Dr. Kenyon Kugler’s photos of the Aid Station area on FSB Hill 4-11 were taken between March 1970 and December 1970.
Entrance area to the Aid Station on FSB Hill 4-11.r
Another view of the entrance showing the supply hooch on the right.
The medics hooch at FSB Hill 4-11. The sandbags fell off during a moonson downpour.
Inside the Aid Station showing the supply and medicine area.
Doc Kugler in the Aid Station with his reflection in the mirror.
Medic Luis Rodriguez working on a patient in the Aid Station.
Sick call showing John Birchett in the background with Luis Rodriguez in the foreground treating a patient.
A medic with a patient in the Aid Station.
Medic Kyle Baker in the Aid Station.
Medic treating a “jungle rot” case in the Aid Station.
Medics singing in the Aid Station.
Another view of medics singing in the Aid Station.
Michael Nichols and Gary Kuckenbrod playing around in the Aid Station.
The medics at their singing party in the Aid Station.
Gary Kuckenbrod listening closely to his guitar!
Doc Kugler on the right joins in with the singing.
The medics singing in an area surrounded by pinups.
Doc Kugler clowning around in the Aid Station.
A medic in the Aid Station.
Gary Kuckenbrod and Luis Rodriguez in front of the Aid Station.
Bobby McElwain, Silver Star recipient, taking a break outside the Aid Station.
The medics’ shower at the Aid Station.
The Aid Station shower showing the med-evac pad in the background.
Bobby McElwain next to the water supply and homemade water heater used for the Aid Station shower.
A Montagnard orphan at the Aid Station.
Medics carrying a boy injured by a truck at the dump.
Medics cleaning up the boy who was run over by the truck.
“Sledge” the truck driver and the injured boy after he was treated.
A first aid class on FSB Hill 4-11. Medic Joe Morganti is on the left front. Don Turner, Doug Roberts, and Kermit Stockstill are seated on the bleacher in front of Joe Morganti.
Medics digging a drainage ditch around the Aid Station.
A wounded soldier waiting for a “Dustoff” or med-evac chopper.
A medic on the chopper pad guiding the med-evac chopper in.
Doc Kugler standing in the doorway of his hooch.
Doc Kugler sitting at the desk in his hooch.
Doc Kugler playing his guitar in his hooch.
Another view of Doc Kugler playing his guitar.
A view of the decorations in Doc Kugler’s hooch.
Another view of the decorations in Doc Kugler’s hooch.
A self-portrait of Doc Kugler.
A pit viper killed in the Aid Station area.
A centipede and a spider killed in the Aid Station area.
Another view of the centipede and spider.
“Lucky” the mascot dog.
Bobby McElwain with “Lucky.”
Doc Kugler and “Lucky.”
The “jump” Aid Station being prepared to go out to a forward area.
The “jump” Aid Station being lifted off.
A Chinook helicopter lifting the “jump” Aid Station off FSB Hill 4-11.
A Red Cross girl (Donut Dollie) on FSB Hill 4-11.A view from the Aid Station looking toward the “Horseshoe.”
Gary Kuckenbrod and Michael Nichols outside the Aid Station.
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