First Lt McGaughey, who had been talking to SSgt Sagredo, gave Glover a grid of the friendly lines and where he thought 2d Squad was located. But it was only a guess.With a couple of amtracs, four tanks, and six humvees from Weapons Co and three medical vehicles, Glover set out to find the missing Marines. Capt Smith rode in one of the medical humvees at the back of the column along with First Sergeant Scott A. Vandeven.
“Once we got to the grid, it was obvious we weren’t in the right place,” said Glover. There were apparently two columns of black smoke rising from Fallujah. One was from the Bravo trac that was burning, the other from trash. Once Glover realized the second column of smoke on the horizon was where the Deadly Deuces were hunkered down, Glover started heading that way.
When Capt Smith noticed the column was not moving as fast as it should, he grabbed his radioman’s rifle and ran to the head of the column where he took control of the situation.
Smith ran down the street ahead of the tanks, firing at insurgents as he went.
“We fought hard to get down there,” said Glover. The QRF must have been a sight for sore eyes when it came charging through the courtyard.
The above are Marines. They are fighting in Fallujah. If I recall correctly, the 1st Inf also fought one of the Fallujah engagements.
Based on the above encounter in Fallujah, perhaps the 1st Inf fought with the Marines and some industrious Marine (Deadly Deuce) came up with a patch just for that period of time.
Wow, that’s great, Chaplin, and more than I could find.
I sent a link to this thread to the finder of the item. Maybe what you found will be the clue he needed.
I think you found it, Chaplin when they referred to the Deadly Deuces.