Subdeacon Joe Posted June 10, 2017 Posted June 10, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/opinion/a-patrol-called-king-kong.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0 Quote In early October 1966, the men of “A Co.,” my rifle company, part of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, boarded C-130 cargo planes for the short flight to a hilltop Special Forces base in the far northwest corner of South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Within days, the entire battalion arrived, along with a battery of 105-millimiter howitzers. My battalion, known as 1/3, had been deployed around Danang, along the Vietnamese coast, helping to “pacify” civilians — assisting with farming, improving security, anything to keep the Communists from extending their influence among the population. Now we had a new and much different mission. Decision makers in Saigon and Washington had charged the Marines with fortifying the northern border and defeating the influx of Communist forces.
Trailrider #896 Posted June 10, 2017 Posted June 10, 2017 Oh, my! And the worst danger I faced in Montana was falling asleep at the wheel of my blue truck! God Bless these guys, and thanks for their service! And we lost three KIA and one WIA...by a "friendly" in Afghanistan today! RIP. | | | |
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