tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19698411550053543472024-03-13T07:42:30.738-07:00We Were Soldiers Never give up or admit defeat!
We are the Black Horse,
there will be no Retreat!dukesherman288@hotmqil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367572731781126660noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969841155005354347.post-56277736844590433032015-01-06T15:10:00.001-08:002015-01-06T15:10:39.221-08:00A Soldier's Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />dukesherman288@hotmqil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367572731781126660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969841155005354347.post-4285341040876078802014-09-08T09:20:00.000-07:002014-09-08T09:20:17.018-07:00An Angel's Tears<div class="post_title" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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within the rain~</div>
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~Her heart in fear</div>
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for those in pain~</div>
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~Wings spread wide</div>
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to cover those~</div>
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~Calming cries</div>
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within their Souls~</div>
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~She walks with them</div>
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in shadows hide~</div>
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~An Angel’s hymn</div>
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she does recite~</div>
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~Guide me Lord</div>
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to keep them safe~</div>
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~By your accord</div>
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their every wake~</div>
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~No mountain high</div>
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nor valley low~</div>
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~Shall keep my flight</div>
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from calming Souls~</div>
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~She spreads her wings</div>
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in calming peace~</div>
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~Amen she sings</div>
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with Heaven’s glee~</div>
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Duke Sherman</div>
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~My hunger grows</div>
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to be at ease~</div>
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~My Mortal soul</div>
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is not at peace~</div>
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~I feel such pain</div>
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from years gone past~</div>
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~My mind insaned</div>
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in everlast~</div>
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~My every night</div>
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is filled with fear~</div>
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~I dream in fright</div>
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my body sears~</div>
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~I stay not sleep</div>
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nor do I wake~</div>
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~In Limbo’s keep</div>
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my body quakes~</div>
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~My hunger grows</div>
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to be at ease~</div>
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~My mortal soul</div>
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it yearns for peace~</div>
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~I pray my Lord</div>
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he gave me life~</div>
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~To wield his sword</div>
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and end this strife~</div>
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~To cleanse my soul</div>
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and ease my pain~</div>
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~To make me whole</div>
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be not insaned~</div>
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Duke Sherman</div>
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P.T.S.D/VN Vet</div>
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#TheRaj #Urgent: The House Dropped The Ruth Moore Act Without Letting It Come To A Vote #Very Important Legislation for Veterans With PTSD</div>
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Pease Call And Ask Your Representatives To Pass The #Ruth Moore Bill Now And Ask Your Friends To Do So Also #SuipportOurVets</div>
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so far away~</div>
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~I lost my Soul</div>
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in Satan’s fray~</div>
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~I went to war</div>
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a Soldier’s plight~</div>
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~So much the horror</div>
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so many died~</div>
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~Many were friends</div>
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many were not~</div>
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~They met their ends</div>
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in Satan’s plot~</div>
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~Not all a man</div>
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but not a child~</div>
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~My Soul was dammed</div>
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my mind defiled~</div>
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~But eighteen years</div>
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I was of age~</div>
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~I did not fear</div>
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so full of rage~</div>
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~But now I dream</div>
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of all the death~</div>
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~I wake in scream</div>
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I cannot rest~</div>
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~In constant pain</div>
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my life astray~</div>
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~Am I insane</div>
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the Devil’s prey~</div>
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~I pray each night</div>
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to end this curse~</div>
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~The Devil’s bite</div>
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is all the worse~</div>
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~My every dream</div>
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filled is with horror~</div>
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~I wake in scream</div>
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still at war~</div>
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~Until one day</div>
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The Sands of Time~</div>
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~Will grant my pray</div>
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and ease my mind~</div>
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Duke Sherman</div>
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swarmed a Ghostly Force~</div>
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~A Fiery Swell</div>
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of the Mighty Blackhorse~</div>
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~On each their Backs </div>
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Brave Troopers Rode~</div>
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~Eyes of Black</div>
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a Force be Told~</div>
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~In each their Hand</div>
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they wield the Sword~</div>
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~And on Command</div>
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the Fire Soared~</div>
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~Defeat us Not</div>
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that was their Cry~</div>
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~The Devil’s Lot</div>
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your Souls shall Lie~</div>
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~Your Hell on Earth</div>
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has come to Be~</div>
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~The Blackhorse Hurls</div>
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your Destiny~</div>
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~With each the Kill</div>
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imbued them Strength~</div>
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~The Killing Field</div>
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was long of Length~</div>
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~Their Hooves were Steel</div>
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the ground was Red~</div>
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~A Blood’s Ordeal</div>
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the Enemy’s Dead~</div>
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~The Odds Against</div>
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One Hundred to One~</div>
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the Deed was Done~</div>
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~Out of Hell</div>
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came a Ghostly Force~</div>
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~They served us Well</div>
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the Mighty Blackhorse~</div>
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they’ll hunt you Down~</div>
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~Take your Blood</div>
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and Churn the Ground~</div>
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~Defeat them Not</div>
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for you will Die~</div>
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~The Devil’s Lot</div>
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your Souls shall Lie~</div>
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~When you lay to sleep a night</div>
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do you feel the Soldier’s plight~</div>
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around the world in every place~</div>
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~Duty Country Honors Forged</div>
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defending all he fights the War~</div>
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~Lays down his life and proud to do</div>
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for Home and Flag and yes for you~</div>
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~Hear my words and hear them well</div>
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without the Soldier we’re Doomed to Hell~</div>
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~Blackhorse ‘O Blackhorse</div>
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you are my strength~</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~You are the very source</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">my life of length~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~You bestowed me Honor</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">for I would die~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~You taught me power</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">and I survived~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Many of Battles fought</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">ground into mud~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~For Freedom’s sought</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">by our Brother’s blood~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~We never gave up</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">attacking with force~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~We were the Blackhorse</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">the enemy’s judge~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Admitting no defeat</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">to death we would fight~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Into Battle did we yell</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">the Blackhorse’s might~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~We thrust you to Hell</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">the Devil’s watch~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Where your Master dwells</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">in Satin’s crotch~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~One hundred of us</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">ten thousand of you~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Your blood be our lust</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">‘til every last slew~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~One by one ten by ten</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">we fell them to the ground~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Sending them to Satin’s Den</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">by our Duty bound~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~We are the Blackhorse</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">our Battles we choose~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~The mightiest of Force</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">no Battle we loose~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~For God and Country</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">for Freedom’s way~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~We take our Bounty</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">by night by day~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~By almighty God</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">their blood we spewed~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~As be a Lighting rod</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">killing a multitude~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~Cleansing the Evil </strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">that haunts the land~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~The Blackhorse be Lethal</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">by God’s mighty hand~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~To my Blackhorse Brethren</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">a Mighty Hoo-ah~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">~To my enemy’s aggression</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;"> Shock and Awe~</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">Sgt Duke Sherman</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">G-Troop 2/11ACR</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">Blackhorse Soldier</strong></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none 0px;">Vietnam 1971-1972 </strong></div>
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By this Memorial Day, nearly 150 U.S. female troops have made the ultimate sacrifice in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, with over 700 wounded. Although Department of Defense policy precludes women from being assigned to ground combat-infantry units, women have for years served in combat situations where they're just as vulnerable.</div>
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Marine Lance Corp. Angelica Jimenez, 26, was one of them.</div>
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On June 25, 2005, Jimenez was riding in the back of a truck carrying 14 female Marines near the Iraqi hotbed of Fallujah. The all-female unit was tasked with searching and questioning Iraqi women at security checkpoints, ensuring they were not armed with explosives. Since females were not allowed to sleep at the checkpoints as their male counterparts were, every day the women would be driven to and from an American base, making them a visible target each time they hit the road. It was only a matter of time before their luck would run out, and that night, it did.</div>
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A car approached their convoy, moments before it ran straight towards the women's truck. Packed with explosives, it detonated on impact, enveloping all 14 women in a deadly fireball. Most of the women were severely burned. Two women died immediately, one later that night, in what would become the deadliest attack on servicewomen since 1991.</div>
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Jimenez was knocked unconscious. She remembers waking up, directly in the line of insurgent fire, her flak jacket covered in blood, her M-16 gone.</div>
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"Convoys are always dangerous, anything that involves going outside the base is dangerous, outside the base, those are all very much dangerous jobs," she said. Jimenez was part of a communications command, but was selected for the month of June to man security checkpoints into Fallujah, a role she served along with her fellow male Marines.</div>
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"We were doing the same thing," Jimenez said. "Women are just as capable. I don't like being called a 'female Marine' versus a 'Marine' -- we all graduated from the same bootcamp."</div>
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Since 1994, the Department of Defense's combat exclusion policy prohibits the assignment of women to any unit below brigade level when the unit's primary mission is direct combat on the ground. However, according to DOD spokesperson Eileen Lainez, the policy does not "preclude women from being involved in ground combat."</div>
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Blurring the lines further, the Army precludes women from being "assigned" to ground combat infantry units, but allows them to be "attached" to such units, where they often perform the same roles their male counterparts would.</div>
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"The nature of today's conflicts is evolving; there are no front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan," Lainez said. "While women are not assigned to units below brigade level whose primary mission is direct combat on the ground, this doesn't mean they are not assigned to positions in combat zones that could place them in danger."</div>
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The policy defines ground combat as "engaging the enemy on the ground with individual or crew served weapons, while being exposed to hostile fire and to a high probability of direct physical contact with the hostile force's personnel." Genevieve Chase, veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and founder of American Women Veterans, found herself in that situation while serving in 2006 in the hotspots of Helmand and Bagram, where counterinsurgency strategy emphasizes building relationships with locals including Afghan women who won't talk to a male stranger.</div>
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Thank you John Everett and may God bless your soul up in Heavens Cape of Heroes: "You are not Forgotten"</div>
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<em>Nazareno Lupi and his wife, whose family hid John Everett and Willis Largent for over nine months. John received this picture after the war from the Lupi family.</em></div>
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<em>John Everett (with arms crossed) and two comrades.</em></div>
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Two weeks ago I received these photographs and the following story from John O. Everett, Jr.</div>
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He wrote, “Dad’s story is in the form of a submission he and I made to TNT years ago when they were focusing on soldiers’ stories one Memorial Day weekend. I had sat down with my Dad several times to obtain the timeline and other details for the story, and it was completed and submitted a year before he died. Although TNT did not include his story during the broadcast, I am so glad that I documented his experience so that I can provide the details to you.”</div>
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John O. Everett, Sr. passed away in 1995.</div>
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It’s a pleasure to share his story, and it’s my hope that the gratitude he wished to send to the Lupi family by way of the TNT broadcast will find it’s way to them somehow through this site.</div>
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John Everett and Willis Largent were both interned in <a href="http://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/men-of-hut-4%E2%80%93section-11/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #006a80; text-decoration: none;">Hut 4–Section 11</a>—the section of men Armie Hill was assigned when he was transferred to the camp.</div>
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Here is John’s tale, which he named “The Unsung WWII Heroes of Italy: A POW’s Story.”</div>
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I still remember this question asked of three scruffy American soldiers in June, 1944 by an officer in the South African Army near Foggia, Italy. The rags that served as our clothing were part U.S. Army issue, part Italian farmer, and our boots had more holes than leather. And yet we were happy, we were safe, and we owed our lives to an Italian family that hid four prisoners of war from the Germans for over nine months.</div>
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The history books tell us that Italy was our enemy during World War II. But you will never convince a number of POWs who owe their lives to the courage and generosity of several poor Italian families who shared when they had nothing to give.</div>
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World War II began for me when I was drafted in early 1942. I had originally volunteered for service in 1941, but was turned down due a problem with my legs. Like so many other health problems, mine was “reevaluated” when the fighting got hot and heavy in 1942.</div>
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On August 2, 1942, I shipped out of New York harbor on <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/the-survival-tale-of-john-o-everett/#" id="FALINK_1_0_0" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">the Queen Mary</a></nobr> with 17,000 other soldiers for service in North Africa. For a while, my service there as a private in the “Big Red One” (1st Infantry) was uneventful, highlighted only by the <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/the-survival-tale-of-john-o-everett/#" id="FALINK_2_0_1" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">opportunity</a></nobr> to deliver a message to General George Patton. I will never forget those pearl-handled revolvers.</div>
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However, in April, 1943, Sgt. Calvin Hannah of California and I were returning by <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/the-survival-tale-of-john-o-everett/#" id="FALINK_3_0_2" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">jeep</a></nobr> from establishing a forward command post near Kasserine Pass, North Africa. We became lost and drove right into a German machine gun nest, and were quickly surrounded by German soldiers. Having no alternative but to surrender, we were taken as prisoners of war and after two weeks were shipped to Camp P.G. 98 in Sicily. We were kept there for 28 days, and nearly starved to death. We were then shipped to Ascoli province in central Italy in May, where we were treated fairly well as POWs and even began to receive Red Cross parcels.</div>
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Our relatively secure existence as POWs came to a sudden halt in September, 1943. Italy had decided to pull out of the war, and the prison camp was behind the German lines to the South. The Italian camp officials told us to be patient, and that they would try to train us back to the American lines. However, the Allies had landed in Southern Italy, and the Germans were retreating towards Ascoli. Fearing that the Germans might simply kill all POWs as they retreated, the camp officials swung open the prison gates at 10:00 p.m. one night, gave us Red Cross parcels, wished us luck, and told approximately 1,200 prisoners that we were on our own.</div>
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This was the loneliest feeling that I ever had in my life. For a farm boy from Mississippi, this was scarier than anything I had ever faced. We only knew that the Allies were to the South, and that the Germans were to the North, South, East, and West.</div>
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Six of us grouped together and walked all night, stopping the next morning only after we had walked about 20 or 25 miles. And it was a good thing that we did not stop to rest; we learned later that a number of the POWs were captured that night when they chose to rest first before beginning their journey.</div>
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I ended up traveling with one other soldier, Willis Largent of Maryville, Tennessee. After about two weeks, we eventually walked up to a farmhouse near the small town of Force on a Sunday morning, where a young woman was working in the yard. After much discussion, we decided to approach her and ask her, in our broken Italian, if we could have some hot water for the instant coffee in our Red Cross packs. She called her father, Nazareno Lupi, who invited us in and asked us to stay and eat with them.</div>
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After supper, Nazareno asked us to stay in their barn until it was safer to travel. We were leery of doing this, but this seemed to be a better alternative than taking off in an unknown direction for an unknown future. This poor Italian farm family, with little to eat, ended up hiding us for over nine months from the Germans.</div>
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We tried to help out with the farm as much as we could, and we ate as little as possible because there was so little to go around. They were entirely self-sufficient; they plowed the fields with an ox, had a small vineyard, and had no electricity. Wartime was especially tough on farm families; obtaining something as simple as salt was extremely difficult.</div>
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There were two families living in the house: Nazareno, his wife and three daughters, Nazareno’s widowed sister-in-law and her three daughters, and a granddaughter Ida (who we first approached asking about hot water). Ida’s father was in the Italian Army, and the family had no idea of where he was or if he was alive.</div>
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We soon received word that two other POWs were nearby at the Marcozzi farm. The were Owen Frye of Bluefield, West Virginia, and William Helmly of Savannah, Georgia. The four of us spent much of our time together, staying close to the farms and seldom venturing out. Two of the times that I decided to venture out almost ended in disaster.</div>
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On Christmas Eve, 1943, I decided to walk to Force to see if there were any other GIs in the small town. On the way, I suddenly heard a convoy coming, and the mountain road was such that I had no place to hide. I pulled the old Italian overcoat over my face and continued to walk. Sure enough, it was a German convoy. Although they looked at me briefly, they apparently decided that I was just an Italian farmer on the way to town (albeit one who was 6’3″ tall), and they continued on their journey.</div>
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The second close call occurred in early 1943. We heard a rumor that the Allies were in San Benedetto, a town on the eastern coast of Italy approximately 20 miles from Force. Three British POWs and three of us walked to the town, and just as we were about to top a small mountain overlooking the town, someone called out to us. A small group of American and British POWs appeared and told us that the town was crawling with Germans, and when we moved forward for a closer look, we saw nothing but German soldiers, vehicles, and ships. We quickly hiked the 20 miles back to the Lupi farm that night, not bothered to stop along the way.</div>
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The Allies knew that there were a number of POWs loose on the Italian countryside, and occasionally we could hear the Allied planes fly over. Owen Frye painted the letters POW on an old door, and we would put it out in the field each day. One day we learned that the Allies had airdropped packages of food, clothing and shoes over the area for all the POWs in the hills. Unfortunately, they managed to drop them right in the middle of a group of die-hard Fascists who still supported the German soldiers. Needless to say, we never received the packages.</div>
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By June, 1944, the Allies had forced the Germans into retreating farther north. Frye and I decided to once again try to make our way south and hook up with the Allies. We walked into Force and soon heard some locals shouting that jeeps were coming. We soon discovered that it was an American convoy, and for the first time we felt that our ordeal was finally over. Our joy was tempered by the officer in charge, who told us that his group was an advance detail and they could not handle us, and that we should continue to make our way south. He assured us that it was clear south of town. We were able to hitchhike with another poor Italian farm family, who let us ride on the back of their truck that was packed with everything that they owned.</div>
