[Milsurplus] ID Marines Vietnam radio

[Ralph Hogan]

Perhaps the UHF air comm  prc-41 ?  Right timeframe. Has a big Fat round antenna.
You may be right on the diagonal  being another portable antenna, maybe a prc-8/9/10 whip?

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> On Mar 7, 2017, at 8:06 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
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> What is this radio? At first i thought, PRC-8/9/10, but this is 1968. Khe Sanh, Viet Nam, first line defense post at Hill 881. Keeping an eye on Hill 882, base for NVA infantry, rockets, mortars throughout  the
> siege. Note that most of the radio is radio; with what i assume is battery box, down below – see the dividing line. Handset is somehow clipped to top center. The wide antenna threw me. The diagonal line
> toward antenna from left , i have no clue? Is it another antenna from another radio set below in the trench? 
> This is from “Last Stand at Khe Sanh – U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour In Vietnam”, Gregg Jones, 2014. I found it at the Dollar Store, where i have gotten a number of war books. I cannot recommend this book
> unless you  have a special interest in this Vietnam episode – it is very depressing to read about heavy American losses at this small-unit, up close and personal level.  I will probably recall forever the account
> of one young Lt. who dismissed the advice of his men, determined to take prisoner some NVA who let themselves be noticed as bait, ordered “Let’s go get them”. The Lt. and half his 40-man unit were killed.
> The bodies remained out front for weeks.
> The scan didn’t quite go as well as i hoped, due to limitations of my equipment and its operator.
> -H
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