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From MCRD . San Diego Plt. 1041 December 1965
Dale wiley & I join the marines in 1965 in little rock ark.
Sgt. lovett, and E.L. duanus, drill insts.made rilfe expert at Edson range 1966, Staff. Sgt . mc court was my PMI, also. Sgt Tops
Marine barrack kodiac Alaska1966,Got dress blues.
In 1968 5th mar. div. 2/27 2nd bat. football team we beat mainside hurrah
In 1968 August went to Nam, Phu bui Echo Co.2/1 H&S CO. 2nd bat. 1st marines with 2/1 near msr road and tau cau, south of marble mtn. nue kim sahn ville
on Mtns. alpha 6 and crows nest 106mm recoiless rifles ruled,fred copeland, and bilkie,was my squad leaders or section leaders,I was a gunner on the 106mm,as many ahead of me were. Southerland died on alpha 6 Mtn.I
finally made E4 1968 Bat. promotion! , Staff Sgt. miller was my plt. co.and was a flamethrower man too!echo or foxtrot was in dodge city , they had a nva bunker surrounded, they calle for flames up, I was the cpl. who smoked out the nva. after the LT. threw in a smoke grenade.At another date in April I beleave 10:15 pm,On rat patrol I was the grenadier M79, we hit a mine on tau cau we survived we open up on a ville with all we had, 1st time this road was mined/not Msr which was always mined. Don't remember how I got back to the rear at 2/1 the triangle battallion. next thing I knew it was sunrise or morning! damn!
Dale wiley & I join the marines in 1965 in little rock ark.
Sgt. lovett, and E.L. duanus, drill insts.made rilfe expert at Edson range 1966, Staff. Sgt . mc court was my PMI, also. Sgt Tops
Marine barrack kodiac Alaska1966,Got dress blues.
In 1968 5th mar. div. 2/27 2nd bat. football team we beat mainside hurrah
In 1968 August went to Nam, Phu bui Echo Co.2/1 H&S CO. 2nd bat. 1st marines with 2/1 near msr road and tau cau, south of marble mtn. nue kim sahn ville
on Mtns. alpha 6 and crows nest 106mm recoiless rifles ruled,fred copeland, and bilkie,was my squad leaders or section leaders,I was a gunner on the 106mm,as many ahead of me were. Southerland died on alpha 6 Mtn.I
finally made E4 1968 Bat. promotion! , Staff Sgt. miller was my plt. co.and was a flamethrower man too!echo or foxtrot was in dodge city , they had a nva bunker surrounded, they calle for flames up, I was the cpl. who smoked out the nva. after the LT. threw in a smoke grenade.At another date in April I beleave 10:15 pm,On rat patrol I was the grenadier M79, we hit a mine on tau cau we survived we open up on a ville with all we had, 1st time this road was mined/not Msr which was always mined. Don't remember how I got back to the rear at 2/1 the triangle battallion. next thing I knew it was sunrise or morning! damn!