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Eventually, we ran into the South African Army contingent with the puzzled officer mentioned earlier. This group fed us, and we gorged ourselves to the point of becoming sick. They gave us British Army clothing and eventually put us on a train to a British camp in Foggia, Southern Italy. They turned us over to the 8th Air Force, and after a couple of weeks we were sent on a plane back to Algiers, North Africa. Finally, we were put on a ship back to the U.S., and on August 2, 1944, exactly two years after I had shipped out of New York, we arrived in Boston.</div>
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I had no idea where my family was when I returned to the States. My mother had been told that I was missing in action, and eventually was told that I was being held as a prisoner of war. I finally found my family, got married, and spent the rest of my Army service at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, near my hometown of Hattiesburg. And in a strange twist, I spent some of the time guarding German prisoners at Camp Shelby. On December 31, 1944, the local paper mistakenly listed me as being killed in action. They subsequently printed a correction the next day, noting that a “strapping young man came by the paper’s office today and informed us that he is very much alive.”</div>
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I was able to write the Lupi family a couple of times after the war, and I learned that Nazareno had died shortly after I left. (One of the letters was interpreted for me at Camp Shelby by a German prisoner.) We soon lost touch, and I have often wondered what happened to the Lupi family. Owen Fry actually returned to Force, Italy in 1983 in order to locate the family. However, as he neared the town, the memories became too much for him, and he felt that someone or something was telling him not to go any further. He returned to West Virginia without ever trying to locate the farm.</div>
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In one of the letters from the Lupi family, I learned that after the war the U.S. government had paid the family $175 for keeping each of us during the war. We had left a letter with the family shortly before we left which identified us and told of how the family had taken us in, fed us, and hid us from the Germans for over nine months.</div>
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The sum of $175 was a lot of money for a poor Italian farm family in the 1940’s, but it could not begin to compensate them for what they did for us. They did not want to be a part of that war and, like many Italians, they resented Mussolini for dragging them into battle. They had every reason to turn us away that December morning (or turn us in to the Germans), but they chose to welcome a group of scared 20-year-olds with open arms.</div>
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History will record that the Italians simply gave up the fight when the going got tough in World War II. This assessment does not do justice to the courageous families who chose to risk their own lives and futures when they could have easily chosen not to do so. In these days of worldwide communications and cable television, I hope that somewhere there are members of the Lupi family watching TNT who can hear all of us simply say “Thank you.”</div>
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I still remember this question asked of three scruffy American soldiers in June, 1944 by an officer in South African Army near Foggia, Italy. The rags that served as our clothing were part US Army issue and part Italian farmer and, our boots had more holes than leather. And yet we were happy, we were safe and we owe our lives to an Italian family that hid four prisoners of War from the Germans for nine months.</div>
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The history books tell us that Italy was our enemy during World War II. But you will never convince a number of POWs who owe their lives ro the courage and generosity of several poor Italian families who shared when they had nothing to give.</div>
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World War II began for me when I was drafted in early 1942. I had originally volunteered for service i 1941 but, was turned down due to a problem with my legs. Like so many other health problems, mine was "reevaluated" when the fighting got hot and heavy in 1942.</div>
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On August 2, 1942, I shipped out of New York Harbor on the Queen Mary with 17,000 other soldiers for service in North Africa. For awhile, my service there as a Private in the "Big Red One" (1st Infantry Division) was uneventful, highlighted only by the opportunity to deliver a message to General George Patton (I still remember those Pear handled revolvers!).</div>
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However, in April of 1943, Sgt Calvin Hannah of California and I were returning by jeep from establishing a forward command post near Kasarerne Pass, North Africa, We became lost and drove right into a German machine gun nest and, we were quickly surrounded by German soldiers. Having no alternative nut to surrender, we were taken prisoners of war and, after two weeks we were shipped to Camp P.G. 98 in Sicily. We were kept there for 28 days and, nearly starved to death. We were then shipped to Ascoli province in central Italy in May, where we were treated well as POWs and, even began receiving Red Cross parcels.</div>
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Our relatively secure existence as POWs came to a sudden halt in September, 1943. Italy had decided to pull out of the war and, the prison camp was behind the German Lines to the South. The camp officials initially told us to be patient, that they would try to train us back to rhe American Lines. However the Allies had landed in Southern Italy and, the Germans were retreating toward Ascoli. Fearing that the Germans might simply kill all POWs as the retreated, the camp officials swung open the prison gates at 10:00PM one night, gave us Red Cross parcels, wished us luck and, told approximately 1,200 prisoners that we were on our own.</div>
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This was the loneliest feeling that I ever had in my life. For a farm boy from Mississippi, this was scarier than anything that I had ever faced. We only knew that the Allies were to the South and, that the Germans were to the North, South, East and, West.</div>
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I ended up travelling with one other soldier, Willis Largent of Maryville, Tennessee. After about two weeks, we eventually walked up to a farmhouse near the small town of Force on a Sunday morning, where a young woman was working in the yard. After much discussion, we decided to approach her and, ask her, in our broken Italian, if we could have some hot water for instant coffee in our Red Cross packs. She called her Father, Nazareno Lupi, who invited us in and asked us to stay and eat with them.</div>
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After supper, Nazareno asked us to stay in their barn until it was safer to travel. We were leery of doing this, but this seemed to be a better alternative than taking off in an unknown direction for an unknown future. This poor Italian family, with little to eat, ended up hiding us for nine months from the Germans.</div>
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We tried to help out with the farm as much as we could and, we ate as little as possible because there was so little to go around. They were entirely self-sufficient; they plowed the fields with an Ox, had a small vineyard, and had no electricity. Wartime was especially tough on farm families; obtaining something as simple as salt was extremely difficult.</div>
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There were two families living in the house: Nazareno, his wife and, three daughters and, Nazareno's widowed sister-in-law, three daughters and, a granddaughter Ida (who we first approached about hot water). Ida's father was in the Italian Army and, the family had no idea of where he was or if he was alive.</div>
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We soon received word that two other POWs were nearby at the Marcozzi farm. They were Owen Feye of Bluefield, West Virginia and, William Helmly of Savannah, Georgia and, the four of us spent much of our time together. We stayed close to the farms and, seldom ventured out. Two of the times that I decided to venture out almost ended in disaster.</div>
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on Christmas Eve, 1943, I decided to walk to Force to see if there were any other GIs in the small town. On the way, I suddenly heard a convoy coming and, the mountain road was such that I had no place to hide. I pulled the old Italian overcoat over my face and, continued to walk. Sure enough, it was a German convoy. Although they looked at me briefly, they apparently decided that I was just an Italian farmer on the way to town (albeit one who was 6'2" tall) and, they continued on their journey.</div>
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The second close call occurred in early 1943. We heard a rumor that the Allies were in San Benedetto, a town on the Eastern coast of italy approximately 20 miles from Force. Three British POWs and three of us walked to the town and, when we were on a small mountain overlooking the town, someone called out to us. A small group of American and british POWs appeared and, told us that the town was crawling with Germans and, when we moved forward doe a closer look, we saw nothing but German soldiers, vehicles and, ships. We quickly hiked the 20 miles back to the Lupi farm that night, not bothering to stop along the way.The Allies knew that there were a number of POWs on the Italian Countryside and, occasionally we could hear planes flying over. Owen Frye painted the letters POW on an old door and, we would put it out in the field each day. One day we learned that the Allies had airdropped packages of food and, clothing and, shoes over the area for POWs in the area. Unfortunately, theu managed to drop them right in the middle of a group of die-hard Fascists who still supported the German soldiers! Needless to say, we never received the packages.</div>
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By June, 1944, the Allies had forced the Germans into retreating further North. frye and I decided to once again try to make our way South and hook up with the Allies. We walked into Force and soon heard some locals shouting that jeeps were coming. We soon discovered that it wa an American convoy and, for the first time we felt that our ordeal was finally over. Our joy was tempered by the Officer in charge, who told us that his group was an advance detail and they couldn't handle us and, that we should continue to make our way South. He assured us that it was clear South of town. We were able to hitchhike with another poor Italian family, who let us ride on the back of their truck that was packed with everything that they owned.</div>
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Eventually, we ran into South African contingent with the puzzled officer who asked us the question mentioned earlier. This group fed us and, we gorged ourselves to the point of becoming sick. They gave us British Army clothing and, eventually put us on a train to a British camp in Foggia, Southern Italy. They turned us over to the 8th Air Force and, after a couple of weeks we were sent on a plane back to Algiers, North Africa. Finally, we were put on a ship back to the US and, on Agust 2, 1944 (exactly two years after I had shipped out of New York) we arrived in Boston.</div>
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I had no idea where my family was when I returned to the States. My Mother had been told that I was missing in action and, eventually was told that I was being held a POW. I spent the rest of my Army service ar Camp Shelby, Mississippi, near my home of Hattiesburg. In a strange twist, I spent time guarding German POWs at Camp Shelby. On December 31, 1945. the local paper mistakenly listed me as being killed in action; they subsequently printed a correction when I appeared in their offices to assure them that I was very much alive. (Copies of the articles are attached.) </div>
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I was able to write the Lupi family a couple of times after the war and, learned that Nazareno had died shortly after I left. (One of the letters was interpreted for me at Camp Shelby by a German Prisoner) We soon lost touch and, I have often wondered what happened to the Lupi family. Owen Frye actually returned to Force, Italy about ten years ago in order to locate the family. However, as he neared the town, the memories became too much for him and, he felt that someone or something was telling him not to go any further. He returned to West Virginia without ever trying to locate the farm.</div>
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In one of the letters from the Lupi family, I learned that after the war the US Government had paid the family $175.00 for keeping each of us during the war. We had left a letter with the family shortly before we left which identified us and told of how the family had taken us in, fed us and, hid us from the Germans for over nine months.</div>
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The sum of $175.00 was a lot of money to a poor Italian farm family in the 1940s, but it could not begin to compensate them for what they did for us. They did not want to be part of that war. and like many Italians, they resented Mussolini for dragging them into the battle. They had every right to turn us away (or turn us in to the Germans), but they chose to welcome a group of scared twenty year olds with open arms.</div>
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<strong>This site is possible because of the kindness of many Medal of Honor recipients who have provided me with photographs over the years. A special "THANK YOU" is also in order to the CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY for their continued support and interest.</strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A rose indicates Medal of Honor recipients who were killed in action during their moment of heroism. Sadly there are far too many roses.</span></strong></div>
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<b>NOTE:</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Of the 961 men who have received Medals of Honor since the beginning of World War I, we now have photos of all but 2 of these heroes. The photos missing from our collection are:</i></span><br />
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<u><b>World War I</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">10 MOST WANTED LIST</span></b></div>
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<tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" height="30" width="33%">John Siegel</td><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" height="123" rowspan="3" width="33%"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Samoan Campaign</u></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fisher, Frederick (USN)<br />Forsterer, Bruno (USMC)<br />McNally, Michael (USMC)</span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Boxer Rebellion</u></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adams, John (USMC<br />Adriance, Harry (USMC)</span></td><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" height="123" rowspan="3" width="34%"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>Philippine Insurection</u></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Buckley, Howard (USMC)<br />Harvey, Harry (USMC)<br />Leonard, Joseph (USMC)<br />Prendergast, Thom </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(USMC)</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nisperos, Jose (USA)</span></td></tr>
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<u><b>World War II</b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><small>If YOU have a photo of a Medal of Honor recipient not included in our site (or of higher quality of one then we DO have in our site), we encourage you to submit it to us so we can share it with others. If you choose to mail the photo to us for scanning, it will be promptly returned. You can mail to the webmaster at:<br /><strong>Doug Sterner<br />300 Yoakum Parkway, # 504<br />Alexandria, VA 22304</strong></small> <strong><br /><small> Phone: (703) 461-3626</small></strong></span><br />
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<tr><td colspan="2" width="100%"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><small>In the process of sifting through photos sent to me, I may have missed crediting a photo to a particular source. If you contributed a photo and don't see proper credit given, please <a href="mailto:doug@homeofheroes.com">e-mail</a> me so I can correct this. Doug</small></span></strong></td></tr>
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Not every hero earns a medal, let alone the Congressional Medal of Honor -- America's highest military award. Many heroes go unrecognized. But when someone is recognized with such a high honor, you know there is a story.<br />
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For fascinating, inspiring details on these heroes' actions, click on any of the links below.<br />
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The War in Europe</h3>
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<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/North-Africa.html">North African Campaign</a></b><br />Morocco and Tunisia, November 1942 to April 1943.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Sicily.html">Sicilian Campaign</a></b><br />Sicily, July to August 1943.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Italy.html">Italian Campaign</a></b><br />Italy, September 1943 to May 1945.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/D-Day.html">D-Day</a></b><br />France, June 6, 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/France.html">Battles through France</a></b><br />France, June 1944 to March 1945.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Bulge.html">Battle of the Bulge</a></b><br />Belgium, December 1944 to January 1945.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Germany.html">Final Offensive against Germany</a></b><br />Belgium, Holland, and Germany, September 1944 to May 1945.</li>
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The War in the Pacific</h3>
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<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Pearl-Harbor.html">Pearl Harbor</a></b><br />Hawaii, December 7, 1941.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Bataan.html">Bataan and Corregidor</a></b><br />Philippine Islands, January to May 1942.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Coral-Sea.html">Battle of the Coral Sea</a></b><br />Southwest Pacific, May 1942.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Savo-Island.html">Battle off Savo Island</a></b><br />Southwest Pacific, November 1942.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Buna.html">Buna</a></b><br />New Guinea, December 1942.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Guadalcanal.html">Guadalcanal</a></b><br />Solomon Islands, August 1942 to February 1943.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/New-Georgia.html">New Georgia</a></b><br />Solomon Islands, June to August 1943.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Bougainville.html">Bougainville</a></b><br />Solomon Islands, November 1943 to March 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Solomons.html">Other Heroes of the Solomons</a></b><br />On, over, and around Buka, Kolombangara, and other Solomon Islands, 1942 to 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Tarawa.html">Tarawa</a></b><br />Gilbert Islands, November 1943.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Kwajalein.html">Kwajalein and Eniwetok</a></b><br />Marshall Islands, February 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Saipan.html">Saipan</a></b><br />Marianas Islands, June to July 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Guam.html">Guam</a></b><br />Marianas Islands, July to August 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Tinian-Island.html">Tinian</a></b><br />Marianas Islands, July to August 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/New-Guinea.html">New Guinea</a></b><br />Southwest Pacific, July 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Peleliu-Island.html">Peleliu Island</a></b><br />Palau Islands, September to October 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Leyte.html">Leyte</a></b><br />Philippine Islands, October to December 1944.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Luzon.html">Luzon</a></b><br />Philippine Islands, December 1944 to July 1945.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Iwo-Jima.html">Iwo Jima</a></b><br />Volcano Islands, February to March 1945.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Okinawa.html">Okinawa</a></b><br />Ryukyu Islands, April to June 1945.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Pacific.html">Other Pacific War Heroes</a></b><br />On, over, and around the Aleutians, the Ryukus, Samar, Kobe, Halmahera, Makin Island, Sand Island, Wake Island, the Battle of Midway, the Bismarck Sea, the Philippine Sea, and elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean, 1941 to 1945.</li>
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Services</h3>
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<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Air-Corps.html">Air Corps</a></b><br /></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Airborne.html">Airborne</a></b><br /></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/Medal-of-Honor/Cavalry.html">Cavalry</a></b><br /></li>
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dukesherman288@hotmqil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367572731781126660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969841155005354347.post-49346678735433107072012-10-05T12:31:00.002-07:002012-10-05T12:31:53.459-07:00Vietnam War<br />
Twenty Minutes of Terror<br />
By Stan Gause<br />
My unit, the 134<br />
th<br />
AHC based out of Phu Hiep, had a fire team on<br />
temporary duty at An Khe Golf Course in the summer of 68 to provide<br />
convoy escort and support Highway 19 defense from An Khe Pass in the<br />
east to Mang Yang Pass in the west. I was fire team leader with two Charlie<br />
model gunships. We were scrambled one night around 1 am to provide fire<br />
support to a ground unit protecting one the of the bridges roughly 20 minutes<br />
west of An Khe. The weather was poor with low clouds, intermittent rain,<br />
patches of fog and maybe 1000 feet ceiling. But what the hell, when our<br />
guys are getting shot at and ask for help, you don’t pay much attention to the<br />
weather. You just get your butt out there as fast as possible, no matter what.<br />
We made it to the bridge and identified the friendly positions. We<br />
could see muzzle flashes and tracers from both the friendlies and VC. We<br />
worked over the VC positions with rockets and hosed it down with miniguns<br />
until the firing stopped. Our folks on the ground said the fire was on target<br />
and had stopped the attack. We remained on station another half hour or so<br />
to see if anything else would happen and then started back to the Golf<br />
Course around 2:30 am. Meanwhile the weather had gotten worse with a<br />
ceiling of 200-300 feet, drizzling rain and increasing ground fog. We almost<br />
immediately flew into a patch of fog, lost ground contact and sight of each<br />
other. The old pucker factor was rising fast. Fearing I was too close to the<br />
ground, I stayed on course straight east, sucked up the collective, and started<br />
climbing at 1000 feet per minute. I told my wingman to turn 30 degrees to<br />
the south and also start climbing. I hadn’t flown much IFR and was praying<br />
I wouldn’t get vertigo.<br />
We kept climbing through the soup hoping to break out of the clouds<br />
and by some miracle be able to see An Khe. I finally broke out at a little<br />
over 7,000 feet and found my wingman but there was a solid floor of clouds<br />
beneath us. I realized there was no way we were going to make a VFR<br />
landing and then terror set in. I could see us splattered all over the mountain<br />
beside the Golf Course (the one with the 1<br />
st<br />
Cav patch, I forget the name). I<br />
tried not to panic but fear was rising. My first thought was to try to make it<br />
to another airfield. I called Qui Nhon tower, the closest airfield 35-40<br />
minutes away, and learned it was still VFR there. However, we had been<br />
flying almost 2 hours and I knew we didn’t have enough fuel to make it to<br />
Qui Nhon. After another minute or so my 20 minute warning light flashedon. The Peter Pilot looked over at me and didn’t say anything. I could see<br />
the fear in his eyes and I’m sure he saw it in mine.<br />
I got on the horn and talked to the tower at An Khe to prepare for my<br />
last straw, a tactical ADF approach. I wasn’t aware An Khe had a radar but<br />
the tower operator informed me of it and said they could give me a GCA<br />
approach (afterall, gunships don’t fly in the clouds!). However, there was<br />
one hitch—the radar was turned off and had to warm up for 5-10 minutes<br />
and the radar operator was in bed. At that point the 20 minute light had been<br />
on for 2 minutes. I told the tower operator it was an extreme emergency and<br />
if he wanted to save the lives of 8 people to PLEASE turn the radar on and<br />
send someone god’awful quick to find the radar operator. He sent someone<br />
for the radar operator but didn’t know how to turn the radar on. We waited<br />
for what seemed like an eternity, becoming more terrified by the minute.<br />
What if they couldn’t find the radar operator? Finally the radar operator<br />
came on and said he needed at least 5 more minutes to warm up the radar.<br />
At that point we were circling over An Khe at 7,000 feet. The 20<br />
minute light had been on just over 10 minutes and I decided we had to start<br />
down. My wingman had roughly 10 minutes more fuel than I did so I began<br />
descending first, homing in on an FM radio in the control tower. Sweating<br />
like crazy, I stayed in a race track pattern on the east side of the radio signal<br />
since I knew there were no mountains on that side. Descending initially at<br />
1000 feet per minute, I slowed to 300-400 feet per minute after passing 3000<br />
feet (field elevation itself was a little less than 2000 feet I believe). Just after<br />
passing 2500 feet the radar operator came on and said he had my position<br />
just east of the airfield. He set me up on approach and we broke out of the<br />
fog at less than 50 feet right over the runway. I hovered over to the POL pad<br />
and set down. The engine ran out of gas just as the crewchief was putting<br />
the nozzle in the tank. I sat there in my seat listening as my wingman came<br />
in on a GCA. I was shaking so bad and so weak that I just sat there for<br />
another 15 minutes or so.<br />
I had planned to go see the tower operator and radar operator the next<br />
day to thank them in person and buy them a beer but we were called back to<br />
Phu Hiep the next morning and I never saw them. To this day I fell bad<br />
about not being able to thank them in person.<br />
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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Days<br />
With Letters to Home<br />
By<br />
Paul T. Kearns<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
What follows is a narrative of my personal experience as a helicopter pilot serving in the U.S. Army in the<br />
Republic of South Vietnam during the years 1968-1969, and portions of my army flight training experiences prior<br />
to my combat duty service in Vietnam. It is a recollection of what I experienced then, and can recall now, some<br />
thirty five years later. History books tell the facts concerning the battles and politics of that war, what led up to it,<br />
how it was won or lost, and how it ended. My perspective, described herein, is much more limited and personal.<br />
It is my story, and to a limited degree, a story of others who shared the three hundred and sixty five day tour of<br />
duty with me. <br />
This version of my memoir has excerpts taken from personal letters I wrote to my family during this<br />
period. <br />
MY ARRIVAL<br />
The date was May 30, 1968. It had been a very long flight from McCord Air Force Base in Seattle,<br />
Washington to Cam Rahn Bay Air Force Base in South Vietnam. I was 21 years old, three weeks past my<br />
graduation from the United States Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The moment that I stepped<br />
off that airplane I was the newest arrival amongst the steady stream of mostly young men going to Vietnam to<br />
join the occupational army consisting of some 500,000 Americans. I was scared, and very lonely.<br />
Almost to the day, three years earlier, I had walked down the isle at La Jolla High School in San Diego,<br />
California to receive my diploma. My life had undergone some major changes during those past three years; it<br />
would be changed more during the next. <br />
COLLEGE<br />
1965 was near the end of the period which America stood proud after the Second World War. During the<br />
preceding 20 years (1945-1965) the American people looked upon their country as being beyond reproach...an<br />
America that had not yet lost a war. All of this would change. The nation was just beginning to pass into a new<br />
era. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated only two years earlier, and his brother Bobby, along<br />
with Martin Luther King, would soon also die by assassin’s guns. The Cold War was at its midpoint. America<br />
was confronting communism throughout the world. <br />
What had started in Vietnam as advisory assistance had escalated into a major military commitment.<br />
President Lyndon Johnson found himself being drawn ever deeper into a conflict on the other side of the world.<br />
Many young Americans were being told to serve their country as their fathers had only a few years before in the<br />
Korean and Second World Wars. The military buildup required a draft that soon was inducting thirty thousand<br />
young men a month to fulfill the needs of the ever growing manpower requirements of the Vietnam conflict.<br />
