Billy "Tadpole" McCall's Pictures

Tadpole McCall and Mississippi Withers were members of the same squad in the second platoon. They both took many pictures, so it is not surprising that their photo records of Vietnam are very similar. We have selected a few pictures from Tadpole's photo files that add to the story of the Bluetigers in 1970 and 1971. Tadpole made good notes on his pictures. His notes comprise the picture captions.

Tadpole arrived in Vietnam in September 1970, when he was assigned to 1/14th in the 4th Division. He came to D Troop in December 1970 and served there until his rotation home in September 1971. "Tadpole" was the only name he was ever known by while with the Bluetigers.


This is our squad: Sgt Marvin Carlisle-Georgia; Billy McCall-Miss.; Sterling Withers-Miss.; Sgt Roy Tucker-N.C.; Michael Langnehs-Kentucky; Lee Ballinger-W. Va. "Great Guys"





Sgt Riggs-Front; Back row l-r: Sterling Withers; Billy McCall; Lee Ballinger; Sgt Roy Tucker





Sgt Marvin Carlisle; Billy "Tadpole" McCall; Sterling Withers; Tommy Fortner





Christmas 1970 Red Cross show with Donut Dollies





The Motor Pool - Fire Support Base Mace: Smitty, Pudd, and Leisure. They kept us moving.





Road convoy: Lt. Cowan; Sgt Goodman-driver; Fisher-mechanic in rear





Convoy to Fontaine - I was lead jeep. Notice the thick jungle. Good place for ambush. I set a Pepsi can on the fender but we drove so slow it just sat there. This is a good picture - spooky just looking at it.





Road convoy - Lead jeep again with me driving. Lightfoot on the left and Shatley behind him.





Pulling security for engineers who are sweeping the road for mines.





SSgt William Martin funeral, Xuan Loc. This was a bad area.





Sgt Michael Langnehs (Jarhead) funeral. Bad day for D Troop.





Combat Infantryman's Badge


Bluetiger 1970-71 Home Page "By Way of Introduction" "Dispatches from APO SF 96289 - 1970" "Dispatches from APO SF 96289 - 1971" "Rogue's Gallery" "Air Mobile"
"Delta Troop's Rides" "Camps" "Fire Bases" "Anatomy of a Fire Base" "The Move to Lai Khe" "Working at Lai Khe"
"Sin Loi" "Sterling Withers' Page" "Andy Hicks' Page" "Chris Halasz's Page" "Thomas McGuire's Page" "Billy McCall's Page"

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