To the hold outs at the 051 gate at Tan Son Nhut AB........Tough SOB’s stopped a hell of a lot of em !
I remember it well. I was the fire support officer for a LRRP company. We had LRRP teams all over the place. While we were trying to bring them all in we had three helicopters shot out from under us. It was quite a day!
by this time, Khe San had been engaged for more than for 10 days.
TANKS a Bunch for this thread,Brother,,,No Lie G.I.,,,
8/26 Arty (USA) here,,,A.O. Cam Rahn Bridge with ROK Army,,,
(White Horse),,,
Hit by elements of the 304th and 306th NVA sapper reg. ,,,
(about 01:00)
MR. SPOOKY (call sign Spooky 13) Burned them down,,,
(ROT IN HELL YOU BASTURDS!)
Giap’s Army Died 41 years ago ... XIN LOI AZZHOLE!!!
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Biglook, I did mention to some at the GOE show for support for our troops that I couldn’t think of a better way to spend the 41st anniversary of TET than with fellow vets.
The book, “Ringed In Steel” by Michael Mahler has a good accounting of action with the 3/5 Cav, 9th Inf Div and their mission to support Bien Hua airbase from VC/NVA attack. Of course, his accounts are from his recall while listening to the 3/5 command net. I can tell you the commo and action at the platoon level was a lot more graphic, descriptive and real. In the end, from the air, Mahler notes that Saigon was encircled in a ‘ring of steel’ from all the armor units sent to that area. Of course, Cronkite and the rest of the media traitor pukes did not see and did not care to report that aspect of TET.