As the escalation of the war in Vietnam was taking place I graduated from high school and went off to<br />
college. <br />
I went off to college for the wrong reasons. After three semesters I wanted to enlist in the armed forces--<br />
this despite much well intended advice to the contrary from many friends, and my family. I had made the first<br />
major decision of my life.<br />
Aviation had always been of interest to me. As a youngster I built my share of model airplanes, and<br />
loved to read of the exploits of aerial combat during the World Wars. When I began to seriously consider joining<br />
the military I naturally gravitated to the possibility of becoming a pilot. Lacking a college degree, my best chance<br />
of becoming one was through the army’s Warrant Officer Helicopter Flight Training Program. I started the application process at the local army recruiting station in Spokane, Washington where I was attending Whitworth<br />
College.<br />
I left college on a cold winter day in January of 1967. On March 27 of that year I was inducted into the<br />
U.S. Army at Oakland, California. I was two weeks short of my twentieth birthday. The Army soon had me on a<br />
plane with three other helicopter heroes to be, headed to Fort Polk, Louisiana. We had orders to attend Army<br />
Helicopter Flight School at the completion of basic training.<br />
BASIC TRAINING<br />
Basic training is an experience one never forgets. I was a middle class white boy who was used to a<br />
middle class lifestyle. In military basic training, one is stripped of his identity and given a new one. The process<br />
takes about eight to ten weeks. You get a shaved head and surrender all civilian clothing. Your mind is tested<br />
for aptitude and your body poked with needles. You are given your military serial number and told to memorize<br />
it. We were given army underwear, army pants, shirts, boots, a jacket, a hat and a duffel bag to put it all in. We<br />
were then loaded into a large truck and transported, like cattle, to our basic training company area. It was here<br />
where we were introduced to the drill sergeants. The drill sergeants were not nice people. We were made to<br />
stand at attention while they screamed at us. The next three hours were a succession of pushups and running.<br />
We had to dump the contents of our duffel bags into a pile so that the drill sergeants could rummage through,<br />
looking for anything not issued to us. We were assigned a barracks and bed. We were issued sheets and<br />
blankets. It was late that night before I found myself in that bed. We were awakened many times and told to fall<br />
into formation. The next day started very early. Welcome to basic training Pvt. Kearns.<br />
There is no privacy in basic training. You eat, sleep, and eliminate in the presence of others. I learned<br />
how to act and look like a soldier. I was taught the Military Code of Conduct and learned how powerless I was,<br />
and what I could expect should I stray from those rules. I learned how to march, whom, and how to salute, to<br />
shoot and clean a rifle, how to crawl as if my life would depend on it, and how to put on a gas mask while in a<br />
gas chamber filled with C2 tear gas. I learned how to kill someone; in fact, I was pushed to the point where I<br />
learned that I was capable of killing someone. All of this was basic training. At the completion of basic training I<br />
was put on an army bus with other helicopter want to be pilots and shipped to Ft. Wolters, Texas, the home of<br />
The United States Army Primary Helicopter Flight School. I was sure the hard part was over. Now the fun would<br />
start.<br />
FLIGHT SCHOOL<br />
The Vietnam War, with its massive helicopter fleet, required a lot of pilots to fly them. Since the army did not<br />
have a large enough pool of helicopter pilots to fulfill the requirements demanded by the war in Vietnam, it had<br />
to train many new ones. Over 40,000 pilots were trained during the course of the Vietnam Conflict. Most<br />
applicants for helicopter pilot training program were much like me: young, capable enough to learn to fly, and<br />
adventurous enough to be willing to fly helicopters in Vietnam. All of us shared the desire for change and<br />
adventure. Not many of us, I think, really knew what we were getting into. Whatever our motivations, our lives<br />
would never be the same again.<br />
The majority of army student helicopter pilots went through flight school as warrant officer candidates<br />
(WOCs). Upon graduation WOCs received the rank of Warrant Officer (WO1) along with their Army Aviator<br />
Wings. Alongside the WOCs were a smaller number of commissioned officers (RLOs, real live officers) who<br />
went through the same flight and academic training for their wings. We would all serve together after graduation.<br />
Fort Wolters was located in Mineral Wells, Texas. It was there that primary flight training was conducted:<br />
first by one month of preflight training, followed by four months of primary flight instruction. Upon graduation<br />
from Fort Wolters the graduates were sent to Fort Rucker, Alabama for another four months of advanced flight<br />
and ground instruction. It was at Rucker where we were trained to fly instruments, received a basic checkout in<br />
the Bell UH-1 helicopter “Huey”, and underwent advanced tactical training. Upon graduation from Fort Rucker<br />
the new pilots received orders for their first assignment as army aviators. Immediately upon graduation, most<br />
were given orders to report to Vietnam within a matter of a few weeks.<br />
Instead of the Drill Sergeants of basic, we had a new demon to contend with: the TAC Officer. I remember<br />
some of their names to this day: men like CW2 Newhauser and CW2 Duer. The TAC was himself a warrant<br />
officer who had served a tour in Vietnam as a pilot. They knew what was waiting for us as army helicopter pilots<br />
in Vietnam and they intended to see that nobody went over there who was not fit to do so. Constant harassment and pressure were applied to us. If a WOC could not deal with harassment of the sort<br />
handed out in flight school what would he do in a far more stressful and dangerous situation such as Vietnam?<br />
Picture, if you will, a young warrant officer candidate standing at attention with a TAC about one inch from the<br />
tip of his nose. The dialog would go something like this:<br />
TAC: "Candy...date. Do you know you have a bomb in your boot?"<br />
WOC: "Sir, Candidate Kearns, No Sir!"<br />
TAC: "Is that a fuse in your boot...Candy...date?"<br />
WOC: Looking at a stray boot lace not tucked away in a military manner, "Sir, Candidate Kearns, no Sir, that is<br />
my boot lace sir!"<br />
TAC: "Candy...date Kearns, if I light that fuse would your boot blow up?"<br />
WOC: "Sir Candidate Kearns, no Sir!"<br />
TAC: "Candy...date Kearns. Are you a dhu...d?"<br />
WOC: "Sir, Candidate Kearns, no Sir. I’m not a dud, Sir!"<br />
TAC: "Candy...date dhu...d, I don’t think you are going to make it through this program!"<br />
WOC: "Sir, Candidate Kearns, No Sir! uh, I mean, Yes Sir! I intend to make it through this program, Sir!"<br />
TAC: "Candy...date, I think you are a scum ...bag."<br />
WOC: with lips quivering, "Sir, Candidate Kearns, Sir, I’m not a scum bag, SIR!"<br />
TAC: "Candy...date, are you going to be a he...row?"<br />
WOC: "Sir, Candidate Kearns, Sir, Yes Sir, uh no Sir, I mean, I don’t know if I want to be a hero, Sir."<br />
TAC: "Candy...date, you better pull your head out of your ass and get with the program!"<br />
At this point the TAC would move on to his next victim. The process was ongoing.<br />
The first month at Wolters was spent in the classrooms, the parade field, and our barracks. Our living<br />
areas had to be kept in a spotless and orderly condition. The latrines were kept spotless, the hallways waxed,<br />
and our personal areas displayed to exacting standards. When the TACs inspected our barracks and found<br />
anything not up to their standards we were issued demerits. Too many demerits meant fewer privileges, and<br />
often extra hardship--hardship such as practicing close order drill, or extra physical training during what could<br />
have been free time.<br />
The academic stress was considerable. If you failed a written examination you would retake it after a<br />
thorough review of the subject matter. If you failed it a second time, you were out of the program. Map reading<br />
was my wakeup call. I had to retake no other written exams.<br />
Upon successful completion of the first month flight training began. <br />
Three different helicopter trainers were used at Fort Wolters: Bell OH-13, Hughes TH-55, and the Hiller<br />
OH-23D. I was assigned to an OH-23D training flight. We were also assigned our flight instructors.<br />
An early flight lesson would go like this: The small noisy helicopter would be hovering in a large field.<br />
The instructor would be on the controls flying it while I sat next to him not knowing what was to come next.<br />
Instructor: "OK Kearns, put your feet on the pedals and keep the nose straight. Remember the nose will<br />
move in the direction you push, right pedal right turn. Left pedal left turn. That a boy. Now notice when I add<br />
power the nose turns to the right, unless you add left pedal. If I reduce power, you must add right pedal. That a<br />
boy, you are doing well.”<br />
“Now, hold on to the collective stick with your left hand and try to keep it positioned so that we maintain<br />
a steady height of three feet above the ground. Up collective, up we go. Down collective and down we go. Damn<br />
it! Keep that nose straight when you make power changes with the collective! Watch the height! Don’t hit the<br />
ground! Up! Up! Keep that damn nose straight!”<br />
“Keep an eye on the RPM! If you move the collective you need to adjust the throttle.”<br />
“OK, now let’s try the cyclic stick with your right hand. Remember, the helicopter will go in the direction<br />
you push the cyclic. Left cyclic, you go left. Right, you go to the right. Forward, forward. Aft, you guessed it, aft.”<br />
OK, any questions? You got it. Watch it, not so much control input!" At this point the helicopter would begin to drift from its position, slowly at first, but progressively faster<br />
and more erratically…in every directional axis: nose up, nose down, nose left, nose right, sideways left,<br />
sideways right, up and down. The harder I tried the more uncontrollable and terrifying it became. Just prior to<br />
crashing, the instructor grab the controls and in about 1/2 second have the machine completely under control<br />
again, as if by the hands of God himself.<br />
"OK Kearns, let’s try it again. You have the controls…" <br />
Even the long awaited flight training was tougher than I had expected. My relationship with my<br />
instructor was not helping me much. His style of verbal abuse, while teaching, was not helping me to learn how<br />
to fly. It was nearing time to solo and I was not going to be ready. If you failed to solo within the apportioned<br />
period of time you could find yourself terminated from the program, or in some cases sent back to the following<br />
class—not a move of distinction.<br />
I gave serious thought to giving it all up and resigning. I approached my commanding officer and<br />
expressed my frustration. We had a long talk behind closed doors where he was able to convince me to stick it<br />
out. He told me to consider asking for a different flight instructor. He also told me that if I left flight training due to<br />
my own volition I could expect to be wading in a Vietnamese rice paddy very soon. <br />
My new instructor (Mr. Saunders) knew how to teach without intimidating. I began to relax more and<br />
develop the early skills needed to solo.<br />
Learning a difficult task such as flying a helicopter is accomplished in a series of steps. Motor skills are<br />
developed and layered upon each other. Along with the motor skill development came increasing self<br />
confidence. <br />
I had soloed, but I was progressing slowly with my flight training. I needed to take the next step, that<br />
step came for me on a solo flight.<br />
Throughout the training zone, in and around Fort Wolters, were confined landing areas. Some of these<br />
areas were on flat land surrounded by trees and brush. Others were located on hill tops and as such called<br />
pinnacles. All were marked by old automobile tires painted white, yellow, or red. These color distinctions were<br />
used to classify in regards to difficulty of use. Normally students on solo flights were restricted to white tire<br />
areas.<br />
I was flying about on a solo flight in my OH-23, trying to pick suitable white tire areas to practice with. As<br />
long as I could make a shallow approach I felt little intimidation. While practicing with my instructor I had been<br />
having trouble with my rate of closure since I feared that approaching too slow would result in falling out of the<br />
sky. There was something here that I was missing and my confidence level was suffering for it.<br />
While cruising above a narrow Texas road I spotted a large hill. I banked to fly over it and spotted a red<br />
tire on its top. A few more orbits and I began to feel an uptake in my adrenalin level. My palms were growing<br />
sweaty. A few more orbits and I decided I was going to land on that pinnacle. I made my high recon and set<br />
myself up for an approach. All looked well as I approached the red tire while I kept my airspeed up. Over the<br />
trees on my approach, still keeping my airspeed up…I continued. I was now committed to land since I had<br />
descended below the tree tops that I would have had to clear to order to abort the landing. No instructor sat next<br />
to me telling me what to do or take the controls from me. I was going land, or crash. It was that simple. <br />
As I approached the ground I realized I was going too fast, the trees were looming at me to my front. I<br />
needed to stop my forward speed now or I was going to indeed hit them with my rotor blades. I pulled back on<br />
the cyclic stick and dug the tail stinger into the ground, thus plowing a furrow across the landing area. I came to<br />
a stop before hitting those trees. I had survived a horrible approach...barely.<br />
After my heart rate returned to normal I reduced the engine RPM, frictioned down the controls, and<br />
climbed out of the cockpit to survey the landing area. Sure enough, there was a stripe of yellow paint across the<br />
rocks I had drug the stinger over, ending were my machine sat idling. I had come in way too fast. I would not<br />
make that mistake again. <br />
The helicopter revved back up to operating RPM, the friction was taken off, and the machine and I once<br />
again roared back into the air. Again an approach was initiated, only this time my airspeed was correct. My<br />
landing was perfect. <br />
On my way back to our training base I felt a little more like a helicopter pilot. <br />
I graduated from Fort Wolters in November of 1967 and reported to Fort Rucker in January of 1968. Letter to home dated January 14, 1968<br />
“Just a short note to give you my address, and let you know that everything is going better than I<br />
expected. They treat us with a lot more respect here than they did at Wolters. We start classes and flying<br />
tomorrow. That’s two weeks sooner than I expected. My only worry right now is flying with instruments.”<br />
Letter to home dated January 29, 1968<br />
“Well, I have fourteen hours of instrument flying in. I’ve been having my share of difficulties, but I am<br />
coming along. The first big test will be in two weeks when I get a check ride. I will phone you and let you know<br />
how I make out on it.<br />
I received my officer dress blues and some assorted items in the mail last week. I sure hope I will wear<br />
them some day.”<br />
Letter to home dated February 14, 1968<br />
“Things are moving along fairly well. We have taken two tests and I scored 87% on both of them. As for<br />
flying, all I can say is that the check ride is due some time this week. We had so many bad weather days last<br />
week that we flew Saturday, but it was worth it since I received a grade of “A”. It’s the first “A” I have ever<br />
received, even at Wolters. If I can fly like that on the check ride I’ll have no problem. If all goes well, I will be<br />
flying Huey’s in five weeks. That sure will be a long awaited moment.”<br />
I failed my first basic instrument check ride.<br />
After five additional hours of basic instrument training I took another check ride and passed. <br />
In flight school the army had a tough job to do: that was to try to teach very young men how to behave<br />
as officers as well as teach them to fly. Neither of these tasks was easy. Once again preexisting values are<br />
stripped away and replaced with new ones. Some people have considerable difficulty making the changes and<br />
learning these new skills. Time was of an essence. If a student fell too far behind the set pace he was released<br />
from training. <br />
Letter to home dated February 22, 1968<br />
“I have struggled through two weeks of advanced instruments. So far I find it easier than basic<br />
instruments, but time will tell. It is sure a lot more interesting.”<br />
Letter to home dated March 17, 1968<br />
“One more week of instruments, that is if I pass my check ride! It not only will be great to fly the “Huey”<br />
but it will also be wonderful to see where I am flying.” <br />
Letter to home dated March 17, 1968<br />
“The “Hueys” are great. I can’t fly them worth a damn, but I am slowly learning. At least I think I am?”<br />
“If all goes well, I will be a warrant officer and army aviator in seven weeks.”<br />
Letter to home dated April 3, 1968<br />
“I passed my first phase check ride in the Huey today. Now this next month we go into tactics. That<br />
should be fun. It is in tactics that we start training in areas like mass formations, low level cross countries, tree<br />
top flying, external loads and the like. The last two weeks are spent out in the field living in tents and flying<br />
simulated missions. We also have to spend a night stumbling around the woods in escape and evasion training.<br />
I will phone you as soon as I get my orders.” Tactical was very interesting and almost fun. After all this time, energy, and money neither us, nor the<br />
army wanted anything but for us to graduate and fill our slots in the U.S. Army’s helicopter pilot rosters. We were<br />
senior classmen. We looked upon others in earlier stages of training with distain, they at us with envy.<br />
We had been taught in flight school that an army aviator is never really lost, but only temporarily<br />
disorientated. <br />
Challenges still presented themselves. One dark night, while performing a training flight with another<br />
WOC we found ourselves lost. It was very dark flying over the Alabama flatlands that night. Our navigation aids<br />
were only a clock, and compass. Our destination was a field where someone waited for us with a small smudge<br />
pot for identification. We missed the field. After flying about in the dark, looking for our checkpoints, we had<br />
became completely disorientated. So disorientated in fact, that we could not find the main airfield from which our<br />
flight had originated. At last, we spotted lights on the ground in the distance. Flying over them we realized that<br />
we where over one of Rucker’s airfields. No telling which one though. Having had more than enough of night<br />
navigation for this evening, we landed at the airfield, still not sure where we were. We parked in the first<br />
available parking slot we came across and wandered about until we discovered that we had in fact landed at our<br />
home base. Finding our briefing room was difficult being that our bearings were still completely crossed up. As<br />
we sat in the debriefing later that evening nothing was said to us other than to make it known we had failed to<br />
check into our reporting points. Every instructor in the room knew pretty much what had happened to us and<br />
made us feel very uncomfortable by their smirks and knowing glances. <br />
<br />
Letter to home dated April 23, 1968<br />
“Two weeks from today marks graduation. I just hope I can hold on for fourteen more days. <br />
Letter to home dated May 4, 1968<br />
“We have three more days until graduation; it is sure getting close! I guess it is all over except for the<br />
shouting. We have finished training and we are now just out processing. I finished this program with an even<br />
215 flight hours and about 540 classroom hours for the thirteen months I was in training.”<br />
I made it to graduation. I graduated from U.S. Army Helicopter Flight School Class 68-503 on May 7, 1968. I<br />
had silver aviator wings on my chest and was appointed to the rank of warrant officer, WO1. I had not believed<br />
many times during the preceding thirteen months that this day would arrive. I was very proud. I had every right<br />
to be.<br />
I, along with most of my classmates, received orders to report to South Vietnam. My report date for transport<br />
to Vietnam was May 28, 1968.<br />
Tac Officer CW2 Thomas Duer would later return to Vietnam for a second tour. He would die there when his<br />
Boeing Vertol CH 47 helicopter disintegrated in flight.<br />
ON LEAVE AT HOME<br />
Before departing for Vietnam I went back home on leave. My parents lived in Millbrae, California at the time.<br />
It was an awkward time for us. The anti-war movement was starting to become daily news. Americans were<br />
dying by the hundreds every month and helicopter losses were being reported with alarming regularity. In the<br />
early months of 1968 the North Vietnamese launched a massive offensive throughout South Vietnam. What<br />
became known as the "Tet Offensive" brought to realization that all was not going as well in South Vietnam as<br />
some in Washington D.C. believed. If my parents had doubts about the validity of the war, and their only son<br />
going off to fight in it, they didn't tell me so. For my part, I had been sequestered in training for over a year and<br />
was not in touch with the mood of the country. It was during this period at home that I first encountered the antiVietnam mentality of some people. I remember, shortly prior to my departure for Vietnam, a girlfriend and I<br />
attending a play on the campus of her school. She was attending college in Santa Clara at the time. We dressed<br />
up, her in a green dress, me in my army dress green uniform, wings and warrant officer bars new and shining.<br />
Unknown to me the theme would be anti-war in nature. I was the only person in attendance wearing a uniform.<br />
To say I was the wrong person in the wrong place would be simply a gross understatement. Maybe my girlfriend<br />
felt I would benefit in some way by being exposed to this prior to going off to Vietnam. Maybe she was just as<br />
misguided as so many others. The day to leave for Vietnam came all too fast. I had stored my car in my parent’s garage. I hugged my<br />
somber father and crying mother, and left them for Vietnam.<br />
At the airport, the ticket agent asked where I was headed. I proudly explained that I was on my way to<br />
Vietnam. His response: “That’s too bad...” <br />
It was May 28, 1968. I was 21 years old. I would step off the plane into Vietnam three days later. <br />
<br />
THE FIRST AIR CAVALRY<br />
Soon after my arrival in Vietnam I received orders to report to what was to be my family for the next year.<br />
That family was the First Air Cavalry Division...the Cav for short. The Cav had a reputation for living under tent<br />
roofs, eating meals out of cans, and having only cold water for showers. I was warned about life in the Cav<br />
during my training and had been persuaded that it was not really the unit one would choose if given a choice. I<br />
was not given a choice. <br />
Letter to home dated June 3, 1968<br />
“This will just be a short note to let you know that everything is going as well as can be expected.<br />
We stayed at Fort Lewis for two days and left for ‘Nam’ Thursday morning. Eighteen hours later I was in<br />
Cam Rahn Bay. We processed into the country there and received our unit assignments. I got a change of<br />
orders. I am now a member of the 1<br />
st<br />
Cavalry Division. They are the top unit in the country and I am glad to be<br />
with them.<br />
One drawback is the Cav is ‘air mobile’, meaning they move around like the horse cavalry used to, only<br />
they use choppers. That means no permanent buildings.<br />
We are being sent farther up north tomorrow for a four day school on the Cav’s tactics, and jungle<br />
warfare in general. After that is finished we will be assigned and sent to the unit in the Cav that we will belong to.<br />
I will be able to give you my address then.<br />
It is hot and humid here. The countryside is pretty.<br />
I will write a little better letter when I get organized and get my address.”<br />
One of, if not the best known American military units to participate in Vietnam was the First Air Cavalry<br />
Division. The division implemented a new form of tactical operations for warfare: helicopter born air mobility. The<br />
Cav’s fighting men moved to and from battle in helicopters, and were supported in their efforts by helicopters. If<br />
they fell in battle helicopters flew them to medical support areas. It was a comfort to know that should they be<br />
wounded, chances were good that immediate transport via helicopter to well-equipped medical facilities could<br />
save their lives.<br />
The standard tour of duty in Vietnam for an American soldier was three hundred and sixty five days. You<br />
could request to stay longer, some did, most of us didn't. The majority of new arrivals in Vietnam started the<br />
three hundred and sixty five day countdown to departure the first night there.<br />
At the time of my arrival, the Cav's headquarters were located in An Khe, South Vietnam. I flew to An Khe in<br />
an air force transport. That night I tried to sleep in a tent that smelled of mildew. My thoughts, that long and<br />
lonely night were of home, family, and friends; many of whom were attending college...maybe even burning their<br />
draft cards as I lay sweating in my cot.<br />
My stay in An Khe was short and unpleasant; I was soon on my way in another air force transport to "I”<br />
Corps, the northern most partition of South Vietnam.<br />
<br />
CAMP EVANS<br />
I had been assigned to Bravo Company 227 Assault Helicopter Battalion. Bravo Company was what was<br />
known as a "lift" company. Its mission was to transport people and supplies about in what were known in<br />
Vietnam as "slicks". A slick was a Bell UH-1 helicopter manned by two pilots. Sitting in the rear, behind the pilots<br />
and facing out toward the sides sat two door gunners who manned M-60 light machine guns. The area between<br />
the pilots and door gunners was the cargo compartment. It was in the cargo compartment that our passengers sat and cargos were carried. It had no rocket launchers or other armament mounted on its sides. It was from its<br />
relatively uncluttered appearance that the name slick was derived. It is the images of slicks with infantry<br />
standing on their landing skids that are so often associated with the war in Vietnam.<br />
Bravo Company was staged at a large "fire base" named Camp Evans. The term "fire base" referred to an<br />
encampment, often surrounded by barbed wire and fortifications manned by infantry. The larger fire bases could<br />
contain an air strip for fixed wing aircraft. Artillery units protected the fire base from within and served to provide<br />
artillery support for troops working in the surrounding area. The larger fire bases would also include so called<br />
rear or support units for the troops operating in the field. Evans was the base of operations for numerous<br />
helicopter units. These units were staged about what was called the "flight line". It was there that the flight and<br />
support crews lived. After a day or night of flying the helicopters were parked in sandbag protected revetments<br />
on the flight line. Here the maintenance crews serviced the helicopters.<br />
Camp Evans was a busy place. People and supplies were constantly being transported into and out of its<br />
center via air force transports and of course army helicopters. Air traffic was very heavy, and at times the<br />
weather was less than ideal. I remember seeing a midair collision between an air force C-123 transport and<br />
army Chinook helicopter within sight of Evans. After the collision the Chinook immediately began spinning. It<br />
continued to do so as it fell to earth and exploded. The transport continued to fly briefly before plunging to the<br />
ground. I do not know how many died; rumor had it the passengers on the transport were on their way home. It<br />
was becoming evident to me that death in Vietnam was always associated with how much time remained in<br />
country for the unfortunate individual. The tragedy of death was more magnified with each passing day of one’s<br />
365 day tour.<br />
Camp Evans was located on a coastal plane. Laos was beyond the mountains to the west. The DMZ, which<br />
separated North from South Vietnam, was a short flight to the north. Highway 1, what the French called the<br />
"Street Without Joy", ran north/south just a few miles to the east between Evans and the South China Sea.<br />
It is a testimony to my ignorance at the time that when I went to fight Ho Chi Minh’s army in Vietnam I had<br />
little, if any, knowledge of what had happened to the French there. They had fought Ho Chi Minh’s army only a<br />
decade prior to America’s involvement in Vietnam. Without the benefit of world class aviation support, such as<br />
America used in Vietnam, the French were defeated in what was then called French Indo China. Many tens of<br />
thousands of Frenchmen died in that war and are buried in Vietnam. They died in places such as Dien Bien<br />
Phu, and on the "Street Without Joy." I have since read that the French buried their fallen solders in an upright<br />
position, facing France. We Americans chose to collect our fallen and return them home for burial. The "body<br />
bags" containing Americans killed in Vietnam, upon returning home, fanned the fires of America’s growing antiwar mood.<br />
Arriving at Camp Evans I felt as if I had been transported into an American Civil War camp. Everywhere I<br />
looked I saw tents, the roads were muddy and the people looked rather somber. This similarity ended; however,<br />
with the presence of army helicopters flying this way and that, projecting the whop, whop, whop sound so often<br />
associated with America in Vietnam. Dust, or mud, and unpleasant smells abounded. The air was hot and humid<br />
and infested with flies.<br />
I hopped a ride in a jeep that delivered me to the company area of B Co. 227 Assault Helicopter Battalion. As<br />
