I think you do very good works to heal the war. We need a lot of hands like yours to do the jobs. I had helped to translate letters for member of yours.

great site, i hope and pray u can continue on in the great sprit and tradition of the u.s. armed forces. i was in the nam dec68-dec69. i served with hotel 2/4, 3rd marine div and was on firebase neville when it and firebase russell got overun feb 25, 69. i then in march or april, 69 went to 3rd maf, 3rd combined action group,(cap marines) 3-3-3 and 3-3-1. it was an experience of being in a hot fire zone, or kill zone with all marines around you and then being in a village where the marines did several things, not to just kill them, but to help them the best we could such as help build schools and do civil action work, dig wells, and other support foundations as well as to protect it's people and property, it's goverment and village leaders. our mission was to seek out and destroy the viet cong from within and with the people's help. of the 5000 marines and mac v men who served , only half made it home, of the 2500 who made it back to the world, most would be wounded physically, and probably all wounded mentally....sometimes i wonder if we've ever really come home at all, but through it all, blood and guts, physically and mentally, we have survived to help each other, not to forget, but to forgive and help heal. what do and how do i think of the vietnamese people? they're a wonderful people with love for their families much like ours, they did what they had to do just as we did; i would not be here today it not for a wonderful young kid(then) named son(with a dot over the o and a wave under the o) he saved me from stepping on a 105 howezer round sat up as a bovietrap and he not only saved me once but a couple of other times from differend ways. his parents and family were killed by the vc in me lam near the village of xonglo outside of hue and phu bi. my son shawn is named after him. all that kid wanted was to live and be loved with something to wear and something to eat........thank you, semple fi. jimmy cherry

I am signing this for my father, James Esteen Richardson, he served In Rencat, Vietnam; 1966-1967. E-5, 05c40, 68th Maintenance, 1st battalion, Headquarters & Headquarters A Comany 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Army.
Radio Teletype Operator, Front Line Communications, 061 Radio Operator.

I can not begin to say I know what you men must have gone through or what many are still going through. I do know what my father has. But I can say thanks to each and everyone of you very much. For standing up for your country and doing what was asked of you. Also to show some that may come here, that I am very proud of not only my father but every man and woman that went and fought. Thank you each again, God bless you all

In country 65-66 and 69-70 Army Enlisted

served in tan son nhut air base in april of 1975

SERVED IN THE MARINES

Looking for any one that served with E Co 2/4 67-68. email me @ [email protected]
Thanks and SEMPER FI

i was in country from july69 to july 70. i served with b battery 6th/27th artillery base camp song be.

Hello Vets, I too am a Vet of the conflict during Sep 1967 thru Oct 1968. I was what is know as a CAP Marine. We were stationed in the Villiages and helped with the Security of the Villiages, did Medical Care and helped with building and re-building of schools, homes and emergency centers amoung other duties to long to list. We basicly helped where we could. Sort of like what you guys are doing now. The only exception is that we had to kill and/or get killed to help them. Your way is better. Keep up the good work." Semper Fi" Carl ( aka "Tex")

USMC '67-71
RVN 69-70 Phu Bai / Marble Mtn. HMH-361 & HMM-161 Helicopter electrician/doorgunner

Nostalgic comments from many brothers. Served with the First Air Cavalry running supplies from Cam Ran Bay to Da Nang and thereabouts. Was a supply sergeant and part time door gunner on a Huey, 1964-1965. Was hit by shrapnel from a Russian Katusha Rocket, 175mm in the arm and stomach. Also I had my bought with skin cancer five years ago from the defoliant, orange, blue and green. Presently I am an XO Cpt. in Alpha Co., 1st Batallion, Oregon State Defense force along with other Nam vets and we all help each other with the PTS syndrome. We all love our country and would do it it again if asked. I appreciate being an American and and tell younger troopers how we live in the best country in the world and should give thanks to our earlier American Patriots who served their country and gave the supreme sacrifice.

Cpt. Ronald B. Ellis
Alpha Co, 1st Btl,
Oregon State Defense Force

As i am a vietnamese and as i know, Vietnam was reigned by kings, and the last king is Bao Dai under the support of France. Mr. Hochiminh, who wanted that reign, organized the opposition group (with many names changed time by time) to overthrow the king Bao Dai. The French forces was too strong then, until the battle of Dien Bien Phu surrounded by the forces of Mr. Hochiminh. The French gave up the domination on Vietnam together with the king Bao Dai to sign a treatment of the division of Vietnam into 2 with Mr. Hochiminh. Then, the king Bao Dai surrender the reign "king" to authorize Mr. NgodinhDiem to form a Republic government to run the South Vietnam. Mr. Hochiminh saw then, and wanted to unitificating the country by military forces. Mr. Hochiminh organized a group to liberate the South Vietnam in 1960 and ended up in 1975. The new Vietnam war then 1960-1975, but unluckily, Mr. Hochiminh died in 1969 not to see the unification of the country. The war was not worth for million of Vietnamese died unknowly, led the poor country to be poorer, million of Vietnamese escaped the new communist regime to reside in other free countries, million of Vietnamese died during the escaping, million of vietnamese families were divided from physically to spriritually and morally up to today and the consequences of the war, that the vietnamese people have to suffer up to today and may be later to at least the century of 22 or 23. Do you think is that war worth for those said above created by Mr. Hochiminh and his communist party ? The military forces of United States came into South Vietnam by the request of the South Vietnam government to help the desperated military forces of the South Vietnam government to defeat the military forces of Mr. Hochiminh and his party. It does not mean the U.S. forces invaded the South VN in 1965 caused the military forces of the North Vietnam came into the South in 1960.

I am a Canadian teen doing some of my own personal research on the subject, while being inspired by yet another of Noam Chomskys' books. This site was very informative and very personal. A worth-while stop.

in nam from 66-68 w/c-1-11 part of blt 3-1