Steve at new base camp-1

More of typical daily wear. Flak jacket (while track mounted), steel pot, jungle fatigues, first large wound bandage near my left knee. It was hot and for some reason I was not wearing a fatigue jacket. Notice the drain culvert 1/2s. We would make a floor of sandbags, the place the culvert 1/2s over the floor and over them with sand bags. Add a wall in front with shooting port, and a wall in back to prevent mortar shrapnel and you have an instant bunker. sand bags are like cement to sleep on.