George Mikey MabeMabeGeorge MikeyNCVietnam War, 1961-1975ArmyTroop A, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; Task Force HansonSergeantVietnam; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Bragg, North CarolinaNoVeteran“I often looked up at the stars and prayed.” (Memoir, page 29)Arriving in Saigon in the earliest days of 1966, Sergeant George Mikey Mabe spent nearly the entire year serving in Vietnam. As part of a combat unit with the 101st Airborne Division, much of his time was spent in the bush, taking part in search-and-destroy missions and long-range patrols. In his memoir, he offers matter-of-fact descriptions of his daily life in Vietnam, including small but important details such as the logistics involved in heating canned rations or sending letters home. Mabe’s photographs--which, he explains, were taken while he was stationed in rear areas, away from combat—further illuminate the activities and typical experiences of a combat infantryman.G. Mike Mabe, eating rations off the hood of a jeep, Vietnam [3/1966]Personal Snapshots: Picturing the Vietnam WarA black and white print of soldiers and trucks on board a LST near Tuy Hoa Air Base, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of the beach at Tuy Hoa Air Base, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of an off-loaded LST on the beach at Tuy Hoa Air Base, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of Vietnamese walking around an open air marketplace near Tuy Hoa, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of cavalry jeeps lined-up, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of soldiers and jeeps grouped in a field getting organized, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a Vietnamese man driving a rickshaw, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of group of prisoners in a barbed wire fenced area, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a tug boat in the South China Sea1/1966A black and white print of a jeep with a 106mm recoilless rifle, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a man standing on a beach on the South China Sea, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of soldiers and jeeps grouped in a field getting organized, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of soldiers preparing vehicles ready to move, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a recently planted rice field, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a Vietnamese boy seated on a bench outside, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a group of Vietnamese boys posing together on a street, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of an elderly Vietnamese man standing on a street, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a group of Vietnamese children posing together on a street, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of soldiers and jeeps in a field setting-up a temporary camp in a field, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of three soldiers sitting in a vehicle while one reads his mail, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of Mabe holding a shell in front of an open breach of a 106mm recoilless rifle mounted on a jeep, Vietnam1/1966A black and white print of a soldier sitting on a crate and Lieutenant Gerard Palma sitting in a jeep. Palma was killed-in-action in 1969, Vietnam2/1966A black and white print of two Vietnamese crouching on a pile of rocks, Vietnam2/1966A black and white print of two Vietnamese boys standing together next to a pile of rocks, Vietnam2/1966A black and white print of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing on Highway 1 with soldiers standing around it, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of Mabe washing trash cans while on KP duty outside the base camp mess hall, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of house in front of trees, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of the jeep driver for Lieutenant Gerard Palma, Alf Hovland, seated in a jeep, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of a sergeant seated in a jeep writing a letter home, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of soldiers detaining two Vietnamese on a road, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of a Vietnamese house, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of Mabe eating c-rations on the hood of a jeep, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of cattle and water buffalo grazing in a dry rice field, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of cattle walking around a demolished building, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of a Vietnamese woman carrying bundles of wood, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of an H-1 Huey helicopter landing on Highway 1 with soldiers and Vietnamese on the side of the highway, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of soldier standing guard over two detained Vietnamese men on the side of the road, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of two soldiers using an ammunition can to carry half of a pig, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of a defoliated countryside with buildings on the hillside, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of a defoliated countryside with buildings on the hillside, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of soldier crouching on the remains of a bridge blown-up by Viet Cong, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of Mabe holding his M-16 rifle and posing on the remains of a bridge blown-up by Viet Cong, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of two Vietnamese carrying a pig to market, Vietnam3/1966A black and white print of Mabe looking through the viewfinder of a 106mm recoilless rifle surrounded by sandbags with other soldiers looking on, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of Mabe (bottom row right) and the rest of his platoon posing for a group portrait after a three day foot patrol of the countryside, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of soldiers digging foxholes, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of a soldier standing in a foxhole with a shovel, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of jungle covered hills, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of a group of Montagnards at the entrance to a building near Dak To, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of a group of Montagnards seated on a bench, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of Mabe posing with Montagnard children, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of a group of Vietnamese women and children standing around outside a house, Vietnam5/1966A black and white print of Sergeant First Class James Richardson supervising soldiers at a camp, Vietnam6/1966A black and white print of Alf Hovland reading in front of a tent in camp with other soldiers nearby, Vietnam6/1966A black and white print of a mountain stream, Vietnam6/1966A black and white print of a camp near Dak To, Vietnam6/1966A black and white print of medic Jack Santos reading in his tent, Vietnam6/1966A color portrait of Mabe wearing his winter dress uniform, Fort Campbell, Kentucky11/1965A color portrait of Sergeant Mabe wearing his summer dress uniform, Fort Campbell, Kentucky9/1967Memoirs of Vietnam, by G. Mike MabeMemoirs of Vietnam, by G. Mike MabeVeterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.93323/DLC-AFC2021-12-13loc.natlib.afc2001001.93323