How Goes the Battle?

The Vietnam War through the Eyes of a GI

That First Day was Hell

2 January 2021

Dear Mom & Dad Today I figure that I only have 25 days left in country. I have 15 days left in the field and at the moment I am in the rear getting my teeth fixed. I’ve been out of the field since the morning of the 2nd. Tomorrow morning I have to go … More That First Day was Hell

Long Range Patrol in A Shau Valley

26 June 2011

Dear Mom and Dad, Well I just finished eating chow. We had roast beef, shoe string potatoes, pickles, olives, lettuce, bread and cold kool-aid. It was real good. Well yesterday I received package no 3 and the malted milk balls and nuts sure went fast. The mail has just come in off the copter I … More Long Range Patrol in A Shau Valley