PFC Dale "Tiny" E. Wilson was a grenadier for the 2nd Platoon of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry from July, 1970 to sometime in early December, 1970. Dale was injured during a major firefight on September 3, 1970. He returned to the field on September 23, 1970 and transferred to the 31st Public Information Detachment as a photographer and correspondent in December, 1970. Dale decided to stay in the Army after Vietnam. He went to OCS in 1978 and retired as a major 1991, after teaching military history at West Point for three
years.
Here are a series of photos provided by Dale E. Wilson:
Photograph by Dale E. Wilson
This sprawling aerial view of the Chu Lai airfield shows the concrete
covered revetments that housed jet fighter-bombers from the Marine Air
Wing and helicopters from the organic aviation
battalion supporting the Americal Division.
Photograph by Dale E. Wilson
GIs wait to board a C-123 twin-engine transport for their
first trip to LZ Bronco, the 11th LIB's base camp at Duc Pho.
Photograph by Dale E. Wilson
A female water buffalo on the side of Highway 1 on the
way to Hill 4-11. Note the feed container placed over the animal's
mouth to keep it from eating the rice drying alongside the road.
Photograph by Dale E. Wilson
Marine fighter-bombers bomb a target about a half-mile
from Highway 1 as a convoy carrying replacements makes its way to
Hill 4-11 on August 1, 1970.