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In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:20 pm
by carolinamv
Does anyone have any in country pictures or the best place other than Google for some shots on the M37 in Vietnam? Im trying to find a few good ones of them for a display im setting up to explain the M37 and such. Thanks!

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 4:31 am
by Murf
A friend of mine is the one with the big ears in the back.
Sand bags were for a little extra blast protection from the real land mines as well as the make-shift ones the NVA would put into roads during the night. He said the M37 was called "the 3/4 ton" among the troops. This was not a "gun truck" per se. although it had the mounted M60.

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Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:13 pm
by carolinamv
Thank you, that picture is amazing, and thank you for your service

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:48 pm
by 52 M-42
Here are some photos I've collected over the years. I'll try to post a few more tomorrow.

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The one above is one of my favorites. It doesn't show much of the truck but it sure captures the "spirit of the times" in my experience.

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I'll try to add a few more tomorrow if get a moment.

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 5:57 pm
by carolinamv
Those are amazing, Im going to need a bigger board to put the pictures on for the public!

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:38 am
by 52 M-42
Here's a few more:

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Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:24 pm
by j mccormick
I love those active duty, in-country pictures of our trucks "back in the day". The restored ones are nice, but I like to see how they were used for real.

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 5:44 pm
by CSCameron
Nice! Thanks for posting them :D

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 5:58 pm
by 52 M-42
Wish I had more, but it was just common, every day life at the time..... :wink:

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:03 am
by Elwood
Storm, those are some really great photos. Thanks for posting those. 8)

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:22 am
by Rich
52 M-42,
those are some nice photos!
thank you for posting them!
Rich

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:51 pm
by carolinamv
Thanks, I wanted the public to see what my truck looked like in country. And the TONS of different ways units used them and how funny all the markings look diff and such. It also gets the Vets going by seeing the trucks back over there where they were.

I had about 15 pictures printed at Wal Greens for my display board at shows.

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:06 pm
by 52 M-42
Glad you guys enjoyed them.

I occasionally stumble across them, so if / when I find anymore I'll try to get them posted

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:14 pm
by k8icu
Great pictures. The first one is very interesting. Life of a grunt. One has an M79 and the other I at fist thought was a M1 carbine but then realized that it's an M14 with the stock sawed off to have it just a pistol grip. Very interesting.

Re: In country pictures of the M37?

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:48 am
by HingsingM37
What a great collection of photos. I will have cool PC wallpaper for the next few months. Thanks for posting :mrgreen: