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
Dear Dad & Mom, I don’t know how long this letter will be. You will hear that in almost every letter I write, but I’ll write as much as I can. Yesterday we secured a village while the South Vietnam Police went through it. We then made a CA on top of a mountain we … More Bats in the foxhole
Dear Mom and Dad, Well it sure is a hot day here today. We are building some shade out of sticks and palm leaves. We have been a blocking force for the last two days so that when you (the company) set up in a straight line and another company goes to the top of … More Blocking Force
For the last 2 or 3 days we have been by the South China Sea. Swimming in the afternoons; had it really easy. This morning they airlifted us by copters to LZ English (I don’t know where that is). Tonight or tomorrow morning we are going to make a CA (combat attack by copters). I … More In-country
How Goes the Battle? 