was the case elsewhere at Evans, not a building was to be seen, only tents, bunkers and sandbags. I reported<br />
to operations where I was greeted with less than exuberance. I was soon sitting by myself on a cot, in a hot tent,<br />
my equipment piled nearby. This was my new home.<br />
I had truly arrived in Vietnam. I could go home in 362 more days<br />
Letter to home dated June 12, 1968<br />
I have finally made it to my unit. Baring the unforeseen, I should be with this outfit for the next year. To<br />
make a long story short, I think I have been screwed. The unit I am now in lost almost all its aircraft in an<br />
explosion about three weeks ago. They are just starting to get some new ones to replace the loss; in the<br />
meantime, I just sit around and do nothing.<br />
The living conditions aren’t the best over here. There is no hot water, the latrines smell, and my tent<br />
where I live has a dirt floor. The heat and humidity are bad, the sky seems to be always cloudy, but it’s still hot.<br />
Not to mention the insects, you have to use an insect net at night, and even so they get you.”<br />
Letter to home dated June 30, 1968 “We have gotten most of the aircraft back, but I am still sitting around. To make a long story short we<br />
are short of first pilots so until we train some the older new guys, our newest co-pilots can’t get much flight time<br />
in. I don’t expect to be flying on a daily basis for another month. So in the meantime all of the non flying officers<br />
and warrants are building new officer’s quarters and what have you. I’m getting a good tan out of it anyway.”<br />
FNG<br />
Life for all of us in Bravo Company was not very comfortable. The tents being used were called GP Mediums<br />
(general purpose) and stood about fifteen by forty feet in size. These tents that served as personal quarters for<br />
the warrants housed about ten men each, thus giving each person sixty square feet to call home. Furnishing<br />
consisted of a cot, sleeping bag and foot locker. We coveted extra items such as a chair, a table, and perhaps a<br />
fan. New arrivals such as me had no extras.<br />
The mess hall was also a GP Medium with folding tables and chairs for dining. There was a field kitchen<br />
nearby. Most of the food being served came out of cans. One step above C rations (meals in boxes carried by<br />
an individual and eaten cold, at will), but still rather plain. Fresh foods were very rare. Drinking water was treated<br />
with iodine to rid it of parasites and bacteria.<br />
Bathing was accomplished with cold water draining from elevated steel drums. The toilets were<br />
primitive. In order to use them you sat on plywood panels with holes that were placed over shortened oil drums.<br />
As the drums filled with waste the drums were dragged a short distance away where diesel was poured into<br />
them and then the diesel soaked filth ignited. The smoke from this was thick and black, the smell unpleasant.<br />
Flies and maggots were rampant. <br />
The living conditions that I encountered upon my arrival at Bravo Company were the worst that I would<br />
see for my whole tour in Vietnam. The primitive living conditions were due in part to a traumatic event that<br />
occurred a few weeks earlier.<br />
It was not uncommon for Camp Evans to be the target of incoming mortar and rocket fire from enemy<br />
troops in the area. One of these incoming rockets had struck Camp Evans’ ammunition dump. The ensuing<br />
explosions lasted for hours...wreaking havoc. Concussions from the blasts flattened anything above ground<br />
level. Aircraft parked in their revetments were damaged or destroyed. I reported in to a company that was in the<br />
act of rebuilding itself from ruin. Upon my arrival Bravo had one air worthy helicopter and 40 pilots.<br />
So there I sat with nothing to do but help with the rebuilding of the company area. I worked in the hot<br />
sun filling sandbags for much of my first month. There was little escape from the tedious boredom and not much<br />
comfort from the veterans who saw new arrivals as "fucking new guys"... FNGs for short. Most of these veterans<br />
had seen some rough times over the preceding months. Many of them were close to going home. A FNG was<br />
treated with little respect since he had not yet proved himself one way or another. As time went on this situation<br />
would slowly reverse, as short timers left and FNGs took their places in the company hierarchy.<br />
With this sort of environment it was natural for people with similar time in country to form friendships. As<br />
I labored with the sandbag detail a few other FNGs arrived. It was comforting to see new arrivals for it helped to<br />
diminish the sense of loneliness. One of these new arrivals was a flight school classmate of mine: Mike<br />
Almgren. Mike was from Chicago, Illinois. Mike and I worked together filling sandbags in the hot sun. At one<br />
point Mike suffered heat stroke and had to be medivaced. We have laughed many times since when he recalls<br />
the ice pack being applied to his crotch at the field hospital in an attempt to lower his body temperature.<br />
Upon one occasion, the 4th of July, the old guys decided to have a party. The FNGs were not invited,<br />
but one of the short timers felt sorry enough for us to toss a bottle of gin into our tent. Having no ice and only<br />
warm tomato juice did not stop us from drinking until we puked. Our hangovers did not exempt us from sandbag<br />
detail the next day. I to this day do not care for the taste of gin.<br />
My morale and military bearing began to deteriorate. Suffice it to say that my situation in Vietnam was a<br />
growing disappointment. I had planned on doing some serious flying. My self esteem as an officer and pilot was<br />
very low. Had I worked so hard in training only for this?<br />
Our commanding officer, Major Ginter, was a veteran due to rotate home soon. He had the difficult job<br />
of rebuilding Bravo Company. His job was not made any easier by young warrant officers who were beginning to<br />
develop attitude problems. A war was going on, he knew that, but I was losing sight of it by beginning to focus<br />
too much on my personal disappointments, and not enough on the real situation. I was young and I regret to say<br />
ignorant. The maintenance of the morale and discipline of their troops is perhaps one of the more challenging<br />
responsibilities commanders deal with. Keeping people busy helps to accomplish this. Since Major Ginger had<br />
bored and disenchanted pilots, such as myself, to contend with he tried to put us to useful purposes. One such<br />
useful distraction was guard duty. While Camp Evans was protected by infantry outposts and barbed wire on its<br />
perimeter there still was the need to watch over our helicopters on the flight line during the late dark hours.<br />
Enemy troops had been known to sneak past a perimeter and place explosive charges around such things as<br />
parked aircraft. Major Ginter called upon his FNG warrants to perform this guard duty. We of course hated the<br />
duty since it required staying up and remaining alert most of the night. On one night a fellow warrant, Mike, and I<br />
were posted as guards and instructed to protect a helicopter parked on the flight line. It was late, we were tired;<br />
and we both longed for sleep. Mike and I agreed to alternate sleep breaks. It was my turn to watch, but I<br />
managed to doze off. Major Ginter happen to chose this time to check up on us and of course found two<br />
warrants guarding an aircraft, one sleeping atop the revetment, the other on the helicopters passenger seat, fast<br />
asleep. Ginter walked up to our unguarded helicopter, picked up the radio lying near Mike and dropped it on<br />
Mike’s crotch. The ensuing yell from Mike served to bring me to full attention. Major Ginter proceeded to chew<br />
our asses with enough vigor to frighten the dead. The Major did not pursue the event further; his point had been<br />
well made.<br />
I really was a FNG. I had not really come to appreciate fully the dangers we faced. It is not a pleasant<br />
thought for me to think what could have been my fate if while I was sleeping a North Vietnamese soldier had<br />
decided to dispatch me with his knife before placing an explosive device in the helicopter I was guarding.<br />
This difficult and disappointing period came to pass as more aircraft started arriving to replace the ones<br />
damaged by the explosions of the ammunition dump. Bravo Company took back to the skies <br />
Letter to home dated July 23, 1968<br />
“I am starting to fly now. Not much, but at least it’s a start. On my last mission our formation was fired at<br />
and the lead aircraft was hit. It’s a strange feeling, but not as bad as I expected (getting shot at).<br />
I received a letter from a friend in flight school who came over here the same time I did, but he was<br />
assigned down south in the Delta. He has 135 hours already compared to my 16. He also has a private room,<br />
hot shower, officers club and cement floors. Somehow, I get the idea that I was screwed when I was sent to the<br />
Cav.”<br />
IN THE AIR AGAIN<br />
Slowly, as the early months passed, some of the senior pilots completed their year and went home. At last I<br />
was given a chance to fly. My early flights were humbling; it was almost as if I had forgotten how to fly, but my<br />
rudimentary flying skills returned soon enough.<br />
Letter to home dated July 30, 1968<br />
“I am flying about every other day now. I am averaging about six hours each time I fly. I enjoy it, but I<br />
need a lot more practice before I will be any good.” <br />
Letter to home dated August 10, 1968<br />
“Today is the first day I haven’t flown in five days. It feels great to finally be doing something. I can see<br />
improvement in my flying every time I go up; of course I still have a ways to go yet. When I get good enough and<br />
have more experience they will make me an aircraft commander. That means I will move from the right seat<br />
over to the left one. It will put a lot more responsibility on me since I will be responsible for the aircraft and crew.”<br />
Letter to home dated Aug 24, 1968<br />
“I will have about seventy five hours for this month, that’s not bad considering I had about fifty hours<br />
the first two months in country.<br />
They are expecting a ground attack so if we aren’t flying the next day we get stuck guarding an aircraft<br />
all night, all kinds of fun.” After having spent such a long time performing menial tasks in the company area I was of course very<br />
excited about being used as a pilot. Perhaps, because of that, I took on the challenge of learning the new skills<br />
of flying in Vietnam very seriously. My enthusiasm became apparent to those looking for replacements of those<br />
old timers who were leaving. I began to fly more and more with an assortment of aircraft commanders.<br />
Letter to home dated September 4, 1968<br />
“Rain, rain, rain. It started last night and it is still going strong. I had to fly in it today. You now what a<br />
pain it is to drive a car in rainy weather. Well, you can imagine what it’s like flying in it. We have to fly about fifty<br />
feet above the ground since when the clouds are below one thousand feet you are an easy target if you get any<br />
higher. You’re safe at fifteen hundred feet, but the clouds ruin that. So we stay low and dodge trees. When I got<br />
back to my tent this evening I found it flooded. My bed was soaked…the end to a perfect day.”<br />
It was during this period that two events took place that had a very profound effect on my attitude about<br />
being in Vietnam.<br />
It was a rather dreary day and I was sitting in my tent. I was assigned to an aircraft that was not doing much<br />
flying. The aircraft commander was the company instructor pilot and the missions rather undemanding; a good<br />
situation for breaking in new pilots. Word came through operations that we were needed to fly off somewhere. I<br />
was happy to get another chance in the air as we started the helicopter and departed Camp Evans heading<br />
west toward the mountains. I was busy enough flying the helicopter, but I at last asked the aircraft commander<br />
what our mission was. With a somber face he said that we had been called to recover the bodies of a helicopter<br />
crew that had crashed into the jungle two days earlier. My throat and stomach clamped down.<br />
The approach and landing into the landing zone (LZ) was a bit beyond my skill level so I sat in my seat in<br />
silence and watched. Having landed, we waited for a few minutes with blades turning before I heard the sounds<br />
of what sounded like sacks of potatoes being dropped on the helicopter cabin floor---a very unpleasant odor<br />
soon permeated throughout the aircraft. I was beginning to feel ill. I turned about to look in back and saw the<br />
four bodies. The sight of their broken limbs and disfigured faces horrified me. My stomach was now sitting in my<br />
throat. One of the dead men wore the rank of WO1.<br />
We flew the four KIAs (killed in action) back to the graves registration helipad at Camp Evans. Returning to<br />
our company area I sat in my tent in silence for a long while. This was my first view of violent death.<br />
My other eye opener was a bit less traumatic but very important none the less. The experience took place on<br />
a day I found myself copiloting with a less experienced aircraft commander than I had flown with prior. Our ship<br />
was one of a flight of six. It had been a busy day of flying in and out of many different mountain LZs (landing<br />
zones) inserting troops and cargo. The flying was somewhat demanding in that we were working at high density<br />
altitudes into small helipads. As the day wore on the winds began to pick up making the flying all the more<br />
precarious. While I had come a ways toward acceptable proficiency as a helicopter pilot I was still little help to<br />
the poor guy sitting next to me. He had to make the difficult approaches while I watched. I was not aware of it at<br />
the time but he was also being tested to his limits.<br />
It was hot and windy. The aircraft had a full load of ammunition boxes... maybe a bit too full. The aircraft<br />
commander initiated a steep approach to a ridge top LZ. To me all looked normal at first but as we neared<br />
touchdown our rate of closure seemed a bit fast. At the point where we should have been transitioning into a<br />
hover we instead continued to descend rapidly. We hit the ground rather hard and bounced off the ridge and<br />
began to fall off the backside. Our low rotor rpm warning horn was wailing, telling us that rotor rpm was below<br />
the normal operating range. It was beginning to look like we would hit the ground again and crash. My mind<br />
pictured that dead WO1 lying on the helicopter cabin floor. The aircraft commander was not taking any action to<br />
correct our rapidly deteriorating situation. Looking back on the experience I believe he had stopped flying the<br />
helicopter and was just holding on to the controls...he was probably frozen in fear. At this point I remembered<br />
lessons from flight school training suggesting pushing down the collective stick when in a low rpm situation<br />
during approach. This action would allow for the reduced drag of the rotors to increase rpm. I pushed the<br />
collective down a bit, and as it should, the rpm increased, the rpm audio stopped its beeping, and best of all, the<br />
aircraft commander started to fly the helicopter again…away from the ground. We had to return to Evans since one of the landing gear skids was badly bent from the hard landing on the<br />
ridge top. Once again I sat in my tent at day’s end pondering the incident. All of those hours spent in flight<br />
school learning things such as gross weight limits and tricks of the trade such as lowering collective in a low<br />
rotor situation had real merit. These were the things that could mean the difference between life and death for a<br />
helicopter pilot. Maybe I should have paid a bit more attention to my instructors. I would certainly do so<br />
henceforth.<br />
In my debriefing about the incident I was rightfully criticized for not being more help to the aircraft<br />
commander by calling out the torque reading and rotor rpm as we approached the ridge top prior to the hard<br />
landing. With the exception of pushing the collective down, which was critical, I was more of a passenger than a<br />
copilot during those critical seconds when he was running out of pitch, power, and ideas. There was so much for<br />
me to learn.<br />
Letter to home dated September 12, 1968<br />
“The ‘gooks’ sent eight 122 millimeter rockets over our way a few nights ago. There were a few<br />
causalities, but none in my unit. It sure broke the routine around here.”<br />
<br />
AIRCRAFT COMMANDER<br />
I was checked out as an aircraft commander when I was able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills<br />
required. At the time, I may have had four hundred and twenty five hours of pilot time. I could fly reasonably well<br />
and knew enough about the theater of operations to get by. I did not; however, have very much experience. This<br />
situation did not deter my enthusiasm, or the Army’s willingness to launch me into harm’s way.<br />
Letter to home dated September 27, 1968<br />
“Flying is coming along great. They have moved me from the right seat to the left (copilot to pilot). That<br />
means I will be the aircraft commander. That is a lot more responsibility. I made it with 200 hours of flight time in<br />
country; it takes the average pilot about 400 hours. So you can see things are going well, I just hope they keep<br />
that way.”<br />
I look back on this now thirty five years later and can see the precarious situation I was in as plain as day. I<br />
did not see it as clearly in 1968. It was very exciting to strap yourself into a helicopter early in the morning and<br />
take off for a day of combat flying in Vietnam. This was exciting stuff, but also very dangerous. It was all too<br />
easy to be overcome by the excitement and glory of it all while forgetting or minimizing the hazards. No guts, no<br />
glory, you say...perhaps.<br />
I was doing this when only three years earlier I was graduating from high school.<br />
Young Warrant Officer Kearns, fledgling helicopter hero, aircraft commander, was going to do his damned<br />
best to help win this war---let come what may, be it over gross weight loads, enemy gunfire or weather that<br />
ducks didn’t fly in.<br />
Vietnam was heading into the monsoon season about this time, a season of thick clouds, strong winds and<br />
heavy rain. Life at Evans was made even more miserable with the downpours that regularly besieged it. Nothing<br />
seemed to stay dry. Most of the tents leaked, this required us to erect poncho liners over our cots to keep the<br />
water out. One does not sleep well in a wet sleeping bag. At one point our operations bunker was flooded to its<br />
ceiling.<br />
Much of our flying was in the mountains to Evans’ west. It was here that the Cav's ground forces found<br />
themselves trying to engage the North Vietnamese regulars traveling south on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This area<br />
was covered with heavy jungle. When the clouds and rain came it could be very difficult, if not impossible, to<br />
safely fly through. Our slicks had instruments for instrument condition flying, and we had some basic instrument<br />
training, but this was not an appropriate environment to be doing so.<br />
On a day when the ducks were not flying we were trying to supply an infantry (grunt) company nested deep<br />
in the mountains. The area was obscured in most places with low clouds. I was pushing the weather limits too<br />
hard trying to get the needed food and ammunition to the grunts. Predictably, I inadvertently flew into the clouds.<br />
I found myself with no ground reference outside the helicopter’s plexi-glass windows. The army had taught me to fly with reference only to the aircraft’s instruments, but in the proper environment with an instructor at my side<br />
and the nearest mountain two hundred miles away. Now, Mother Earth was nowhere to be seen. We were<br />
surrounded by mountains and in very serious trouble.<br />
Unexpected flight into instrument conditions has probably killed more pilots than any other act of neglect or<br />
carelessness. Under such conditions the chance of losing control of the aircraft, or simply flying into the terrain<br />
high. An experienced pilot should see this situation approaching and take corrective action, such as turning<br />
around before many a less experienced pilot may, thus avoiding the potential disastrous consequences awaiting<br />
there. My crew and I found ourselves with one option for escape. That option was to attempt to climb high<br />
enough to clear the mountain tops and head back to the east and Camp Evan’s life saving GCA (ground<br />
controlled radar approach).<br />
We kept the helicopter under control as we climbed up through the clouds, praying the whole time that<br />
we would not plow the helicopter into a mountain. Frantically, we called radar when we were high enough to<br />
make radio contact. No voice sounded sweeter than the radar controller’s when he told us he had radar contact<br />
and started giving us vectors back to Evans. <br />
On another occasion we were once again supplying grunts high in the mountains. I had just landed on a<br />
rather marginal landing pad that was little more than felled trees with the limbs bucked off. As the skids came in<br />
contact with the trees I reduced power thinking we had completed a landing safely. Upon power reduction the<br />
helicopter suddenly settled lower, punching a hole in its belly with a tree stump. I was able to return to base with<br />
the hole, but the damaged aircraft was out of service for some time being repaired.<br />
Both of these incidents were indications of an aircraft commander who was not really up to the skill and<br />
experience levels required for safe completion of these types of missions. I was called out on the carpet for<br />
them, but I still continued to fly almost every day, there was, after all, a war going on. I was gaining experience,<br />
but at considerable risk.<br />
Letter to home dated October 14, 1968<br />
“We have had some interesting missions lately. Just yesterday we were out in the mountains hauling<br />
supply when we were asked to evacuate a POW and a wounded GI out of a company’s location in the<br />
mountains. It was raining and patches of fog were floating from one ridge to another. The area was too small to<br />
land so we dropped a rope down as we hovered overhead. The people on the ground tied the POW on first and<br />
we lifted him out and carried him (hanging 150 feet below us) to another landing zone in the mountains. My crew<br />
chief said the poor guy was so scared that he passed out while he was down there. I guess I don’t blame him.<br />
Our next trip was for the wounded man. I let my copilot fly this time and we carried him out the same way. The<br />
weather was starting to move in, but things where going smoothly until we were letting the patient down onto the<br />
pad, it was then that my copilot took his eyes off the ground and looked into the clouds in front of us. He got<br />
vertigo, but did the right thing by telling me. I took the aircraft; if he hadn’t told me we could have lost the whole<br />
works and probably gone into the trees ourselves. I must admit that I was happy to see the day end.”<br />
Letter to home dated October 9, 1968<br />
“Just a note to let you know that my mail might be screwed up for a few weeks since we are on call to<br />
move south for a while. If we do move it will be unorganized for a while and I will have trouble writing letters or<br />
receiving any for that matter.”<br />
In October of 1968 the First Cav was moved down south between Saigon and Cambodia. This area<br />
contained the routes and staging areas used by the North Vietnamese in the prior year’s Tet Offensive. The Cav<br />
was being placed into position to deter any repeat of the last year’s major attacks on Saigon. Bravo Company<br />
found itself in a new environment; our new base was an airstrip on a rubber plantation called Quan Loi. Flight<br />
operations continued at a frantic pace in order to support the new placement of the Cav’s forces.<br />
It was our job as helicopter crews to provide transport for the infantry and their supplies to and from the<br />
operational areas they patrolled. It was no easy task for the grunts to carry everything they might need to<br />
engage, or defend themselves from the enemy troops in the area. The absolute necessities were carried on<br />
their backs. It was not practical for them to carry all that they might need for extended operations in the field.<br />
Slicks provided a means to lighten the load. These supply missions were called "log” missions for logistical<br />
support. A typical supply load, or loads, would consist of many ammunition boxes, heavy weapons such as mortars, claymore mines, water, food (both hot and cold), mail, and individuals needing a ride in or out. We also<br />
served as a medivac helicopter when the need arose to get someone out and to medical care in the rear area.<br />
When the grunt’s patrol was completed they would normally be flown out and back to their support base<br />
where they could clean up and rest. This process was reversed when it was time for them to return to the field.<br />
These trips into and out of the field were called combat assaults or extractions. Most of these "CAs", as we<br />
called them, were routine, some were not. I’ll tell more of that later.<br />
Letter to home dated November 6, 1968<br />
“We moved into an airfield someone else had been using so things are built up real well. There are no<br />
mountains to speak of around here, but there are a lot of rubber plantations. I like this area more than up north.”<br />
<br />
QUAN LOI<br />
Life at Quan Loi was an improvement over Camp Evans. A few new amenities such as a wooden dinning hall<br />
and GP Mediums with wooden floors improved the quality of life. The company area was situated within a grove<br />
of rubber trees. This meant shade during the heat of the day. The rainy season had ended but this forced us to<br />
endure a lot of dust. Anytime a helicopter departed or landed a cloud of red dust swept through the company<br />
area leaving everything in its wake covered with the stuff. The showers were still only cold water and the latrines<br />
the same style steel drums as we had at Evans.<br />
Within walking distance a PX store provided shopping where we could buy extras such as fans and folding<br />
chairs. The PX was a real treat. The warrant’s living areas began to take on a more hospitable appearance. I<br />
had a small writing desk where I could compose letters to family and friends at home while sitting in my new<br />
folding chair. My new fan was placed at the foot of my bed so that I could bask in a refreshing breeze during the<br />
muggy days and nights. I even had a small closet area to hang my uniforms. The living areas were separated by<br />
plywood partitions giving a sense of privacy---something in short supply when sharing a tent with nine other<br />
people.<br />
At the other end of the airfield was an old villa that had been transformed into an officer's club. It was now<br />
possible to spend an evening away from the company area drinking and telling stories with other aviators. It was<br />
an interesting place at most times since it attracted all kinds of people with stories of their own, some true, and I<br />
imagine, some not.<br />
Quan Loi was infested with rats. Almgren had one walk across his chest one night while he was sleeping. It<br />
disturbed him so that he began sleeping with a machete in his cot.<br />
The task of cleaning the company area was accomplished by local Vietnamese who would work during the<br />
day and return to the local village at night. It was suspected by a few of us that some of these locals had a dual<br />
purpose in their work: One, to make Yankee dollars, the other, to note where the latest incoming mortar rounds<br />
had impacted the previous night. These observations allowed corrections to be made for the next night’s<br />
barrage.<br />
In the event of incoming rounds, not an uncommon event, we would dash out of our tents and run for the<br />
nearest bunker. These bunkers were trenches covered by sheets of metal called PSP (portable steel planking)<br />
covered with sandbags. The bunkers gave me a feeling of claustrophobia so I developed the habit of staying in<br />
my cot when the all too often incoming rounds came whistling in. This was an act of bravado in an attempt to<br />
salvage a night’s sleep...something in great demand by me. I felt that since I was surrounded by sandbags I was<br />
safe from anything short of a direct hit, and understandably avoided the risk of dashing about in the dark,<br />
running into rubber trees and seriously injuring myself. This was a situation were I was damned if I did, and<br />
damned if I didn’t. One night the rounds did come very close. I bailed out of my bed and started to run. As I ran<br />
a round passed over my head. The eerie sound was like a screaming banshee that brought chills up my spine. I<br />
was sure the beast would jump on my back any second. I dove to the ground and extended my arms upward to<br />
fight off the terror from the sky. I was begging for mercy. I was terrified. The round overshot me and hit the<br />
nearby helicopter refueling facility. The jet fuel burned fiercely through most of the night. <br />
Getting a good night sleep was further jeopardized by an eight inch artillery battery also located at Quan Loi.<br />
If they had a fire mission that required them to fire over our company area the sound was deafening, and the<br />
concussion would cause the tent sides to flap. The projectiles passing overhead sounded like a winged freight<br />
train passing through the tree tops. BULLET IN MY LAP<br />
Occasionally we would fly South Vietnamese Army (ARVIN) on combat assaults. Most of the ARVIN<br />
conscript troops were not known for their fierce or heroic nature in battle. That should have been a clue to the<br />
Pentagon’s planners that something was wrong when the people you were fighting for didn’t want to do much of<br />
the fighting themselves.<br />
On one such extraction things didn’t go well. We took seven rounds and had one of our ARVN<br />
passenger hit by small arms fire. <br />
<br />
Letter to home dated November 6, 1968<br />
“My aircraft took seven hits from enemy automatic weapons yesterday on a combat extraction. We were<br />
number three in a flight of six, lifting a company of ARVNs out of a hot area. We had just cleared the trees and<br />
