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Lima Company now had a new job. We provided security for engineer work parties and large convoys, known as Rough Riders. When a Rough Rider passed through Ca Lu, they would load us aboard and take us along as added security. We would also go out as security for the engineers when they erected a portable bridge at the point where Highway 9 crossed the Quang Tri river.

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Mounting up on a 11th Engineers dump truck loaded with a portable bridge. We would go out and stand security while the bridge was set up. The next day the Rough Rider would roar through on its way to Khe Sanh. Lima's Command Post is in the background.

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Marines on security with 11^th Engineers. Jerome Larson with M79, Joe Derosier is sitting above the driver.

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Changing a tire on a dump truck loaded with a portable bridge to be erected at the Hairpin on Route 9. Marines are from 11th Engineers.