Hi my name is Ken Delaney. When I first came in country I was sent to company B 4th Engr Bn 4th Infantry Division in the central highlands. There were no opening s in that company for my MOS 62 E 20 dozer operator so I was put in one of the line platoons. Most of the two and a half months in that company were spent on a hill top fire support base (FSB). We were responsible for clearing shrubs, bushes and trees all around the sides of the the hill top. At least half of that time was during the monsoons . The leaches drove me crazy. When the 4th inf div folded I was sent to the 23rd inf div (Americal) in Chu Lie and from there to the 26th Engr com C in Duc Pho in support of the 11th light inf brigade. While there at one point we were shipped by LST to Quang Tri Province near the DMZ . We were there to fill in the void left when our brothers were sent West towards Laos in support of the South Vietnamese Army incursion into Laos. One mission I was sent on was with a D-7 dozer to a FSB right next to the DMZ . We were receiving rocket and mortar attacks daily . One day with my dozer I went into the DMZ . We were accompanied by two M-48 tanks and four to six APC’s . I believe we were searching for the areas were the enemy were setting up to fire mortars and rockets . We did not find any of the enemy or their weapons but they must have left in a big hurry because we found some papers with Vietnamese writing and a few personal items. At one point one of the tanks got wedged in a ravine and I had to set up my dozer to pull him out with my winch . Then the LT asked me to build a dirt berm across the ravine so our tanks and armored personal carriers could cross. If anyone reading this story recognizes it and can fill me in on more details I would greatly appreciate it.
Very Truly Yours
Kenneth R. Delaney Jr.

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