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Monkey Mountain
Detachment in 1965 |
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Looking from the top of the mountain to our compound. US Navy and Marines. |
Looking from our garage area to the top
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Looking from the main camp to the CB Garage area. |
Garage Area |
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| Hawk missile tracking and radar | Hawk missile launching carriage | |
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| Joel West drilling rock head to set dynamite for blasting. | Ken and
Jake, setting 60% Hercules Dynamite, stemming, tying det cord, and adding fuse. |
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| Adding fuse. | The big boom. We blasted every day at 15:00. Could not be late or early. | |
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| Aftermath | Clean
up. Cutting road down MRS-2-- tractor and pan in front. MRS-200 tractor as push vehicle. |
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| MRS-200. Joel West in passenger seat. | Looking down the road. | |
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Ready to begin again tomorrow. |
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| Photos submitted by Joel West | ||
