Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 03.28.2022
A group of Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment on deployment status with 4th Infantry Division use an M88 Recovery Vehicle to recover a M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier from the dense jungle in Kontum, Vietnam, July 1968. The M88 is capable of pulling seventy tons on a single cable. (Courtesy photo from Spc. Gene Rouse)...
Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 03.28.2022
A group of Soldiers from Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment on deployment status with 4th Infantry Division pose with a sign reading "SHORT" at their Firebase in Kontum, Vietnam. The group of draftees, as a joke, referred to themselves as "Short Timers" meaning they were only in the service for a short period of time. (Courtesy photo from Spc. Gene Rouse)...
Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 01.05.2006
Spc. Gene Rouse, a track vehicle mechanic, assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment on deployment status with 4th Infantry Division, embraces his wife Joan Rouse at the Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado, August 10, 1968. Coming home to his wife, Gene said "was the happiest moment of his life." (Courtesy photo from Spc. Gene Rouse)...
Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 01.05.2006
Spc. Gene Rouse, a track vehicle mechanic, assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment on deployment status with 4th Infantry Division, stands outside of his office in Kontum, Vietnam, August 4, 1968. With his M16 and his flack jacket Gene was excited to head home to his wife Joan Rouse. (Courtesy photo from Spc. Gene Rouse)...
Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 12.09.2005
The local Vietnamese population make their way through the northern part of Pleiku, Vietnam one afternoon on December 24, 1967. Little did anyone know that this city would be a pivoting point in the war as the Tet Offensive would take place here the following month. (Courtesy photo from Spc. Gene Rouse)...
Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 12.08.2005
Joan Rouse, left, stands beside her husband, Spc. Gene Rouse, a track vehicle mechanic, assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment on deployment status with 4th Infantry Division, while home on emergency leave in Cole Creek, Colorado November 1967. Gene received word that his father was sick and went home on emergency leave to visit him out of concern. (Courtesy photo from......
Photo by Spc. Tyler Brock | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 12.08.2005
Spc. Gene Rouse, a track vehicle mechanic, assigned to Bravo Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment on deployment status with 4th Infantry Division, holds Rex, a puppy, the company mascot, in Kontum, Vietnam in November 1967. The troop rescued the dog one day while buying supplies from the local Montagnard's, the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. (Courtesy photo from......
