CPT Elpidio Q. Fahel (Skip) was Company Commander for Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry from October 26, 1969 to February 26, 1970. He was wounded-in-action on January 12, 1970. He was the Company Commander and S-7 for HHC from July 1970 until the time he returned home in September 1970. Skip's hometown was listed as Kansas City, Missouri while in Vietnam, and he now lives in San Antonio, Texas. Here are a few of the pictures he took while in Vietnam:
Photograph by Skip Fahel
CPT Skip Fahel and SGT Averyhart are shown here on FSB Hill 4-11.
Photograph by Skip Fahel
Here is a picture taken on December 20, 1969 of the officers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry, during Ten Days on the Hill: LT Jim Payne, LT Greg White, CPT Skip Fahel, LT Dean Devault, and LT Owen Harding.
Photograph by Skip Fahel
Here is an early photo of FSB Hill 4-11 that shows very little construction compared to its latter days.
Photograph provided by Skip Fahel
Here is a VC/NVA photograph of a model of FSB Hill 4-11. This photo was found after a sapper attack on FSB Hill 4-11.
Photograph by Skip Fahel
This is a CH-47 Chinook helicopter bringing supplies to Bravo Company, while they were in the mountains west of FSB Hill 4-11.
