Dear Mom & Dad, Today we have been searching villages, we walk thru them and then turn around and go right thru them again and don’t think that don’t get tiresome. Well with a little luck I might be able to go into An Khe tonight and get ready to go on R&R. Received 2 … More Say hi to all
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
Dear Mom & Dad, Well my writing has sure slowed down a lot and I am sorry but I haven’t felt much like writing. Yesterday 4 choppers came and picked up our platoon from a rice paddy. I was on ship #4 so I asked one of the door gunners on the ship if he … More August 1967 Letter Home
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
How Goes the Battle? 