53 years ago tonight ... TET '68 the gift that keeps on giving

199th Infantry PIO | April 1968 | Dick Freeman, 40th PIO 199th LIB

[RetiredTexasVet]

Red Catchers didn’t fold ... held off wave after wave. Took out the ones using the railroad. Most of the troops there were units back on rotation and Hq/support.

[fhayek]

To you, and any other vets that respond here:

Thank you for your service!

I was seven then. I know you didn't always get a parade when you got stateside. I humbly salute you.

[tet68]

Chu Lai airfield. A long week.

[Grampa Dave]

FYI!

[chulaivn66]

Missed it by 1 year four months. Now they’re inside the wire here at home.

[Repeal The 17th]

ping

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I never thought I would see the day where Vietnamese people had more freedom than we do.

[mountainlion]

Heavy Equipment operator at Cu Chi. Mortar hit a helicopter on the flight line and all the ammo go ing up sounded like hail on a tin roof.

[suthener]

“Chu Lai airfield. A long week.”

My father was in Chu Lai at the same time. He had a heck of a war story. He only told me about it because I found the letter he wrote my mother when he thought he was going to die. He did two tours. Like most real combat vets he did not talk about it except to tell funny stories.

[tet68]

I got there in June of 66.
VMA-223 Mag12. A-4 skyhawks.
Extended tour and was on perimeter guard but
had the night off. They hit us with 80mm mortars
and 122 rockets.

[New Perspective]

Words can not express my gratitude for your actions. Welcome Home.

[New Perspective]

Words can not express my gratitude for your actions. Welcome Home.

[New Perspective]

Words can not express my gratitude for your actions. Welcome Home.

[New Perspective]

Words can not express my gratitude for your actions. Welcome Home.

[tet68]

Just did my duty. Semper Fi!

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[Mark]

The first rocket hitting our position killed 19 of our guys.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Most of us WEREN’T there. Felt sorry for those that were. This was a week after the USS Pueblo was captured. Our nation was spread too thin. The country turned against the war even tough it was a military victory on our side. Was it worth it to fight for the South? Our leaders thought so and 58k lives later the question is still unanswered. Following that there was the LBJ withdrawl from the election, 2 assassinations, and riots all over the place. I have no desire to discuss with veterans who were there. i’m just thankful we had a POTUS who put it our role in perspective.

[Cajun Sunset]

Sophomore in High School.
11/14/1972 My draft number was 360. I enlisted in the Navy anyway. Went and worked the coast a few nights darkened ship on a patrol gunboat. USS Welch PG 93 Could see breakers on the beach (no fire), but did not receive the in country medal. That’s okay, we were in close, but you guys were the best!