Larry Fishell — D Co. 2/8 CAV — Angry Skipper Archive

Larry
Fishell

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Known as "Pops"

In-Country Service

1970 – 1971

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Character of Service

Honorable

Archive Status

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Photographs of Larry "Pops" Fishell appear in the Ken Weaver collection (pops-fishell.jpg, field 1971) and in a group photo with Ken Weaver and Larry Cate from the Marvin Miller collection (1971).

Photos of Larry

Ken Weaver, Larry "Pops" Fishell and Larry Cate

From L to R: Roger Schaffer, Leroy Sells and Larry "Pops" Fishell, outside a popular bar in Vung Tao.

Larry "Pops" Fishell in the countryside.

In the same photos or documents 5

Larry Cate

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Ken Weaver

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Larry Randt

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Leroy Sells

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Roger Schaffer

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Archive Accounts

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The M60 Incident

· Larry 'Pops' Fishell

On patrol sometime after his promotion to squad leader, Marvin Miller read the geometry of his own formation in a fraction of a second and stopped a shot that would have killed three men — including himself.

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Component

U.S. Army

Unit

D Co. 2/8 CAV, 1st Air Cavalry Division

Character of Service

Honorable

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