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How To Sink A Helicopter

Oct 4, 2005 No Comments

At the end of the semi-annual monsoon, the rains were intermittent, dousing us occasionally on bunker …

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Gamma Goblin

Sep 30, 2005 No Comments

Call me stupid, but I was out of touch with my Company for almost two weeks …

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House Mouse

Sep 29, 2005 No Comments

Having been a paramedic, I know something about the human body. Scientists tell us, basically, that …

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Acting Like The Goofy Uncle

Sep 19, 2005 No Comments

The village school at Long Phu II was a little, thatched-roof, open-sided building. It had a …

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Popos Lounge

Sep 19, 2005 No Comments

It took three weeks for the USS RENVILLE to make Pearl Harbor, but she finally limped …

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The Town Heard ‘Round The World

Sep 7, 2005 No Comments

A small village called Long Phu II was the base of India Company’s operations for a …

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Flash

Sep 6, 2005 No Comments

We had been out on Operation Deck House II for about three weeks. India was moving …

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Sergeant Quick I ‘am Not

Sep 6, 2005 No Comments

India Company had suffered severely, yet endured on that hill, 362 on 24 July 1966. It …

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HA! HA! You Missed

Sep 6, 2005 No Comments

The “cat’s eyes” were closed and nothing was ringing on the double-stacked set of SB-22 switchboards. …

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China Beach

Sep 6, 2005 No Comments

In the early part of 1967, I was awarded a three-day, two-night “Mini R&R” to China …

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