were starting to climb when we flew over a small unit of North Vietnamese who were waiting for us in the trees.<br />
They cut loose on the whole flight, but they concentrated on us so we were the only aircraft to get hit. One round<br />
went into the nose of the ship, came up through the radio compartment, shot out my airspeed indicator and<br />
came to rest between my feet. (too close for comfort), two rounds hit the rotor blades, one came up through the<br />
floor and hit one of the ARVNs in the back of the knee and stuck in the ceiling. The other three were scattered<br />
along the tail boom. I have the round that almost hit me. I plan on keeping it to remind me how lucky I was! “<br />
We made it without further mishap. Afterward I was criticized for breaking formation. We would have been<br />
wiser not doing so. <br />
In early November I had been in country for five months. My environment had changed from one of<br />
boredom to a state of unreal intensity. For the most part, I had been fortunate to be lucky enough to survive any<br />
major mishap despite a tendency to explore the limits of my skills.<br />
My luck would change.<br />
<br />
THE ACCIDENT<br />
November 7, 1968 started early for me. I was assigned to fly a “log” mission. My copilot for the day was a<br />
Texan named Mike LeMaster. LeMaster was a WO1 who had been in Vietnam less time than I. He was a likable<br />
guy, but had little flight time. I should not have been flying with Mike on that day for the simple reason that we<br />
were both inexperienced pilots. I should have been flying with a senior copilot and Mike LeMaster with an<br />
experienced Aircraft Commander, but that was not our fate on this day.<br />
It was still very early and morning fog patches floated in the area around the grunt’s position. As was normal<br />
we had established radio contact with their radio operator. When our arrival was eminent the landing zone was<br />
confirmed with colored smoke from a smoke grenade discharged on the ground. The smoke not only served as<br />
an aid in determining location, but also served as a wind indicator as well. There was not much wind on this<br />
morning, just some hungry grunts waiting for a helicopter to deliver their breakfast. I allowed Mike to make the<br />
first approach into the landing zone, but when it became evident that he was approaching too fast for a safe<br />
landing I took over the controls and made the landing. LeMaster was having a difficult time controlling the<br />
helicopter.<br />
I remembered my first few days back in the cockpit only a few months earlier and how difficult it had<br />
been to regain the confidence level I possessed on graduation day from flight school.<br />
After the cargo was removed from the helicopter, I gave LeMaster control again and told him to make<br />
the takeoff. His departure seemed a bit fast to me; nevertheless, I did nothing to slow him down. There was a<br />
large tree to our immediate left. LeMaster started a sudden turn toward the tree apparently thinking he had<br />
enough clearance to swing around it and head back the way we had come. During these few seconds I sat<br />
motionless in my seat not believing he would actually hit the tree when there was no reason to strike it. Our<br />
blades struck the tree with a loud thump. The sudden stoppage of the rotors against the tree severed the engine<br />
drive shaft and destroyed the rotor blades. Without power to the rotors, and decaying rotor RPM, the aircraft fell to the ground and rolled over on its right side. I found myself suspended in my seat harness looking out the<br />
window at a 90 degree angle to the ground. The engine was still running since the broken drive shaft no longer<br />
connected it to the transmission and rotor blades. I looked around and saw no one else in the aircraft; I<br />
appeared to be by myself. I unbuckled from my seat and climbed to the ground within the cargo compartment.<br />
Thoughts began to race through my mind: was the aircraft going to explode, where were the other three crew<br />
members, was one of them pinned under the helicopter? At this point I realized that it was a good idea to try to<br />
shut down the engine. I climbed back between the pilot’s seats and frantically tried to shut down it down, but in<br />
my shock I couldn’t put the necessary sequence together to silence it. I climbed out of the wreck. I was still<br />
worried about the door gunners and was yelling at the grunts that were standing nearby and watching all this to<br />
help me try to find my missing crew. Someone put his hand on my shoulder and yelled in my ear that the crew<br />
was safe and standing nearby. Once again my attention was directed to the still running engine. I climbed on top<br />
of the wreck and attempted to disconnect a fuel line in order to shut it down. Thank God I was not able to do<br />
such a foolish thing. While I vainly struggled with the fuel line another helicopter landed nearby and one of its<br />
pilots came over, climbed into the cockpit of my aircraft and shut down the engine. As I climbed off the wrecked<br />
helicopter I felt overwhelmed with disbelief and regret. A young aviator who had only a few minutes before felt<br />
so proud and confident was now reduced to a total fool.<br />
A few hours later I was standing at attention in front of my commanding officer’s desk with LeMaster at<br />
my side. There was no justifiable reason for hitting that tree. It was pure and simple pilot error on our parts.<br />
That afternoon a Chinook helicopter slung my wrecked machine back to Quan Loi and deposited it at<br />
the end of the runway…near the officer’s club. I spent some time standing and looking at my mistake trying to<br />
find absolution for my misfortune. Finding none, I removed a small plate off the pilot’s collective stick, as a<br />
souvenir, and returned to Bravo Company and secluded myself in my living area for the rest of the day.<br />
Things would get worse.<br />
THE BRIDGE<br />
It had been a very long day. My helicopter was a wreck lying at the end of the airfield, my self esteem was<br />
destroyed, my efforts of the prior five months in Vietnam seemed all for nothing. What better way to end it than<br />
to go to the officer’s club and try to drown my misery? Mike Almgren joined Mike LeMaster and me for an<br />
evening of serious drinking. The hours passed and the alcohol had its desired effect. Before we knew it the time<br />
had come to close up and return to the company area, go to bed, and put this unfortunate day to rest.<br />
There were no street lights or lighted paths at Quan Loi. The club was about a mile from Bravo’s area and<br />
the road between the two somewhat unfamiliar. A group of us, LeMaster and I in the lead, carelessly walked<br />
along in the darkness. We could not see one step in front of us. Suddenly, something tripped LeMaster and me<br />
at knee level. I felt myself falling forward toward the ground; but when I expected to hit the ground I instead kept<br />
falling into the darkness. I landed on my head and shoulder with a painful jolt and lost consciousness. When I<br />
awoke a short time later I found myself lying in mud. My head and right shoulder throbbed with pain. As it<br />
happened LeMaster and I had walked directly off the road, at a corner, and tripped on a short bridge wall, falling<br />
over it, we dropped about six feet into a drainage ditch. Everyone was laughing except me. <br />
The next hour was spent in the medic’s tent where after an examination it was determined that I had suffered<br />
a mild concussion and a broken right collar bone. I was lucky I hadn’t broken my neck.<br />
The next day found me lying in my cot with a very sore shoulder and terrible headache. I could expect to be<br />
grounded for at least a month. I was doomed to have nothing to do but convalesce and ponder my failure as a<br />
pilot. Every morning my brothers in arms would rise and go off to fly while I sat in my living area with nothing to<br />
do but hate my life and choke on dust.<br />
During a soldier’s tour in Vietnam a short leave was allowed. This was called R&R (rest & recuperation).<br />
There were restrictions on where you could travel to. As I recall the choices were limited to selected locations<br />
near or in Southeast Asia. Married men could go to Hawaii to meet their wives, but the single men went to<br />
places like Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Sidney. The army transported you to the location you selected<br />
amongst the available choices. After four days you were transported back to Vietnam.<br />
Letter to home dated shortly after November 7, 1968<br />
“Just a short note to ask you to please send me a money order for $500. I just put in for a leave and I<br />
will need the money. Please try to hurry since I will be departing shortly after the twentieth of the month.” My only hope of retaining my sanity was to take my R&R and get the hell out of Vietnam.<br />
R&R<br />
There is one strong desire on a young man’s mind that has been deprived of female companionship for<br />
over five months, and been living under conditions of hardship and danger. Moving beyond that, R&R gave<br />
ample opportunity to spend what money was left shopping, dining and enjoying the sights of a big city. The hotel<br />
was a trip to Heaven. This was the first hot shower, regular bed, and flush toilet I had seen since I had left the<br />
USA five months earlier. The food tasted as if it came from the Gods. <br />
Letter to home dated December 8, 1968<br />
“Well, it’s back to Vietnam tomorrow. Needless to say I had a good time in Hong Kong and I think I<br />
bought some goodies for some good prices.<br />
You should receive my tailor made cloths in the mail fairly soon. The three piece super worsted suit cost<br />
me sixty five dollars, the cashmere wool sport coat was thirty eight dollars, and the worsted slacks were fifteen<br />
dollars each.<br />
I also bought a 35mm Minolta SRT101 with a F1.4 lens, an electronic flash, and a Rokkor 1:4 F=135mm<br />
telephoto lens. These three items plus the cases for the camera and telephoto lens cost me one hundred and<br />
eighty dollars.<br />
I also bought a Seiko watch for twenty eight dollars.<br />
I am enclosing a photo of me a friend took while we were on a tour. I am going on another tour this<br />
afternoon which will take us past the Red Border.<br />
I received the money you wired me about eighteen hours after I called you. Thank you very much. I<br />
believe I will have enough left over to be able to send some back to you when I return to my unit.<br />
So all in all I had a good time and I believe I will be ready to go back to the nitty gritty and finish my six<br />
months and days that I have left in Vietnam.”<br />
<br />
My R&R served its intended purpose; my inner tension was relieved somewhat. I would return to Bravo<br />
Company ready to try to pick up the pieces of my career and carry on.<br />
I was forgiven my accident by the Army and put back onto active flight status when I was physically able. I<br />
put my accident behind me and found myself flying again on a regular basis. It was December of 1968 and I had<br />
about one hundred and eighty days remaining in Vietnam. The next six months would be the most intense of my<br />
tour. It was my turn to help take the helm from those before me.<br />
My adversity had served to mature me; I was no longer a carelessly confident young pilot.<br />
DAY IN THE LIFE<br />
By mid December of 1968 the Cav was well entrenched in its new area of operations. Bravo Company was<br />
settled into Quan Loi. I was back in the cockpit as an aircraft commander. Bob Hope was touring Vietnam. I<br />
recall the Christmas season to be very depressing. Most of us received packages from home, but there was little<br />
Christmas spirit. It was flying as usual.<br />
Of course, there was a routine to be followed. The routine started in the evening. Before almost everyone<br />
had gone to bed, the staff in operations would receive orders for the next day’s flight requirements. Operations<br />
would then assign aircraft and crews to the specific missions. For the most part there were three types: log<br />
(supply, etc.), air assault (movement of troops), and command and control (flying commanding officers in and<br />
around the operational area). There were other types of assignments such as psychological warfare, night<br />
reconnaissance, but the basic three mentioned above were the most common. Normally you would go to bed<br />
knowing what aircraft you would be flying and with whom.<br />
The day started with an operation’s orderly making the rounds waking us up. You would dress in your fire<br />
resistant nomex flight suite, lace up your boots, strap on your sidearm, grab your flight helmet and nomex, and head to the mess hall. Hot coffee and breakfast was wolfed down there. On the way out to the helicopters we<br />
stopped by operations and received last minute instructions and information concerning the day’s mission. This<br />
included things like the radio frequencies we needed, who we were supporting, and where we were going. The<br />
crews would then meet at their aircraft for preflight. During the preflight the helicopters cowlings were opened<br />
allowing inspection of fluid levels and all critical mechanical parts subject to failure. When the inspection was<br />
completed and all appeared well, the aircraft log book was signed by the aircraft commander attesting to his<br />
willingness to take the machine into the air.<br />
Besides the two pilots the crew consisted of two enlisted men. One was the crew chief who was a helicopter<br />
mechanic. Each helicopter in the company had a crew chief assigned to it. The crew chief would perform the<br />
required maintenance on his machine besides flying with it all day as a door gunner. The other enlisted man<br />
was a door gunner who would assist the crew chief during the day. It was not uncommon for door gunners to be<br />
second tour grunts who wanted to fly as crew members on the helicopters they themselves had been<br />
passengers on during their prior tour in Vietnam. During the preflight all four crew members would see that all<br />
was in order and ready to go for the day ahead. The door guns (M-60 machine guns) were mounted on their<br />
stands and crew members put on their armor chest protectors, helmets and gloves. The pilots strapped<br />
themselves in their armor seats and at the appointed time hollered "CLEAR" and started the Lycoming T-53<br />
engine.<br />
After the engine was started the rotor blades began to turn. The generator was turned on, then the radios.<br />
Contact was established with operations and any other aircraft that may be flying the same mission. When all<br />
was ready, and everybody had checked in, we would lift out of our parking revetments, amidst a cloud of dust,<br />
and hover out to the runway and align ourselves in the prearranged order, one behind the other. The flight<br />
leader was in front and his call sign was yellow one. The ship behind him was yellow two and so forth. At the<br />
time when the Yellow Flight was all in position a radio call was made to the control tower. The tower operator<br />
would clear us for departure. Anyone not flying who was still in the company area would be besieged with the<br />
howling and thumping of all the running helicopters as well as a good dusting from the rotor wash.<br />
Of the three most common mission types the combat assault was often the most demanding and dangerous.<br />
A combat assault flight could consist of multiple helicopters, the number of which depended on the mission.<br />
Massive troop movements would combine many flights to total thirty or more helicopters, but normally a flight<br />
would consist of four to six aircraft. Each aircraft would have an assigned position in the flight. Yellow one would<br />
be the flight leader and yellow six in a flight of six would be called "tail end charlie." Each position would be<br />
responsible for some duty such as contacting artillery for flight clearance into target areas, or maintaining<br />
communications with operations at some level. All the aircraft would have an assigned position in whatever<br />
formation the flight flew. Formations could change depending on the size and shape of the landing zone.<br />
For any combat assault we would arrive at an appointed pickup zone where the grunt unit would be waiting in<br />
full combat gear. As the slicks landed the grunts would board (about six per aircraft) and when all was ready the<br />
flight would launch in mass, heading for the landing zone.<br />
The landing zone was often being worked over by artillery while the flight flew toward it. The flight would<br />
normally be joined by helicopter gun ships that would cover from the rear during the first approach. About one<br />
minute prior to arrival at the landing zone, artillery would send a white phosphorus round into the LZ indicating<br />
the last shell had been fired. On short final into the landing zone the door gunners would begin cover fire with<br />
their M-60s while the gun ships would rake the perimeter from behind with rocket fire. When the slick’s skids<br />
touched ground the grunts would jump out and seek cover. Ideally as yellow one started to depart the LZ tail<br />
end charlie would be ready to follow. Some of the LZs were large enough to accommodate the entire flight;<br />
others required that only a portion of the flight could land at one time. The sequence of events I just described<br />
would be complicated greatly if there was hostile fire directed at the troops or slicks. Everyone was very<br />
vulnerable despite all the firepower. It was during this phase of an insertion that helicopters could easily be shot<br />
down by determined enemy troops who survived the onslaught long enough to shoot back. As the slicks raced<br />
back to the pickup zone for the next load of grunts the thirty or so who remained on the landing zone were<br />
vulnerable should they come under attack. Their protection would be the gun ships remaining overhead and the<br />
artillery who was always on the ready to resume firing into the area should it be required. In the meanwhile, the<br />
formation would race back with the next load of grunts, drop them off and return for another load until the entire<br />
unit was in place at the landing zone. If all was well at this point the flight would fly back to base for fuel and<br />
either go off on another assault or standby as required.<br />
Once in position the grunts would begin to carry on with their patrol. They would often stay in the field for<br />
days at a time and would require support from slicks flying log missions. Flying logl missions was much different than combat assaults. Generally you flew as a single ship and were<br />
responsible for all communications and navigation. Your mission was to fly people, food, ammunition, and water<br />
back and forth between the grunts in the field and their support base.<br />
Command and control missions were for the most part boring days. I dreaded them. Most of the work<br />
required was simply to orbit overhead while an assault or extraction was taking place with a commanding officer<br />
and his assistants working radios in back coordinating the missions.<br />
Lunch was often taken out of a can while sitting in or near the helicopter. During slack periods, one might<br />
even catch a few winks as best as one could in the shade of the aircraft.<br />
At days end it was back to the Bravo Company area where a hot dinner, a cold shower, and maybe some<br />
beer or soda waited. Drinking to excess was not uncommon. Drug use was not evident though I have little doubt<br />
some people snuck off and tried to escape from the stress that way. Normally, the evening was spent visiting,<br />
writing letters to home, or reading. Sometimes the evenings grew a bit loud with music from someone’s stereo.<br />
Every evening I would fill in another slot on my "short timers’ calendar." There were three hundred and sixty five<br />
slots to be filled. There was always much talk of home and what we were going to do upon our return to the real<br />
world, "The States." My parents saved some of my letters and I ended up with them some years later. It is<br />
interesting to note how much time I spent writing about the car I was going to buy when I returned from Vietnam.<br />
It was a very common interest to me and most of my friends to spend much time trying to decide what type of<br />
automobile we would purchase when we got back home. Most of us gravitated towards names like GTO,<br />
Firebird, and 442 (that is what I ended up buying). Before turning in for the night we would walk to operations<br />
and check the next day’s mission board and see what was in the works for us. Another day had passed and the<br />
next was waiting.<br />
Stress management was awfully important. There were times when the stress got to us all. Christmas<br />
Eve was such a time. I became very upset with my tent mates when they celebrated the Yule Tide Season in<br />
our tent while caring little of the fact that I was on the board for an early flight the next morning. To use the<br />
vernacular and say “I lost it with them” would be an understatement. My anger progressed to rage. People came<br />
into our tent to see what the fuss was all about. I screamed at them as well. Everyone fled and left me alone<br />
while I regained control of myself. <br />
I managed to ruin the Christmas party, and spirit, with my angry Scrooge rendition. <br />
Letter to home dated January 5, 1969<br />
“Well, I just counted up the days and I found that I have one hundred and forty five days remaining in<br />
Southeast Asia. Time still seems to be going fast.<br />
Thank you for all the Christmas presents. “<br />
SOME EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS IN BRAVO COMPANY<br />
A low flying helicopter was a tempting target for small arms fire. Normally, if one stayed above three<br />
thousand feet small arms fire was not effective. There were times, however, when this strategy did not work for<br />
us. Larger caliber guns on the ground, or the necessity to fly at times lower than three thousand feet would<br />
expose us to effective ground fire. Should a tracer round penetrate our helicopter’s fuel cell, located beneath the<br />
cargo compartment deck, there was a good chance of fire. There was really no way to put the fire out; we did<br />
not wear parachutes. The only recourse was to attempt to get the helicopter on the ground before the fire<br />
consumed everyone. One of Bravo’s pilots was transferred to another unit. While there he had a fuel cell fire.<br />
Before he could get the aircraft on the ground most of the people on board had jumped to their deaths or were<br />
burned to death. <br />
Another Bravo aviator seemed to draw more than his fair share of trouble. One night he was involved in a<br />
supply mission to some grunts that were engaged and needed more ammunition. His helicopter was in the<br />
process of landing, in complete darkness, when it was hit by a hail of small arms fire, all hell broke loose. One<br />
round entered the other pilot’s helmet and blew it off his head, more rounds pounded into the machine causing<br />
an engine failure. They crashed. All of the crew spent that night in the jungle learning first hand what it was like<br />
to be a grunt under attack from enemy ground troops. Some months later our same friend was struck by an AK-47 round in his lower leg. He was bleeding to death,<br />
but fast action by the crew chief and door gunner saved him by their pulling the pilot out of his seat and applying<br />
a tourniquet on his leg.<br />
Almgren and I visited our friend in the hospital in Saigon. Lying next to him was a young soldier, heavily<br />
sedated, with no arms or legs. Our friend himself was under considerable medication, but considering all, doing<br />
well. He had serious damage to his leg and was going to be flown to Japan for reconstructive surgery. The<br />
doctors had, at one point, told him that he may lose his lower leg. The response: "If it means I get out of this<br />
place then take my leg!" The leg stayed on. I could not get out of the hospital fast enough.<br />
PSYOPS<br />
Psychological Operations, PSYOPS for short, was an attempt to persuade NVA and VC (Viet Cong) troops to<br />
give themselves up. On a PSYOPS mission we would mount loudspeakers and a tape player on the helicopter<br />
and broadcast messages explaining how disenchanted troops could surrender themselves. We also dropped<br />
leaflets containing the same message. I did not care for PSYOPS missions. I found them boring and dangerous.<br />
I certainly did not care for flying around below three thousand feet making a target of myself while trying to sell<br />
the enemy an idea they did not want to hear.<br />
The day had been as boring as I expected it would be as we flew about, speakers blasting and leaflets<br />
flying. Below an American grunt company was dug in. They called us on the radio and explained they had a<br />
problem. Apparently, the night before, they had come under attack and had lost one man. During the fire-fight a<br />
VC was also killed. The VC’s body lay a few hundred yards from their perimeter. As the day wore on the grunts<br />
noticed more Vietnamese in the vicinity of the corpse. The grunts attempted to chase away or kill the individuals<br />
they saw, but with no success. They were growing nervous and agitated with the combination of the activity in<br />
the air and on the ground. I received an order on the radio to engage the individuals in question with our door<br />
guns. The loud speakers were shut off and the M-60s started to blaze away. Once the Vietnamese realized<br />
what was happening they started to run while machine gun rounds struck the dirt all around them. They ran until<br />
they were exhausted. We descended until it was possible to see that the Vietnamese were unarmed, and<br />
women. They had stopped trying to escape and just turned to face us. We did not fire anymore.<br />
DEATH OF A FRIEND<br />
Most of the army helicopter pilots in Vietnam were warrant officers. Warrants had very little military training in<br />
command of troops. As a result many of us took our flying a bit more seriously than many RLOs (real live<br />
officers) who had other duties. Since I held the rank of warrant officer I was not considered qualified by the army<br />
to lead or command other than as an aircraft commander.<br />
As the months passed I became more senior amongst Bravo’s pilots. My flying skills improved to the point<br />
that I was ready for more responsibility. Since the company needed pilots to serve extra duties it was normally<br />
the responsibility of a warrant officer to serve as the company instructor pilot (IP). I was asked to become the<br />
company IP.<br />
Letter to home dated February 5, 1969<br />
“Well, once again I am grounded, only this time it is for a different reason. It appears that since I have<br />
flown over one hundred and forty hours during the past thirty days I am required to take three days off. I think it<br />
is a good idea. I needed the rest.<br />
Good news. I am going to become an instructor pilot for our company. I will be giving ninety day check<br />
rides to all the pilots and in-country check rides to the new people. Needless to say I am proud of myself since<br />
not everybody makes I.P. while in Vietnam; however, just about everyone becomes one back in the States.”<br />
My job as an IP required that I become more familiar with the UH-1. I would be giving company check rides<br />
to all pilots and would be required to insure that they knew the limitations, systems, and procedures of the<br />
aircraft we all flew. It was also necessary to develop skills in emergency procedures such as engine and hydraulic failures. It was a good thing for me as a pilot to hone these skills in any case. I felt good about being<br />
an IP.<br />
One of my new duties was to give check rides for aircraft commander (AC). The check ride for this<br />
endorsement would normally be a full day in length during which the applicant would demonstrate that he was<br />
ready for those responsibilities.<br />
I was also given the extra duty of Safety Officer. Perhaps the CO (commanding officer) felt that as a result of<br />
my accident I had developed into one of the more safety conscious pilots, making me a good choice for the job.<br />
The position required little other than to remind everyone of safety by conducting meetings on the subject and to<br />
observe daily operations...looking for safety transgressions. I took this extra duty seriously also.<br />
Mike LeMaster had done a lot of flying since our accident. He had become a candidate for AC by virtue of his<br />
time in country and hours flown. He had a few questionable habits as a pilot and had been given the unkind<br />
nickname of "Bore Sight." It was a topic of discussion whether or not Mike was ready to be trusted with the<br />
responsibilities of commanding a helicopter in Vietnam. Mike felt very adamant that he was ready and should be<br />
given a chance to prove himself. It was my job as the company instructor to make that decision. <br />
The check ride did not progress very well. Mike’s flying skills had come a long way since our accident, but on<br />
this day he had done a few things wrong that concerned me. In all fairness he was under a lot of pressure. Not<br />
only was he the target of peer criticism but he was flying with me---the guy riding next to him when he had flown<br />
into a tree a few months earlier. All this aside, I was preparing myself to give Mike a thumbs down on this day.<br />
Maybe in a few more weeks he would be ready, but not yet.<br />
I think Mike new what I felt as we flew along at three thousand feet, but he said nothing. I was flying the<br />
helicopter when suddenly our engine failed. I lowered the collective stick and entered autorotation and told Mike<br />
to get on the radios and call Mayday! There was a very large rice patty within glide distance and we auto rotated<br />
safely to it. As I maneuvered the helicopter Mike worked the radios feverishly. We touched down and came to a<br />
stop. My recent practice with power failures had paid off. Meanwhile the rotor blades had barely come to a stop<br />
when an air force jet fighter began to orbit us at low altitude. He was soon joined by numerous other aircraft. If<br />
there was a Viet Cong wanting to take a shot at us he must have thought better of it. I was amazed at how many<br />
aircraft had responded to Mike’s radio calls for help. He had performed admirably to say the least.<br />
I gave Mike LeMaster thumbs up on his AC check ride.<br />
Not long after the engine failure I conducted a safety meeting. The topic for the night was the proper fit of our<br />
flight helmets. I invited an army flight surgeon to discuss the subject. We were all asked to put on our flight<br />
helmets and allow the doctor to inspect all of our fits. One man, a first lieutenant, was singled out by the doctor<br />
