CHAPTER 1: Training begins in Hawaii On 26 February 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson approved sending a contingent of Marines to Da Nang, South Vietnam to provide security for the established U. S. air base from Communist guerillas. Before [...]
“If you can’t carry it, eat it or shoot it, don’t bring it.” ~ Marine Corps saying CHAPTER 4: Tools of the Trade So, what kind of tools did the Marines use while deployed in the Republic of Vietnam? You [...]
“Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.” - Macbeth by William Shakespeare CHAPTER 6: Operation Allen Brook After Tet, in the northern region, the 3rd Marine Division was still heavily engaged in confronting the [...]
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ~ William Shakespeare “Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.” ~ Proverb CHAPTER 8: Casualties of War The Vietnam Veterans [...]
