jerry "Babysan"
Goodall, Mike "the ARVN" Stokey, Jeff "T.H.E"Ault (with shades), Bill "Woodrow"
Cheeley (in front of Ault), Dale "Daddy D.A." Dye (pointing), Larry "Mumbles"
Saski, Earl "Crazy Earl" Gerheim and James E. Hardy.
Gus is holding
their pet dog Fang. Dale Dye and Bob Bayer bought him at a butcher shop
while returning to Da Nang
from an operation. He
was a good dog but he didn't last long. After a few months he was
runover by an MP jeep.
Photo taken from L.A. Times Magazine, 1987
Hear Steve Bernston and
Earl Gerheim discuss the above photo
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from the Viet
Nam War Writers' Symposium
