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Coffee, Donuts, and White Mice

26 June 2012

Well tomorrow morning we leave about 1AM to surround a village and try and catch some gooks. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don’t. When it gets daylight the National Police come in and search it. We should be done about noon or a little after. Excerpt from letter home dated 16 October 1967 Beige … More Coffee, Donuts, and White Mice

Coffee, Donuts, and White Mice

How you gonna act? 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company

29 August 2011

I found a photocopied letter with my dad’s Vietnam stuff and I thought I would share excerpts of it. Handwritten at the top is the following: Letter from Lt Simm from hospital after he was wounded. I don’t who the recipient was. 25 March 1968 Hi Pig, I got your letter and the picture & … More How you gonna act? 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company

How you gonna act? 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company

Bong Song and Staying Clean

25 February 2011

June 17, 1967 Hi Dad & Mom Well they told us today that we would be moving to the Bong Song Plains or Bong Song mountains, which one I don’t know yet.  We’ll move out no doubt in the morning tomorrow by copters. I just came back from a village where we bought some cokes … More Bong Song and Staying Clean

Bong Song and Staying Clean

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