as having a perfect fitting helmet. All the rest of us failed. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to<br />
adjusting helmet straps and pads. I felt the meeting was constructive.<br />
My efforts as an aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and safety officer were draining me. It was during this<br />
time period that I did a great part of my one thousand hours of the flying I would eventually do while in Vietnam.<br />
I needed a rest. I was sent to Vung Tau for a few days. Vung Tau was a coastal town used for in country R&Rs.<br />
For me it was a boring place, but it was restful and that was what I needed...rest. I remember drinking beer,<br />
eating pizza...little else. I began looking forward to returning to duty.<br />
Letter to home dated April 3, 1969<br />
“Fifty six days today. I am starting to get the short timers shakes. I am still flying almost every day and I<br />
will probably continue doing so until I leave.<br />
I received m orders. I am going to Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.”<br />
Letter to home dated April 28, 1969<br />
“They say the offensive is over but I tend to disagree. The Cav has been hit pretty hard during the past<br />
week. I won’t be going into details. You can find those in the papers. I am trying to fly as little as possible, but<br />
that still puts me up every other day. So it looks like my last month here is going to be an interesting one.<br />
Good news. My C.O. has given me a three day R&R in country. I will be spending it on the coast at<br />
Vung Tau. It should be a good break from the old routine. It will start on the third of May. I will see you in thirty one days!”<br />
The accident occurred on May 4, 1968.<br />
Upon my return to Bravo Company I learned that we had lost two aircraft in a mid-air collision while I<br />
had been away. All eight crewmembers had perished...among them Mike LeMaster and the first lieutenant with<br />
the perfect fitting helmet. The helmet was found still on his head despite him having been decapitated.<br />
The loss of my friends had a depressing effect on me. Vietnam stopped being an adventure; it became<br />
a morbid ordeal that I had to endure. This was not the first time I encountered death during my time in Vietnam,<br />
but it was the first time it visited my family. I knew most of the eight crewmembers well; their passing was felt<br />
deeply by all of us who remained in Bravo.<br />
I had twenty five days remaining in Vietnam.<br />
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MOST CAME HOME---SOME DID NOT<br />
<br />
I had passed into the last phase of my Vietnam experience...I was getting very close to going home. A very<br />
“short timer”. <br />
The date was May 11, 1968. I was on one of my last flights. It had been an uneventful day and my crew and I<br />
were thinking of going home and notching another day off the calendars.<br />
I don’t know what kind of day WO1 Jim Gilbert and Sergeant Paul Rodriquez had been having as they flew<br />
their OH-6 scout helicopter. I bet both men had a short timer’s calendar and dreamed of a new car upon their<br />
return home. I would never have the honor of meeting them.<br />
Late in the afternoon both of our aircraft were contacted by operations. A grunt unit was under heavy attack<br />
and running short of ammunition. We were needed to fly in more. The LZ would be hot and too small to land in.<br />
It would be necessary to fly the cargo in externally, which meant that our slick would be a sitting duck as it<br />
hovered with an external load. The Gilbert and Rodriquez would go in first and attempt to draw attention away<br />
from us as we delivered the load onto the drop point. <br />
Upon initial radio contact with the grunt unit we were advised from which direction to approach from in order<br />
to avoid known enemy positions. The OH-6 scout would be in the lead, helping provide cover fire for us. We<br />
made the approach in while the scout flew ahead. After dropping off the load we did a one hundred and eighty<br />
degree pedal turn, pulled in maximum power and departed the way we had come in without taking any hits.<br />
Gilbert and Rodriquez were not so lucky; their machine was shot down and exploded in flames. Both men died.<br />
In about eighteen days I would be going home. Those grunts we helped had enough ammunition to ward off<br />
the attack. WO1 James Gilbert and Sergeant Paul Rodriquez are enshrined on the "Wall" in Washington. I do<br />
not ever visit the “Wall” without paying respects to them.<br />
<br />
MAY 29, 1969<br />
On May 29, 1969 CW2 Paul Kearns found himself sitting amongst a group of homeward bound short timers<br />
at Saigon’s airport waiting to board the "Freedom Bird" for the trip home. I was a different young man than had<br />
arrived three hundred and sixty five days earlier, much older in some ways, still very young in others. My age<br />
was twenty two.<br />
While we waited to board, another plane arrived and disembarked a group of FNG’s, most of whom had<br />
three hundred and sixty five days remaining in Vietnam. A loud cheer erupted from us short timers.<br />
Not long after, another loud cheer erupted as our Freedom Bird lifted off the runway and headed east, the<br />
dust and smoke of Vietnam sinking behind us. <br />
EPILOGE<br />
My life was profoundly affected by my experience in Vietnam, and by the country that awaited me upon my<br />
return. Most Vietnam veterans found no parade when they returned. Our country was being torn apart by the<br />
war in Vietnam. The veterans of it found little praise. Instead we found contempt and pity. Politically, Vietnam was the first war that America lost. At such a young age it was difficult to separate myself from the political war<br />
awaiting me after returning from the real war. People who had not served, and did not understand, ridiculed my<br />
pride for what I had survived and accomplished. It would be some years before I was able to put many of those<br />
ghosts from that part of my life in their proper place, and regain a sense of balance and understanding. And<br />
yes... pride.<br />
America would struggle in Vietnam for 6 more years after my return home. The last news image of the war I<br />
remember is of a helicopter evacuating South Vietnamese from the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon to<br />
American ships waiting off shore. I was no longer in the Army. I had recently married and was working as a<br />
civilian helicopter pilot when America extracted itself from Vietnam.<br />
May the more than 58,000 Americans and uncounted hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese who died in that<br />
war rest in peace, and may the rest of us who came home not forget them.<br />
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<span class="maintext_large">by Gerry J. Gilmore<br />American Forces Press Service</span><br />
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<span class="maintext_large">6/8/2007 - <b>WASHINGTON (AFPN)</b> -- An award-winning Air Force photographer routinely braved bullets and bombs to tell the military's story through the lenses of his cameras to be named the Defense Department's Military Photographer of the Year for 2007.<br /><br />Combat photographer Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Lock also earned that honor in 2002 and 2005 as he has photographed U.S. servicemembers in action during multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.<br /><br />The 15-year Air Force veteran is assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Combat camera photographers document military operations from around the world, and their photos are routinely viewed by senior Pentagon leaders, Sergeant Lock said.<br /><br />"We're the eyes and ears of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," he said.<br /><br />Sergeant Lock's photos have appeared in major publications, including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. His photos also are featured in the book titled, "A Day in the Life of the United States' Armed Forces," along with work by 125 of the world's-best photojournalists.<br /><br />"A good photo will tell the whole story in a split-second of a frame," Sergeant Lock said. "It leaves a lasting impression and will be etched into your mind."<br /><br />Combat photographers "are pretty much given free rein" wherever they're sent, the 36-year-old said. Working in Iraq last summer, Sergeant Lock took photos of military operations in Mosul and Ramadi.<br /><br />"We go and search out stories" to photograph, the Dayton, Ohio, native said, noting that combat photographers are normally paired with military combat videographers and embedded with units as they perform their missions.<br /><br />Sergeant Lock employs two Nikon D2X digital cameras, one fitted with a wide-angle lens, the other with a telephoto, when he photographs combat-zone actions of U.S. servicemembers during "patrols, raids, whatever."<br /><br />One of Sergeant Lock's most poignant photos among his award-winning portfolio was taken in Iraq in August 2006. The image depicts a grimacing Iraqi citizen sprawled across a Ramadi street. The Iraqi was caught in the middle of a firefight between U.S. troops and insurgents, he said.<br /><br />"We really don't know who shot him," Sergeant Lock said. "We did a traffic control stop, and right before we mounted up, one of our Soldiers took a bullet to the back and we got into a gunfight. After searching houses, this guy was found lying wounded on his side."<br /><br />The Iraqi had been hit in the hip, Sergeant Lock said, noting the injured man received medical treatment by U.S. medics and survived. The wounded Iraqi's photo was intentionally taken from an angle, he said.<br /><br />"I just tried to show the viewer something different than what the normal eye would see," the veteran photographer said.<br /><br />Sergeant Lock carries a 9 mm Beretta automatic pistol along with his Nikons, "so that when we're put on a team with the Army, Marines and special forces, we become an asset, not a hindrance." Combat troops and their photographers take turns "watching each others' backs," he said.<br /><br />Sergeant Lock said he has been shot at "quite a few times" during his war-zone tours, but has emerged unscathed. He said his blood pressure rises during such situations.<br />During firefights, "adrenalin starts rushing, and your training kicks in," he said. "I tend not to be scared until the night before a mission or just afterward."<br /><br />Despite the danger, combat photographers have "the best job in the military," Sergeant Lock said.<br /><br />"If I want to go flying in a plane one day, I can do that. If I want to go ride in a tank the next day, I can do that," he said. "We have the freedom to be creative and tell stories about many, many people."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.af.mil/letters/letter_submit.asp?type=1&from=241" style="color: #28497e; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Comment on this story</a> <em>(comments may be published on Air Force Link)</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.af.mil/letters" style="color: #28497e; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Click here to view the comments/letters page</a></span></td></tr>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - The US is "mad as hell" over the rash of green-on-blue attacks it's facing in Afghanistan, the top US commander there says, even as a fresh attack today killed 14 people in the country's east. "We're going to get after this," Gen. John Allen... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/155000/suicide-attack-on-afghan-nato-patrol-kills-14.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl00_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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BUT WASHINGTON HASN'T YET TRANSFERRED ALL DETAINEES</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - As the US continues prepping for a complete transfer of responsibilities in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Washington today handed formal control of the controversial Bagram prison over to Kabul. Formally known as Parwan Detention Facility, the country's only large US-run prison is located next to the Bagram... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/153753/us-hands-bagram-prison-to-afghanistan.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl08_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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SIX AFGHANS ARE KILLED IN KABUL</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(AP)</span> - A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital today, killing six civilians in a strike that targeted the heart of the US-led military operation in the country. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, the latest in a series of attacks carried out by... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/153674/afghan-suicide-bomber-strikes-near-nato-hq.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl09_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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...IN RESPONSE TO 'GREEN-ON-BLUE' ATTACKS</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - Afghanistan said it would do something about the explosion in "green-on-blue" attacks, and it looks like it's made good on its word. The Defense Ministry today announced that hundreds of troops have been detained or eliminated from the military. No exact numbers were given, nor were any Taliban...<a href="http://www.newser.com/story/153493/afghanistan-wipes-hundreds-from-its-ranks.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl10_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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WITH 'GREEN-ON-BLUE' ATTACKS RISING, COALITION PAUSES TO RE-VET RECRUITS</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - With NATO forces in Afghanistan struggling to stop attacks from their own allies, training for all new recruits has been suspended while the 27,000 Afghan troops who work with the coalition can be re-screened for insurgency ties, reports the<em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Washington Post</em> . So far this year, so-called "green-on-blue" attacks... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/153298/rocked-by-friendly-attacks-nato-yanks-afghan-training.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl11_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - Despite having 68,000 Americans serving in Afghanistan, Mitt Romney made no mention about the war in his acceptance speech Thursday evening, earning him a harsh rebuke from conservative Bill Kristol in the <em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Weekly Standard</em> . "Leave aside the question of the political wisdom of Romney's silence, and the...<a href="http://www.newser.com/story/153273/romney-was-wrong-to-ignore-troops-war.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl12_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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ANOTHER 2 AUSTRALIANS DIE IN BLACK HAWK CRASH</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - Yet another "insider attack" made yesterday the deadliest day of 2012 for Australian forces in Afghanistan. Three Aussie soldiers were killed by somebody in an Afghan National Army uniform at a base in the southern province of Uruzgan, reports Reuters . Defense officials had no further details on the shooting—... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/153108/3-aussies-killed-in-afghan-insider-attack.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl13_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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BUT NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR SERVICEMEN</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - Six soldiers and three Marines who infuriated Afghans and sparked riots in a pair of high-profile incidents will not face criminal charges, the military says. The soldiers who accidentally burned some 100 Korans have received administrative punishments instead, including potentially career-ending letters of reprimand, <em style="font-style: oblique; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stripes</em> reports. The Marines who were... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/152935/troops-punished-for-burning-korans-urinating-on-dead.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl14_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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10 AFGHAN TROOPS DEAD IN SEPARATE INCIDENT</h3>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - Two more US troops were killed in Afghanistan by an Afghan soldier today, and while this brings the number of Americans killed at their colleagues' hands in August to 12, Afghan officials say these deaths were actually accidental. An Afghan army rep tells the AP that US and Afghan soldiers... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/152865/afghan-troops-kill-allies-other-afghans-in-2-attacks.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl15_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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<span class="source" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">(NEWSER)</span> - Afghanistan is promising to step up its scrutiny of its own security forces following a surge in "green on blue" attacks. Insider attacks have killed nine US service members in the last 12 days and Afghan officials say nearly 200 new intelligence officers have been assigned to go undercover... <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/152498/afghanistan-boosts-spying-on-own-troops.html" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_StoryList1_RepeaterLinks_ctl16_HyperLinkMore" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><nobr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More »</nobr></a></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">How I miss you so, as I sit in this Foreign Land so far away. When I think of all the Joy you have brought to my life, I thank God for you. I stay awake at night and Pray, that I will live through this horriffic war and come home to you! My life is nothing without you. You are the Sunshine in my Day and the Moonlight in my Night. My life would be total Darkness. There is Evil in this land and, it Surrounds us! We live in constant Fear. Bullets stream by our heads as the Firefights become more Frequent, bringing us Hell on Earth! The rain over here; seems,to never stop. The ground is so Saturated that, we sink deeper with every step we take! We actually lost a </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.984848022460938px;">Sheridan</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> last week; sunk so deep, that we had to </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.984848022460938px;">destroy</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> so not to let it fall into Enemy hands. The Air Reeks with the Stench of Death and sickens you! The Heat is so Great, that you take a warm Shower in the Rain. If you stay in the Sun without a Helmet, your Brain will Fry! My Darling, I Fear I will not make it through this War! If I don’t, Always Remember that my Love for you, was Greater than All the Stars in the Heavens and my Life was Better for it! You are my Every Reason for Living and, if I do make it Home, it will be because of you. Well my Love, we are on the move again so, I will write again soon. Remember I Love you with All of my Life and, Every Breath I take is for You!</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Doc Dentice & Diane Carlson Evans (Founder of the Vietnam Womens Memorial)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">Best Friends Forever............................</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">Doc & Diane worked together on many events leading to the</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">He supported Diane with the 1st edition of the Vietnam Womens Memorial</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">Doc, I encountered your wonderful <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.war-veterans.org/Angels.htm#" id="FALINK_2_0_2" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">website</a></nobr> in research to <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.war-veterans.org/Angels.htm#" id="FALINK_1_0_0" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">build a</a></nobr> list of Women</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">who would be interested in a 2011 Veterans Day Cruise.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">I am a retired Army Nurse Corps Officer living in Denver Colorado.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">I was on active duty from '69-'91 and</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">spent a tour at the 95th Evac in Danang from '71-'72.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">I am putting together a cruise for Women Vietnam Vets that will leave</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"><span style="color: white;">303-618-3455</span></span></b><br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.licensedpracticalnurse.com/resources/life-in-the-army-nurse-corps/">LIFE IN THE ARMY NURSE CORPS</a></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">We've had an extraordinary journey together since Vietnam.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">265,000 women served around the world during the Vietnam Era. Some of us went to Vietnam.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">All of us went when we were needed and where we were needed.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">After Vietnam, we entered a minefield of challenges and were tested again. The wounds of Vietnam,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">national and privatebecame another battle for us to face -</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: white;">men and women, out of uniform, linked forever.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">"10 Years of Honoring Women's Service to America:</span><br /><img height="250" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/wimpic.gif" width="342" /><br /> </div>
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<a href="http://www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org/intro.html"><img height="43" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/1flaganim.gif" width="100" /></a><br /><img height="30" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/memproj.gif" width="102" /><br /><img height="31" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/legacy.gif" width="444" /><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">The Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation (formerly the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project)</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">is continuing its effort to educate the country about the vital services provided by over 265,000 women, military</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">and civilian, during the Vietnam war and to provide a network of healing and hope. Your donation, large or small,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">will help ensure that an important chapter in America's history continues to be told.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Mail your tax-deductible donation to:</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, Inc.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">1735 Connecticut Ave. NW, 3rd Floor</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Washington, DC 20009</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Toll Free 1.866.822.VWMF (8963)</span></div>
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<span><a href="http://www.powmiaff.org/women_patriots.html">In Honor Of Women Patriots: KIA/POW/MIA Vietnam War</a></span><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">Women veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of the veteran</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">population. There are approximately 1.7 million women veterans. They</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">comprise 6.5 percent of the total veteran population and 6 percent of</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">all veterans who use VA health care services. VA estimates that by 2010</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">women veterans will comprise 10 percent of veterans using VA health care services.</span><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">WHERE AM I?…I am afraid</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Your in the hospital…it's okay…I will stay right here for you</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I don't hurt anymore but it is hard to breathe</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I have given you something to take care of the pain</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Promise me you will stay until I go</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Don't worry…I am here just for you…you're my date tonight</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">Your hair looks like my moms when she pulls her back</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I bet she is very proud of you</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">You smell just like the lemon trees back home</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I am Kathleen, my friends call me Kath</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">My name is Tom but the guys call me Sunshine cause I am from Florida</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">Kath, you're so beautiful</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Thanks, you ain't so bad yourself, you got a girl back home</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">No one special, just friends, I am only 19</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Kath…does it hurt to die? I am seeing a bright light…Kath I don't want to go</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Tommy, it's wonderful where you are going</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">Tommy go in peace my friend</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I am sure am glad I got to know you</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">That's it let it all out, I am here for you, helping you cross over</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Close your eyes follow the light</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I love you Tommy, you are my Sunshine</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">Kerry "Doc" Pardue</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">June 16, 2004</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;">SHARON LANE,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">The All-American Girl</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">She came to Vietnam not to fight or warrior to be</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">but to serve a higher purpose across the sea.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">She knew the hurt, the pain, the dying</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Sharon came to heal them and to stop the crying.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">With purpose in her steps, she made her rounds</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">To give hope to soldier and to turn his frown upside down.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Whether it be the boy from back home or the Viet Cong</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">She did her job with care--she knew this is where she belonged.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">She was cut down in the middle of the night</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">A piece of flying metal took her life.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">She died alone</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">So far from home.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Her life was taken from us</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Sharon's presence we still miss.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Let us never forget that freedom has a cost</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Sharon became our hero-our hearts are empty by her loss.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Sharon was the All-American girl</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">She was perfection in an imperfect world.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">©Copyright 2001 by Kerry "Doc" Pardue</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">The Sharon Ann Lane Foundation</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">www.sharonannlanefoundation.org</span><br /> </div>
