The unit moved again in February of 1968 to LZ Baldy. Landing Zone Baldy (Hill 63) was located north of Hawk Hill (Hill 29), South of An Hoa, 35 miles north of Chu Lai and 32 miles south of Da Nang and just off Highway1. The Que Son Mountains to the west and south were the unit’s principle Area of Operation (AO) for this time period.
For a six-week long period, during April and May of 1968, the 48th was located at Camp Evans near the A Shau Valley in northern I Corps where elements of the 196th LIB and 101st Airborne Brigade had gathered to support the 1st Cavalry Division - Air Mobile (operation Lam Son 216).
On 22 November 1968, Lt. Robert Matazinski assumed command. The 48th remained at LZ Baldy until 14 April 1969, when it moved to LZ Hawk Hill. On 31 December 1969, Lt. Robert E. Allen assumed command. On 16 December 1970, Lt. James M. Mulford took over as Commanding Officer.
LZ Baldy (airstrip)
Compound entrance
Hell On Paws
rock
view from Crow’s Nest lookout
48th headquarters, LZ Baldy 1968
Johnny Webb
Shower & dog feeding station
view from 48th compound
view from 48th compound
view from 48th compound
view from 48th compound
“hooch” interior
48th “hooch”
48th “hooch”
48th “hooch”
GP medium tents for some handlers, Eagles Nest and dog exercise area beyond, LZ Baldy 1968
48th “hooch”
“hooch” interior
Vet Tech Terry Hopper
barrel run
Lt. Matazinski, Dowdy and Wilferd ib background
typical dog stakeout for 1968
relaxing
monsoon 1968
John Chmura getting inoculated
Vet Tech Frank Catania at work 1967
Chinook dust storm, 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
48th cookout
48th cookout
48th cookout
L-r: Matazinski, Wilfred, Brabham, Dowdy, Ranson
Reg Dowdy grilling
48th volleyball
inbound to pickup troops
Turn-around-pad LZ Baldy 1968
L-r: Koss, Brabham, Vosbury, Rodriguez, Barker, Cherry, Jolley, Strong, Joyce, Perry
loaded and outbound
Blue Ghost
48th volleyball
Blue Ghost
OH-6 “loach” 1968
Blue Ghost
OH-6 “loach” 1968
OH-6 “loach” 1968
Sykes, Pfau, Vietnamese worker LZ Baldy 1968
R. Dowdy, Vet Tech 1968
And “new recruit”Pendleton 1968
Pendleton 1968
Strong, McBride?
View from 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
View from 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
View from 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
Dick Moynahan
LZ Baldy 1968
View from 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
View from 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
kennel construction, LZ Baldy 1969
kennel construction, LZ Baldy 1969
kennel construction, LZ Baldy 1969
kennel construction, LZ Baldy 1969
View from 48th compound LZ Baldy 1968
Pfau, Kodman, Sykes
LZ Baldy 1968
Tom “Ollie” Joyce
LZ Baldy 1968
Eddie Brabham
LZ Baldy 1968
Darryl Pfau
LZ Baldy 1968
Perry, Hopper and Parsons (foreground) LZ Baldy 1968
Lt. Vosbury, 1968
Vet Tech Terry Hopper
48th cookout; Koss, Parsons, Bratcher
Woodard, ?, Haag
Platoon Sgt Wilfred LZ Baldy 1968
Vietnamese worker
LZ Baldy 1968
Vietnamese worker
LZ Baldy 1968
Vietnamese worker
LZ Baldy 1968
Vietnamese worker
LZ Baldy 1968
Vietnamese worker
LZ Baldy 1968
Vietnamese worker
LZ Baldy 1968
48th Monthly Report Oct 1967 listing Collin and Bootsy KIA Sept 1967
48th Monthly Report Oct 1970 listing Royal KIA in Sept 1970, Royal handled by Stu Blankenship