H Steve rafferty. Thank you for sharing this slice of history with us and for the service you gave to our country. I have been doing research on the Vietnam Era and it is a shame that you were not treated with dignity and respect when you returned home to a country that you put before your life. Mike Wess is my old man. His name is Wayne last name is unknown, his girlfriend name is Phuong Tran ( she is my mom). Unless you walked trails . www.pbase.com/longbachnguyen/vietnam. Looking for anyone who knew my brother. I came back several times and finally managed to get the picture I was looking for: Dave..........First things first Thank you for your service..............I loved the pictures they take me back to another Place and time when I stood with the best men I'll know.. Take care.........Jerry Blinn C Troop 1/4 Cav Charlie Lima One 1969. Vietnam War: Search & Destroy 1966-1967. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS, 03 Feb 1968, Near Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, South Vietnam --- The bodies of US soldiers lay on the back of an armored personnel carrier which moved through the fighting near Tan Son Nhut Airbase to pick up the dead. Now that I am a veteran of OIF, I hold veterans in an even higher regard now. Thank you for giving us images telling a story of what we could not imagine. Enjoyed looking through your history here. But it was no joke. If you had gone with us you would have lived through the mortar barrage that put a mortar round in your chest. My thanks to my homie from Newport Beach ca. And the then the slow moving prostate can put the coup de grau . If you are talking about my uncle, Craig W. Frye, of Leet, West Virginia, who was in 1st Cav in 1968-1969. I salute you and all the others that served and all those that died. I can now say that after reading after action reports that colonel hopinski didn't know the 1 /28 had bravo Lima plt on his quarter horses circling the wagons. There were times the straps from we gear from the ammo cand dug deep into my shoulders and even my od green towel on my neck couldn't offer enough padding. He never said that anything was wrong.I guess that was John, and he never changed. McCormic was our medic (great guy). He was in country from 11/ 67 to Dec 67. In late 1966 we were attached to 2 Battalion 33rd Artillery along with 4 other guns from the 2nd Battalion Of 2nd Infantry & all 8 guns were were then considered Delta Battery. "No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. 1970. Email is [email protected] He had been wondering about others. One of her arms were missing. Thank you Doug for sending me this link. He served from Nov of 1965 till Oct of 1967. He already survived prostate cancer 12yrs. I also saw it then as an adventure ... and now I tend to see it as a waste in human terms. Laying on that strip that night taught me a good lesson. You can read about Mike here: I was drafted in September 1966 along with another gentleman by the name of Mike Arias. inf. A special time in our lives ... served with some very special people. When these guys turned around and I could see a lot of confidence in their faces. Is it possible that he was actually with the 1/2? He said he worked on the tank trucks hauling Agent Orange. Hi Dave-thanks for the memories! I had been informed of this duty by a note attached to my cot at 2 AM the morning of departure from Ben Hoa. [email protected]. Delta Company 1st Inf. He adopted two Asian girls me and my 2 sisters after Vietnam. He was a CW2, Roger Carroll. Brings back many memories. I am trying to find any photos that might be out there with him at that battle ground or even just during his time in Vietnam.
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