In my time in the field as a Redcatcher I never wore one and no one else in my platoon did that I recall. They were available, but few in my outfit toted them around with everything else they had to hump.
Posted on 02/20/2019 11:16:27 AM PST by Red Badger
A celebrated book and a major museum exhibition revealed the harrowing tale behind the image of a wounded Marine. Their version was wrong.
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The fighting in Hue City, Vietnam, was as intense and confusing as anything the Marines there had ever seen. It was mid-February 1968, and American and South Vietnamese forces were desperately trying to counter a surprise onslaught that became known as the Tet offensive. First Battalion, Fifth Marines had breached the city’s historic Citadel. Radio communications were out. From front-line positions, Marines ran back a block or two to give updates to commanding officers and to receive orders. Many of them had already been wounded or killed. As more casualties accumulated, Marines in Charlie Company’s Third Platoon helped lift a gravely wounded and unconscious infantryman onto the front of a tank; the man was sprawled on a wooden door that served as a stretcher. No more than a few blocks away, through streets littered with rubble and alive with gunfire, the tank stopped to pick up three Marines who had been injured by a mortar blast. One man’s face was swathed in bandages. He was helped aboard and situated near the tank’s back end. A photographer, John Olson, approached and began to document the moment. His photo of the unconscious Marine lying on the tank surrounded by his wounded brothers-in-arms now stands among the iconic images of the Vietnam War. Some of Olson’s photos from the battle were included in a photo essay in Life magazine on March 8, 1968. The picture of the wounded Marine was the largest photo in the feature, published as a two-page spread. Both painterly and heart-wrenching, it was a raw a
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I had friend growing up said his (half) brother was in that picture as well - I think that’s ‘Charlie’ company from Life magazine.
How many times do you want them to do it?........Sorry, but yours was a stupid statement bro.........
Yea, right..........
Small world!
why no flak-jackets in that cover picture ?
Yes, Kerry has always been a very deep non-public far Left Marxist and worked with them on all their agendas foreign and domestic. If we could get any of them on treason, he would be at the top of the list.
argggg..that should be
Semper Fi
I was on NIMITZ when it was less than 10 years old. During one yard period, voids were opened for inspection and one contained a fully operational still.
In my time in the field as a Redcatcher I never wore one and no one else in my platoon did that I recall. They were available, but few in my outfit toted them around with everything else they had to hump.
In my time in the field as a Redcatcher I never wore one and no one else in my platoon did that I recall. They were available, but few in my outfit toted them around with everything else they had to hump.
Interesting ..thanx. we humped all that gear (’cept the gas mask). we couldn’t leave a secure are without ‘em.
arg... “are” should be “area”
Ok I will take the hit, it was stupid.
Good to hear.... I’ve been out of the loop for a long time.
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