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<img height="350" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/NursesBaseHospital22.jpg" width="524" /><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>A group photograph of Nurses at Base 22 Hospital taken in France in 1917</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>Base Hospital 22 was formed from Milwaukee County Hospital personal.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span>During World War I, the entire nation was mobilized for service. As in the Civil War and other previous conflicts,</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>women answered the call by volunteering as nurses.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span>Helen Bulovsky was born in Madison in 1895, of immigrant parents. She trained at Madison General Hospital, and after her graduation in October</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>of 1917 practiced as a registered nurse. Bulovsky had a heart defect, which it seems she was aware of, at the point</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>of her enlistment in April 1918. She was assigned to Base Hospital 22.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span> The doctors became officers, but nurses were not given military ranks at this time.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>The staff was then supplemented with soldiers from regular Army sanitation units.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span>Aimee O'Keefe was born on a small farm in St. Croix County in 1889. She trained as a nurse in St. Paul, Minnesota. After being certified she</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>practiced in Los Angeles, California; Lewiston, Montana; and Seattle, Washington. O'Keefe was called to active duty in April, 1917. She was assigned</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>to Base Hospital 50, organized through the University of Washington Hospital.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;"><span>As of the declaration of war on April 16, 1917 the Army Nursing Corps consisted of a mere 235 regulars and 165 reserve members.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>By the end of the war, the ranks of the Nursing Corps would swell to 21,480. The U.S. Army made the decision to employ sanitary personnel</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>at a rate of 7.65%, lower than the recommended 10% of total troop strength. By these calculations, this number of nurses was adequate for an</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>army of 1,000,000 men. The U.S. drafted 4,000,000 men, creating a serious shortage of medical personnel</span></span></b><br /><img height="400" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/BH22Scrapbook2.jpg" width="495" /><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>A page from the Base Hospital 22 scrapbook showing the nurses' daily lives. At the upper left, nurses indulge in some sweets.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>At upper right, two nurses pose in the nurses office, where the scheduling and administration was done. At lower left, Nurse</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>Hoyt assists Dr. Senn in one of the wards. At lower right, nurses make the daily rounds, changing patients' dressings.</span></span></b><br /><img height="250" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/MissKimballsGrave.jpg" width="523" /><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>Some nurses died during service, usually of illnesses such as influenza. Nurse Florence Kimball died on</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>October 21st, 1918 and was buried in the military cemetery at Base Hospital 22. She was 24 years old.</span></span></b><br /><img height="350" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/ThanksgivingDayBH22.jpg" width="498" /><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>The nurses enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at Base Hospital 22.</span></span></b></div>
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<img height="450" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/Leaving4Home.jpg" width="539" /><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>"Today a bunch got newspapers and they think the war will end in a couple of weeks. It certainly won't end any too soon to suit me."</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>– Helen Bulovsky in a letter to her parents, November 9th, 1918. The war ended on November 11th, 1918, a mere two days later.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: white;"><span>A page from the Base Hospital 22 scrapbook, showing the nurses assembled and the trucks moving out when the unit departed for the U.S.</span></span></b><br /><img height="400" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/AimeeOKeefeinUniform.jpg" width="334" /> </div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span>"DOC DENTICE"</span></span><br /><span style="color: white;">I wrote these about the women who served.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You have my permission to display them.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">©Kerry "Doc" Pardue 2003</span><br /><img height="175" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/NamLadies.jpg" width="208" /><br /><img height="250" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/Emily.jpg" width="208" /><br /><span style="color: white;">EMILY (Milwaukee,Wisconsin)</span><br /><span style="color: white;">From one of your guys..</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">In the midst of the 60's</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She found herself confused</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She was challenged to come see and do her part</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">So instead of becoming a part of the problem</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She became part of the solution instead</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She came to make a difference</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">The odd thing about the Vietnam War</span><br /><span style="color: white;">It makes no difference if your male or female</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Soldier or civilian it impacts your soul</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">She bore the risks of combat</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Same as you and me</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She served us all with fidelity</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Some will say she didn't serve</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I will tell them that they are wrong</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She is as much a Veteran -as us all</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Emily, raised in Atlanta</span><br /><span style="color: white;">With her charm and her grace</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Became a Donut Dollie in a far away place</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">She became a beacon of light. she brought us hope</span><br /><span style="color: white;">With her smile and round-eyes</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She took us to another time and place - away from the war</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">She didn't carry a weapon</span><br /><span style="color: white;">She came with fun and games - she did her part</span><br /><span style="color: white;">More importantly she became a part of the soldiers heart</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">As I look back on memories of the past</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I recall with a certain fondness</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Her beauty with a southern voice</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Thanks for doing your part</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You are not forgotten</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You became part of our heart</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">The gal from Georgia-our Donut Dolly</span><br /><span style="color: white;">A soldier's friend indeed</span><br /><span style="color: white;">WELCOME HOME EMILY-my sister.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">WELCOME HOME indeed</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">©Kerry "Doc" Pardue 2003</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">WELCOME HOME MY SISTERS</span><br /><span style="color: white;">(Written to honor the 10th anniversary of the Women's Memorial)</span><br /><span style="color: white;">We are standing here behind the WALL on the other side of life. It has been a long time since we have seen you.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">We are here today to say Thank you once again.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">It is your time today that we stand here waving, cheering, and so proud that you came.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">The time is short so some of us have been selected to say what we all feel.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Thank you for caring and loving us and most of all for just being there.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Mike; I was a Marine, stepped on a mine, during Operation Allenbrook. I lost both legs.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You were my nurse who told me I was going home.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You bathed me, kept me out of pain; you talked to me about beginning a new.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">It was not easy but you gave me hope. Today, I just retired; I have thought of you often…</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I don't even remember your name.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I remember your face… thank you for being there for me, giving me that hope.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Roger; I was killed during a mortar attack, in Plieku. You worked in graves registration.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You made sure all my personal effects made it home to my wife. I was there at night when you cried over all of us.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I know it is hard my sister. Thanks for the prayer for my family and me. Yes, God does care and He remembers you.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Tan, I was a little child in Ban Me Thout, and you cared for me and helped me. I have leprosy.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I was there when they took you away in the middle of the night. I missed your singing to me.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You were my missionary. My daughter has your name.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Tony; my helicopter was shot down in the Plain of Reeds. I was on your burn ward.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You were the Red Cross worker that wrote letters home for me.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I told you that I loved you and you said all the guys said that to you.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You don't understand I still do. It was love at first sight.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I didn't mean to die in my sleep. I miss your smile.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Wayne; I was killed when our base camp got over run at Bihn Phouc.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I remember the times when you came to play games with us. You were our Donut Dolly.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You took my mind off the war, you made me forget. I was from Indiana.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I told you that you reminded me of my girlfriend.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Susan, I was a nurse on Operation Baby lift and we are still caring for the Children.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Thank you for your help in getting the children out and caring for them.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I tried to save them; they took two little ones out of my arms who made it. I am forever thankful.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Johnny, they called me "lucky" 'cause you pointed to me to come dance with you on stage</span><br /><span style="color: white;">of the Bob Hope Show in Dong Tam. Thanks Ann Margaret, thanks for letting me be your leading man.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I died during a firefight in the Delta with the Mobile Riverine Force. Thanks for the kiss on the cheek.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Joe, and I am from Memphis. I rode on your plane coming over to the Nam.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You told me it was okay to be scared and you were going to pray for all of us.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You took my last letter I wrote to my mom and mailed it for me. I remember your perfume and your beautiful green eyes.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I was killed by a mine that blew up my truck my first day.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Sharon; I am from Ohio. I was a nurse at the 312th Evac. Mom, it's okay.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I have missed you all. Thank you for helping build the Clinic in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">The people are needy and they don't hate us.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I did the right thing and I am so proud of you. Daddy is here and he misses you so very much.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Jimmy, I was a medic and taken as a POW,</span><br /><span style="color: white;">you were the unit clerk that typed up the letter telling my parents that I was</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Missing In Action and told them that all that could be done was being done.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I died 12 years later in Laos. No medicine, there were others. I know you think of all of us</span><br /><span style="color: white;">but just know; some of us are still alive and waiting to be found. Please keep searching.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">My name is Stan and I flew Phatoms. I was shot down over Hanoi.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">You were the Air Traffic Controller who marked my location and sent in the teams to get me out.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">But the NVA shot and killed me. It is not your fault—I took the risk… it was worth it.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Hello Dusty my name is David. I never got to tell you thanks for being there for me. For holding</span><br /><span style="color: white;">my hand and telling me I was going to be okay. Thanks for writing the letter to my mom;</span><br /><span style="color: white;">she told me she so appreciated it when she got up here last year. Dusty… thank you for staying</span><br /><span style="color: white;">with me when I passed over. It is so beautiful here. I will be there for you when it is your time to come.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">I will call your name and I will hold your hand. I love you.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">So our sisters, one and all, you all did a job well done. Please be easy on yourselves.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Do you realized how many of us you saved, do you realize how many of us still have legs and</span><br /><span style="color: white;">arms that should have been removed. You helped ease our pain. You took our minds off the war.</span><br /><span style="color: white;">Do you realize that you are the best and we appreciate all that you did we love you so very much…</span><br /><span style="color: white;">thank you, WELCOME HOME MY SISTERS.</span><br /><br />
<span style="color: white;">©Copyright November 2, 2003 by Kerry "Doc" Pardue</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">755TH Medical Detachment, 170th Assault Helicopter Company, Pleiku, Vietnam</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">8th Medical Detachment, 155th Assault Helicopter Company, Ban Me Thout, Vietnam</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">HHC, Scouts, 2/47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Bihn Phouc, Vietnam</span><br />
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dukesherman288@hotmqil.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367572731781126660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969841155005354347.post-71829046979927975082012-09-30T14:01:00.001-07:002012-09-30T14:01:25.518-07:00Doc4<br />
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<img height="98" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/ALLGAVE1.GIF" width="216" /><img height="200" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/LADIES.JPG" width="293" /><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">PICTURE by Manoj Khiani!</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>COPYRIGHT VWMP</span></span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">This is a very powerful, but not well-known monument</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">to the women who served in the Vietnam War.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">It's a nurse holding a dying soldier with a third person crying out.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Nobody says a word when they are looking at this monument.</span><br /> <br /> <br /><br />
<img border="2" height="150" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/CHINA.jpg" width="115" /><img border="2" height="150" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/CHINA1.jpg" width="121" /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>CHINA BEACH' DANA DELANEY</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Researchers Need Help from Female Vietnam Nurse Veterans</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>The "Vietnam Nurse Veteran Psycho-physiology Study"</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>is looking for female Vietnam nurse veterans to</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>participate.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Little is known about the long-term consequences of</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>combat theater assignment on female military</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>personnel. Through anecdotal accounts and survey/</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>interview studies, researchers leave come to appreciate</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>the psychological stressors that were experienced by</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>women who served in Vietnam. About 50% of women</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>who served "in country" have reported some</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>symptoms of distress after coming home.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Research efforts so far have provided some basic</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>information but much more is needed in order</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>to understand the complex issues surrounding</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>combat theater assignment of female military</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>personnel. The purpose of this study is to expand</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>this knowledge base by exploring the biologic</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>responses of female Vietnam nurse veterans.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Although there is more than a decade of research</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>and numerous publications looking at psychobiological</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>consequences of combat on male theater veterans,</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>there are no published biologic trials with female</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Vietnam theater veterans. Results of studies with</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>male veterans can not necessarily be applied to female</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>veterans. The new study will provide data that will</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>help researchers to better understand the similarities</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>and differences in the ways that females and males</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>respond to stressful experiences.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>The study is being conducted with a national outreach</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>that is unique, and provides an opportunity to gather</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>a large enough data pool to provide important</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>information about female Vietnam veterans.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Interested female Vietnam nurse veterans will be</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>contacted for an initial screening which will be accom-</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>plished by telephone or mail. Qualified nurse veterans</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>will be invited to travel to the laboratory in New</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>England for further testing. Travel expenses will be</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>paid by the study.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>In order to qualify for the study, a female must have</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>served in an active duty nurse assignment in the U.S.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Armed Forces during the Vietnam era in Vietnam,</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Laos, Cambodia or in the surrounding waters or airspace</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>of these countries. Participation will include an in-</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>depth interview, and a physiological assessment</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>including heart rate, skin conductance, an EEG, and</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>neuroendocrine measures.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>To obtain more information about this study, contact</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Meg Carson, R.N., Ph.D.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Vietnam Nurse Veteran Psychophysiology study</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>VA Research Service, 228 Maple St.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>2nd Floor</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Manchester, NH 03103.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;"><span>Dr. Carson may be reached by phone at (603)626-6588.*</span></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.corpsman.com/ring.html"><img height="84" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/Medweb3.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;">Army Nurse Corp</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> Most of the women who went to Vietnam as members</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> of the Army Nurse Corps were just coming of age.</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> And what a place it was to complete your journey to</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> adulthood. Their age, on average, was 23 &151;</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> most were just out of nursing school and looking for</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> adventure, or looking to serve. Of the more than</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> 5000 Army nurses in Vietnam, few had more than 2</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"> </span><br style="background-color: #ffccff;" /><span style="background-color: #ffccff; color: #ffffcc;"> years of experience. All of them were volunteers.</span><span style="background-color: #ffccff;"></span><div style="background-color: #ffccff;">
<span style="color: #ffffcc;"> The nurses worked six days a week, 12 hours a day.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> When heavy casualties came in, everyone worked as</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> long as it took, until there were no soldiers left to fix</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> or save. The ANC nurses treated US GIs and Viet</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Cong POWs, American and Vietnamese civilians,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> women and children side by side.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;"> In 1973, two months after the cease-fire was</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> declared, the last of the Army nurses left Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Most bore no visible scars. For many, the marks left</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> on them were emotional and spiritual, good and bad.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Says former Army nurse, Diana Dwan Poole, "My</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> experience was both horrible and wonderful. Horrible</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> because of the destruction I saw to human lives...</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Wonderful because of expansion of my heretofore</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> limited world. I learned at a very young age, of the</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> frailty of human life, and the... strength of the</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> human spirit... This knowledge has helped me</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> throughout life."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Though seven Army nurses(and 1 Air Force Nurse)</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> died in Vietnam, only one, Army Nurse Sharon Lane,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> died as the result of enemy fire.</span><br /> </div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/judy.gif" width="154" /><br /><span style="color: yellow;">In February 1967,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> 24-year-old Judy Elbring arrived in Saigon. She</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> wanted to put her nursing skills to the test</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> and she wanted to serve her country.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;">"The day we arrived — oh God — it was hot, it was</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> sticky, it was smelly, it was dangerous, there were</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> things that were booby trapped ... Everything was</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> green, and dust, and fences, and wire, and noise ...</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> And I thought, what a fool I'd been ... This didn't</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> look like an adventure to me; this looked very</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> serious."</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"> "I wasn't ready for seeing those kids with holes in</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> their heads ... and with brains coming out of their</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> heads and — and that they were going to die. I</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> wasn't prepared to look in a man's face and know</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> that he wasn't going to make it. I don't know that</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> there's any preparation for that."</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">In 1967, Liz Allen arrived in Vietnam with</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> her master's degree in psychiatric nursing. She</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> was a commissioned captain and assigned to</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> a base in Cu Chi with the 25th Infantry Division.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;">"All those soldiers belong to somebody ... They</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> belong to somebody. They got moms. They got</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> wives. They got kids. They got somebody that loves</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> them. I can decide to stay home. This is during the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> draft; they can't make that decision. They have to</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> go. They're 19. They're 18."</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"> "And it was absolutely the loneliest time of my life.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Because there is nobody to go to. Nobody to talk to</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> ... and so you learn to keep your own counsel. You</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> get set apart."</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"> "Women are warriors the same as men are warriors,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> and what this country owes them, if 'owe' is the word,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> is the same as we give any warrior. And that every</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> time we sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" ... and we</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> really get off on 'the rockets red glare, bombs</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> flag is still there' — that there are soldiers, both men</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> and women, that have given that assurance, and you</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> 'owe' for that assurance. And if you don't want to pay</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> it, don't sing the song."</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/diana.gif" width="154" /><br /><span style="color: yellow;">Diana Dwan Poole, 22 years old, was already a</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> two-year veteran when in 1969 she re-enlisted</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> for a tour in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;">"A woman came up to me and asked me, 'How in the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> world did you keep your white uniforms clean over</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> there?' What white uniform? This is what I wore [she</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> grabs the lapels of her Army fatigues jacket] — same</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> thing the guys were wearing: jungle boots, you know</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> [she laughs] ... White uniforms!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"> "And the idiots that ran the place put this POW on</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> my ward ... and in the bed next to him was the kid</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> that the POW had blown his legs off ... Put 'em right</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> next to each other. I had a fit. That kid is screaming,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> 'Why is he there; he's the one that did this to me!'</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> and he's right in the bed next to him. And that POW</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> kept spitting in my face ... and I got in the bed and I</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> tried to kill him. And that is very hard to admit [she</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> laughs nervously]. I had my hands around his throat</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> and I was str ... strang ... I was trying to kill him."</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/kathy.gif" width="154" /><br /><span style="color: yellow;">Kathy Splinter enrolled in the Women's Army</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Corps after her junior year of nursing school.