"Spike" the Vietnamese boy at FOB-4 Command & Control North

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 5/14/2021 | S Shawn

[w1n1]

Spike was apparently a bit of a mascot at SOG forward operating base-4 of CCN. Taught to serve drinks and do all manner of errands for the Green Berets of SOG..

One of the SOG recon men saying he even helped a SFC man and fire a 81mm mortar in a mortar pit during the infamous attack on August 23 in 1968 when NVA sappers infiltrated a SOG compound from the sea in the middle of the night and caused multiple casualties of the recon men.
"he was in that mortar pit firing illumination rounds over the camp. But I remember he told me that Spike knew enough that he readied them and handed the mortar rounds to him to fire"– William Barclay

Sad to say I have to tell you it was not a happy end for Spike.
"Spike lived with me in my hooch for a couple of months. I took care of him. The Vietnamese were very jealous. He disappeared while I was on a mission. He was not seen again. I was told that he was taken away and killed."– Dick Thompson
Read the rest of Spike the vietnamese boy.

[Larry Lucido]

The Hit and Runs are back!

There is a FReepathon going on!

When you’re not posting clickbait, how about a donation?

This is the FreeRepublic “Post and Run” Ping List. The FR “Post and Run” Ping List is comprised of folks who post clickbait threads and then rarely if ever reply to posts.

“Post and Run” Ping list members: Your donations are needed during this FR Fund Raiser. FR members pay for you to post your hit and run threads for free. Your donations are needed to pay back FR members who pay for your free use of FR bandwidth.

Please donate here.

https://freerepublic.com/donate/

The “Post and Run” ping list is on my home page.

[minnesota_bound]

Thanks for the article.