50 Years ago today

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[Chainmail]

I hope that all of you who have important experiences in your lives, particularly combat veterans of Vietnam and the more recent wars write them for all of us to read.

[CincyRichieRich]

Thank you, sir.

[patriot08]

Thank you, and God bless you for your service to our country.

[Larry Lucido]

Glad you’re still with us.

[knarf]

I just posted you on my FB page.

05C20, Radio-Teletype operator, 51st Sig Bn, Uijongbu, Korea, '65 - '67 ... I don't know why Korea and not in country.

My guess is I was still seventeen after AIT.

Thank you for your service and taking the time to tell us.

[Fzob]

Thank you for your service. And thank you for sharing your story.

[Travis McGee]

God bless you.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Thank you . . .

[sodpoodle]

Thank you for your service and for a superbly written account of it.

Your writing talent is as great as are your fighting skills.

Well done Sir.

[x1stcav]

Great memory for details. I try to recall this sort of detail of my experiences and can’t come anywhere close.

I, too, stuck with the M-14 though later in the War when they were really hard to find.

It’s also hard to put in perspective how much time has passed. I tweak younger vets by telling them, when they ask when I was in, that ‘my war was four back’, or, ‘that was half-a-century ago’.

Glad you made it.

[Chainmail]

Forwarded.

[Chainmail]

Very glad you did too! M-14 was a fine weapon, wasn't it? I had to strip M-60 belts to feed it..

Semper Fi

[lefty-lie-spy]

Very interesting story. Thank you for sharing and thank you for service and for still being with us.

[AppyPappy]

Very well-written. Thank you for your service.

So, how’s the leg today?

[x1stcav]

I was lucky in that the Division sniper school gave me Match ammo. Rifle and five loaded mags was a load but worth it.

If I’d been more on top of my game I would’ve mailed it back in pieces as it was off any property books and there was no record of it.

A real tack driver.

The sniper school also put a selector switch on mine. It was a bear on full auto but I got pretty good with it.

Those were the days.

[patriot08]

Very interesting story. Thank you for sharing and thank you for service and for still being with us.
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Very sweet (and true), but I think you meant this for the author of the article, not me.

[TalBlack]

Thank you for your service. It’s wonderful that you lived to tell the tale. ‘Nam plus 50, I wonder what percentage of guys made it thru both...

[Doogle]

It’s really something how people differ... some can remember with incredible detail while in an dire situations even with humor...I have that.
Others go blank...the minds way of dealing with it. Still others recall bits and pieces. (Possibly, the way the mind says,you’re not ready yet)

[LibWhacker]

Wow, riveting. God bless you.

[theirjustdue]

"I was a twenty-one year old Lance Corporal (E-3) in the Marines serving as an Artillery Scout (an enlisted Forward Observer) with Golf Company 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1"

I was with 2/1 in 65/66 (13 mo's.). TAD to H&S CO., but attached to all companies. Mostly Golf or Fox. Came back and set up the VC Trail down at Mainside and ran that for a year before getting out. Chances are you spent a day down at the trail. I was the Sgt. that gave the lecture portion on mines and booby-traps and my crew would have escorted you through the trail. Glad you made it back. As you know many of 2/1 didn't. Semper Fi brother!