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;">She was assigned to the intensive care ward of</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> the evacuation hospital at Chu Lai</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;">."We were all brand-new kids on the block ... doing</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> our best ... flying by the seat of our pants. When we</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> were on duty, acting as nurses, I really felt that we</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> were treated as queens or as angels, I mean, the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> guys really respected us, I felt, and treated us well.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Step out of that role, and you were a piece of meat."</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"> "And then, deathly, deathly quiet. Now we were all in</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> night clothes, and flack jackets, and helmets,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> walking up to see the destruction of the unit. And it</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> was then that we heard Sharon [Lane] was dead.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> When she died ... I was furious that she died.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Because she didn't hurt enough to die, because</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> death was really a release ... the pain. Death was</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> much more merciful than having to continue on. And</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> one of the quotes that was attributed to her after her</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> death was her admiration of the Vietnamese people.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> And I remember when I heard that, saying, 'That's</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> because she hasn't been here long enough ... She</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> hasn't learned to hate.' And I can remember saying</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> that, and writing home, and saying that, and being</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> ashamed because I hated that much now, and yet</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> we put on these happy little faces as though we</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> didn't feel that way."</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/drazba.gif" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>2nd Lt. Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Dec. 11, 1943 – Feb. 18, 1966</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Carol Ann Drazba</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">was one of the first two women to die in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Described by family and friends as always adventurous, Carol joined the Army while in</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">her second year of nursing school.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">After basic training she was assigned to Fort</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Huachucha in Arizona, where she built her reputation as an excellent OR nurse.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">As the Vietnam conflict escalated, the need for</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> nurses and physicians also grew. In 1965, Carol</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> volunteered for service in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She arrived in November 1965 and was attached to</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> the Third Field Hospital near Saigon.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">After weeks of endless hours in surgery, Carol was</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> finally able to take off for a weekend of rest.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She never made it.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">The helicopter that was taking her to her weekend</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> R&R crashed, killing Carol, 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Ann</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Jones, another Army nurse, and five others.</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/jones.gif" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>2nd Lt. Elizabeth Ann Jones</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Sept. 12, 1943 – Feb. 18, 1966</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Even as a little girl growing up in South Carolina,</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Elizabeth Ann Jones</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">wanted to be a nurse.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She graduated from the Medical</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">College of South Carolina School of Nursing in 1964,</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> and the following year joined the Army Nurse Corps.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was an ICU nurse at Fort Jackson, S.C., before</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> she was assigned to the Third Field Hospital along</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">with Carol Ann Drazba.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was engaged to be married to a soldier she'd</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> met "in country," Lt. Col. Charles M. Honour Jr., and</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> the wedding was to be in Vietnam. Her mother had</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> even sent her a wedding gown.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She died along with 2nd Lt. Drazba and five others</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> in a helicopter crash. The helicopter pilot was her fiancé.</span><br /> </div>
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<span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>1st Lt. Hedwig Diane Orlowski</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> April 13, 1944 – Nov. 30, 1967</span></div>
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<span style="color: #33ff33;"> Hedwig Diane Orlowski was a graduate of the Hurley</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Medical Center School of Nursing in Flint, Mich.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #33ff33;"> She had been in Vietnam for nearly a year, assigned</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> to the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Qui Nhon, when</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> she was temporarily transferred to Pleiku to assist</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> with the wounded.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #33ff33;"> She was returning to her permanent post in Qui</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Nohn aboard a C-47 transport when it crashed,</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> killing all aboard...</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/ALEXAN~1.GIF" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Sept. 18, 1940 – Nov. 30, 1967</span></div>
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<span style="color: #33ff33;">Though no "flower child," Eleanor considered herself a political activist</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> concerned with the conflict in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Six years as a surgical nurse in New</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> York City's Madison Hospital left her feeling restless.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">In 1967, she joined the Army Nurse Corps and</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> asked to be assigned to Vietnam. She was stationed</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> at the 85th Field Evac Hospital at Qui Nhon.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was on the same C-47 as 1st Lt. Hedwig Diane</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Orlowski, returning from Pleiku, when it crashed.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Everyone aboard was killed.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">The city of Riverside, N.J., named a park in honor of Eleanor, a native.</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/donovan.gif" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>2nd Lt. Pamela Dorothy Donovan</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">March 25, 1942 – July 8, 1968</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Pamela was born in Ireland, but grew up in Boston.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">After graduating from nursing school in 1965, she stayed on at the</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> hospital, where she learned her profession until 1967.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">In November of that year she joined the Army Nurse</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Corps and was assigned to the 85th Field Evac</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Hospital at Qui Nhon.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was only there for three months when she became seriously ill and died.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">A road leading to the St. Gabriel's Monastery in</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Brighton, Mass., where her parents worked, was</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> named in her honor in 1969.</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/graham.gif" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>Lt. Col. Annie Ruth Graham</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Nov. 7, 1916 – Aug. 14, 1968</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Annie Graham had been a career Army nurse since graduating from</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> nursing school in 1942.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She served in Europe during World War II and left active duty in 1945, becoming a</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> reserve officer as she completed her Bachelor of</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Science in Nursing degree at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She returned to active duty in during the Korean</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> War, and in the following 13 years completed tours</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">in Europe, Africa and the United States.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">In 1967, she was assigned as chief nurse, 91st Evac</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Hospital in Tuy Hoa, Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">While on duty, she suffered a sudden internal</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> hemorrhage and was taken by air to Japan for</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> surgery. Never regaining consciousness, she died three days later.</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/lane.gif" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>1st Lt. Sharon Ann Lane</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">July 7, 1943 – June 8, 1969</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Sharon Ann Lane was the only nursein Vietnam to die under enemy attack.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was stationed at the 312th Evac</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Hospital at Chui Lai. To the west and south were</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">American marine bases, which often came under enemy mortar fire.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">On the morning of June 8, after coming off duty</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> from caring for Viet Cong prisoners, she returned to</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> her hut for a brief rest. A rocket, overshooting one</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> of the nearby Marine bases, struck a metal supply</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> shed next to her hut and exploded. Sharon died</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> instantly from flying shrapnel.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Though she joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1968,</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> she had been in Vietnam for only two months when</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> she was killed.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">In her home of Stark County, Ohio, a statue of</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Sharon was erected to honor the men and women</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> who served in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was posthumously awarded the following medals:</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">the Purple Heart</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">the Bronze Star with a "V" for gallantry</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">the National Defense Service Medal</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">the Vietnam Service Medal</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">the National Order of Vietnam Medal</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">the (South) Vietnamese Gallantry Cross (withPalm) .</span></div>
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<img height="95" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/klinker.gif" width="75" /><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"><span>Capt. Mary Therese Klinker</span></span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Oct. 3, 1947 – April 9, 1975</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Mary Klinker was the last nurse, and the only member of the Air Force</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Nurse Corps, to be killed in Vietnam.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She entered the service just a year after graduating from nursing school and was</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> assigned to Travis Air Force Base in California. There</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">she worked with U.S. servicemen wounded in</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Vietnam and released American POWs.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She was later assigned to the 10th Aeromedical Evac</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> out of Travis, where she cared for seriously wounded</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> soldiers as they were being flown from hospitals in</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">Vietnam to hospitals in Japan, the Philippines, Hawaii or the mainland.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">While on assignment at Clarke Air Force base in the</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> Philippines, she volunteered for a humanitarian call</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> to airlift orphans out of Saigon as the city was falling to the North Vietnamese.</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;">She and her medical crew were on the plane, a C-5,</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> with the infants and toddlers, when just after</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> take-off, an explosion ripped through the rear of the</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> fuselage. As the cabin lost pressure, the pilots tried</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> to turn back toward the airport, but the plane</span><br /><span style="color: #33ff33;"> crashed in a rice field two miles short of Saigon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"> — excerpted from "Celebration of Patriotism and</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Courage," Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.</span><br /><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1983 – The idea for the Vietnam Women's Memorial</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> is conceived by Diane Carlson Evans, RN, who served</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> in Vietnam as an Army Nurse</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1984 – To place the statue at the Vietnam Veterans</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Vietnam Women's</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Memorial Project is incorporated as a nonprofit</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> volunteer organization.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1985-1986 – Resolutions are passed at the national</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> conventions of major veteran organizations</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> supporting the efforts of the Vietnam Women's</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Memorial Project.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1986 – First approval is obtained from the Vietnam</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1986-1987 – With the first approval hurdle cleared,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> fund-raising and education efforts begin.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1987 (September) – Second approval is obtained.</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> The secretary of the interior approves the concept.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1987 (October) – A public hearing by the Fine Arts</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Commission rejects the Women's Memorial proposal.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1987 (November) – The Senate and House submit</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> companion bills authorizing the Vietnam Women's</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Memorial at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Mall.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1988 (February to October) – The political process</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> drags on as House and Senate hearings over the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> memorial air out the details of the project and</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> debate its ultimate fate.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1988 (November) – President Reagan signs the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Senate bill into law, authorizing the Vietnam</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Women's Memorial.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1989-1990 – Desirable locations for the memorial</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> are determined, and possible sites begin their</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> journey through the approval process.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1990 (August) – A national competition is launched</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> for the design of the memorial.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1990 (Veteran's Day) – Co-finalists and honorable</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> mentions are announced from the design</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> competition.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1991 – Glenna Goodacre of Santa Fe, N.M., an</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> honorable-mention winner, is selected by the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Vietnam Women's Memorial Project board of directors</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> to design the memorial.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1991 (Autumn) – Glenna Goodacre's design is</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> approved by the appropriate federal agencies.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1992 (November 12) – A plaque-unveiling ceremony</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> takes place at the site of the Vietnam Women's</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Memorial.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1993 (July 29) – The groundbreaking ceremony for</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> the Vietnam Women's Memorial occurs.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1993 (August) – A 21-city whistle-stop tour of the</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Vietnam Women's Memorial kicks off in Santa Fe,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> N.M., en route to its final destination of Washington,</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> D.C.</span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"> 1993 (November) – The dedication of the Vietnam</span><br /><span style="color: yellow;"> Women's Memorial takes place.</span><br /><br />
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<img height="224" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/Wac-me~2.jpg" width="120" /><br /><span style="color: #66ffff;">VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL PROJECT</span><br /><span style="color: #66ffff;"> </span><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> A Legacy of Healing and Hope</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Diane Carlson Evans, RN</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Founder</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> 265,000 military women served throughout the world during the Vietnam war.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> More than 10,000 served in Vietnam. 90 percent of them were nurses.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Diane Carlson Evans is the Founder and Chair of the Vietnam Women's</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Memorial Project. Having served six years as an Army Nurse during</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> the Vietnam war, Evans went to battle again, leading a nationwide</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> crusade for nine years -- to realize her vision -- a monument to honor</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> and portray women at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> D.C. Wrestling with government agencies and Congress, enduring</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> individuals and journalists who vilified her and her effort, Evans'</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> perseverance, stamina and tenacity kept the dream of this tribute alive.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Her leadership and testimony before every Congressional and</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> bureaucratic hearing in the nation's capital inspired thousands to join in</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> her mission which finally won victory for the women who served on</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> November 11, 1993, with the dedication of the Vietnam Women's</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Memorial -- the first memorial in America's history to honor military</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> women in the nation's capital. Like her sister veterans, Evans' story is</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> one of compassion and justice -- women risking their lives for humanity</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> in the midst of a horrific war. And, ultimately what it takes to</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">build a public reminder of courage and sacrifice.Our War</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">I don't go off to war, so they say,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> I'm a woman.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Who then has worn my boots?</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> And whose memories are these,</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Of youth's suffering?</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> Please don't forget me.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> I've been through war's hell and if only you will listen.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;"> I've a story of those chosen to sacrifice for us all.</span><br /><span style="color: #ffffcc;">1983, Diane Carlson Evans, Vietnam 1968-9</span><br /><img height="81" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/1nurse.gif" width="115" /><span style="font-family: Copperplate Gothic Bold;"><span style="color: #ffff99;">OFF LIMITS</span></span><img height="83" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/1medic.gif" width="113" /><img height="207" src="http://www.war-veterans.org/MedicNurse.jpg" width="303" /></center>
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In order to combat better-supplied American and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, Communist guerrilla troops known as Viet Cong (VC) dug tens of thousands of miles of tunnels, including an extensive network running underneath the Cu Chi district northwest of Saigon. Soldiers used these underground routes to house troops, transport communications and supplies, lay booby traps and mount surprise attacks, after which they could disappear underground to safety. To combat these guerrilla tactics, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces trained soldiers known as "tunnel rats" to navigate the tunnels in order to detect booby traps and enemy troop presence. Now part of a Vietnam War memorial park in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the Cu Chi tunnels have become a popular tourist attraction.</div>
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Digging the Cu Chi Tunnels</h2>
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Communist forces began digging a network of tunnels under the jungle terrain of South Vietnam in the late 1940s, during their war of independence from French colonial authority. Tunnels were often dug by hand, only a short distance at a time. As the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/states" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #007ac9; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">United States</a>increasingly escalated its military presence in Vietnam in support of a non-Communist regime in South Vietnam beginning in the early <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/1960s" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #007ac9; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1960s</a>, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops (as Communist supporters in South Vietnam were known) gradually expanded the tunnels. At its peak during the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #007ac9; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vietnam War</a>, the network of tunnels in the Cu Chi district linked VC support bases over a distance of some 250 kilometers, from the outskirts of Saigon all the way to the Cambodian border.<br /><br />As the United States relied heavily on aerial bombing, North Vietnamese and VC troops went underground in order to survive and continue their guerrilla tactics against the much better-supplied enemy. In heavily bombed areas, people spent much of their life underground, and the Cu Chi tunnels grew to house entire underground villages, in effect, with living quarters, kitchens, ordnance factories, hospitals and bomb shelters. In some areas there were even large theaters and music halls to provide diversion for the troops (many of them peasants) and their supporters.</div>
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War in the Cu Chi Tunnels</h2>
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In addition to providing underground shelter, the Cu Chi tunnels served a key role during combat operations, including as a base for Communist attacks against nearby Saigon. VC soldiers lurking in the tunnels set numerous booby traps for U.S. and South Vietnamese infantrymen, planting trip wires that would set off grenades or overturn boxes of scorpions or poisonous snakes onto the heads of enemy troops. To combat these guerrilla tactics, U.S. forces would eventually train some soldiers to function as so-called "tunnel rats." These soldiers (usually of small stature) would spend hours navigating the cramped, dark tunnels to detect booby traps and scout for enemy troops.<br /><br />In January 1966, some 8,000 U.S. and Australian troops attempted to sweep the Cu Chi district in a large-scale program of attacks dubbed Operation Crimp. After B-52 bombers dropped a large amount of explosives onto the jungle region, the troops searched the area for enemy activity but were largely unsuccessful, as most Communist forces had disappeared into the network of underground tunnels. A year later, around 30,000 American troops launched Operation Cedar Falls, attacking the Communist stronghold of Binh Duong province north of Saigon near the Cambodian border (an area known as the Iron Triangle) after hearing reports of a network of enemy tunnels there. After bombing attacks and the defoliation of rice fields and surrounding jungle areas with powerful herbicides, U.S. tanks and bulldozers moved in to sweep the tunnels, driving out several thousand residents, many of them civilian refugees. North Vietnamese and VC troops slipped back within months of the sweep, and in early 1968 they would use the tunnels as a stronghold in their assault against Saigon during the Tet Offensive.</div>
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Tourism in the Cu Chi Tunnels</h2>
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In all, at least 45,000 Vietnamese men and women are said to have died defending the Cu Chi tunnels over the course of the Vietnam War. In the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975, the Vietnamese government preserved the Cu Chi tunnels and included them in a network of war memorial parks around the country.<br /><br />Visitors to Vietnam can now crawl through some of the safer areas of the tunnels, view command centers and booby traps, fire an AK-47 rifle on a firing range and even eat a meal featuring typical foods that soldiers living in the tunnels would have eaten.</div>
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