The Youngest VC.

An amazing and touching story with interactions between a Marine & an unexpected visitor who becomes a part of our platoon for two days. A true story of the tragedy of war.

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Snipers in the village.

The next story takes place in the Qua Son Valley.  This was a hotbed of enemy hiding and ambushing us all the time.  Every time we swept through this one particular village we would get fire.  Our Platoon Sergeant set up a trap for the...

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The Grenade And The Kids.

The Grenade and the kids.      I’ve just finished a story about 5 little kids and an incident we had with a grenade. We start off on the USS Okinawa LPH (Landing Platform Helicopter). It’s a small WW II aircraft carrier converted as...

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Finished the battle for C-4.

13 Months.  Army served 12 months.  Marine’s had to do 1 better.  Thus the name 13 months. The book will start out Month 1.  (January 1967) and end February 1968.  A chapter for each months served.  I just finished a story in Month 11.  A...

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A Vietnam War Story

I graduated from Chicago’s Mendel Catholic High School in June 1966.  Played football and basketball all the way through.  Vietnam was a million miles away from this 18 year olds life. Kathy was my first love.  She was my sweetheart for...

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Billy Taylor

This story is about a young black Marine that came to our platoon early in November, 1967.  It starts out at a place called A-4.  A-4 was one of McNamara’s bases to stop the infiltration of the North Vietnamese to South Vietnam.  McNamara...

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