[theirjustdue]

On July 23, 1963, Nam was in 65/66 with 2/1. How about you? I established and ran the VC (mine and boobytrap) Trail behind the old Navy hospital at Mainside, Pendleton until I got out in July 67. Did you ever go through the trail while I was the instructor?

[Chainmail]

I'm pretty sure that I did - if it was the same one we were trained in as part of the Staging Battalion course of instruction as we got ready to go over in November-December 1965. Lots of tripwires with really loud mine simulators.. Excellent training and good preparation for what came next.

I arrived in Vietnam in January '66 and in November '66 was assigned to Golf company 2/1 as a Scout Observer for my parent battery, Bravo 1/11. Last until May '67 and then finally got out of the hospital (that same WWII temporary hospital at Camp Pendleton) in December '67.