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If I Do Die, I Die as a Soldier

11 November 2015

Dear Mom and Dad, Well I just got back from R&R and I am now in An Khe so I thought that I [would] drop a few lines. I sure enjoyed hearing your voices it helps a lot. It gives a person a little more hope and things seem a little brighter. I am so … More If I Do Die, I Die as a Soldier

If I Do Die, I Die as a Soldier

We held the coastline, they held the highlands

28 July 2011

Dear Mom and Dad, Well we made that CA (combat attack) last night about 4AM they woke us up at 2 and had us get all our stuff together. We made the CA on a fairly good-sized village, it was 2000 meters long. As soon as we landed our company setup a blocking force on … More We held the coastline, they held the highlands

We held the coastline, they held the highlands

Camp Radcliffe, Vietnam

6 July 2011

Dear Mom & Dad, Well here I am at Camp Radcliffe (it’s our base camp) near An Khe. It’s been raining almost all the time that I’ve been here. The rain stops as fast as it starts but after a hot day it feels good to have that cold water on you. I arrived at … More Camp Radcliffe, Vietnam

Camp Radcliffe, Vietnam

Machine gunner at LZ Geronimo

16 June 2011

Dear Mom and Dad, Well here we are at LZ Geronimo (that famous Indian) we came here from LZ English and I think that we will be staying here for about a week because we are getting a new captain. That’s a good thing. (He spends part of the letter frustrated by loved ones at … More Machine gunner at LZ Geronimo

Machine gunner at LZ Geronimo

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