Here are some more guys in the "Horseshoe" waiting to move out. Front from left to right: Bryan Ergang, Tony Usalis, and Lou Tarantino. Rear from left to right: Don Kahre and Mark Mackie.
Photograph Provided by Gary Koppen
Here are Jerry Stasiak, Bryan Ergang, Don Kahre (front), Pete Simpson, Bill Jackson, and Carl Brown.
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Taking a break from playing "Stretch" are Tony Usalis, Gary Koppen, and Bryan Ergang. This was a game where you would face your opponent and throw a knife and stick it in the ground outside your opponent's feet. If the distance were less than the knife's length, then your opponent would have to spread his feet that far. This would go back and forth until one person was unable to spread or stretch his legs any further. Stretch and Spades were the most popular games played during breaks in the field.
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The grunts didn't have fresh vegetables in the field. So, one day the platoon took a pot from a village they had patrolled through, picked some fresh corn the locals were growing for feed, and had fresh corn on the cob. From left to right: Gary Koppen, Bryan Ergang, Mike Helmer, Lou Tarantino, and Lop, their KCS.
