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All continue to be affected by the events of October 1967. Kindle $9.80 $ 9. Ghouls of the jungle. in the Vietnam War War Stories In Memory of Machine Guns, Part II: Covert Acquisitions By Robert Ankony : They Saw Us First By Robert Ankony Team Leader By Robert Ankony "EVERYDAY HERO" By Katie Meisel : Memorial Day Service Lake Park United Methodist Church By Jim Bracewell "Moving Wall" By Jim Regan: The already exploded bombs alone had caused enough suffering. "There hasn't been a gook born yet that is going to get me," he wrote. Fix Bayonets. And so before he left Vietnam, Mike Troyer made sure to do one more thing: he sent a self-addressed letter home, welcoming himself back to civilian life. He later crawled across the battlefield, "trying to find somebody that was alive." Covering World War I, World War II, and … Troyer was lucky; he survived the year until his Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas, or DEROS, and came back to Ohio in one piece. His father and grandfather had served in war, so that's what he would do; Troyer felt he had "no choice in it." Some volunteered to go to Vietnam. But when they did, dozens of men could die within minutes. Prock orders me to have doctors examine my leg — the doctor at LZ Two Bits decided the wound was bad enough to send me to the hospital at Qui Nhon — despite many seriously wounded soldiers there, I am sent to the front of the line — I am in danger of losing the leg, and I am put on 100% bed rest — washing off the field — boredom and limited activities — I am suddenly released and rejoin my unit — it takes several days to regain my strength — effects of the wound today, humping the An Lão mountains — blowing up giant boulders — cutting down a mountain cornfield — the exhausting march up and down the mountains — massive cramps — dozens of Montagnards show up at our perimeter, we take care of them — (photo of two Montagnards getting C-rations) — burning off the scrub (photo), the terrain in the plain — we get serenaded by a spotter plane — stop and set up early — shade tents (photo) — Charlie-Charlie stops by (photo) — (photo of popping red smoke), (Aug. 2 - Mid-Aug., 1967), by Richard Dieterle, flying into LZ Sandra — my letter home — throwing a hand grenade like a frisbee — Care packages — artillery and tinnitus — traditions of the Cavalry, impending election — people leave their village in our direction — Root — contact — Root killed, Gunsaulas injured — hamlet burned — tank — one killed, the rest get away — I am sent to Language School, (Aug. 21, 1967), by Jerry Prater, Jerome Church, Wayne Westenberger, and Michael Dyess, disposition of the squads — an NVA soldier spotted at the bottom of a hole — Gunsaulas and Root enter a building and are shot — Root dies in Westenberger’s arms — tank moves up and blows a body out from beneath the ground — appeared to be an underground medical compound — village burnt — compound bulldozed — the character of Root, I meet Harry Harvil at Language School — a Moslem from Texas — his adventures during his, (Sept. 3, 1967), by Jerry Prater, with Jim Aguirre, the advantages of being air mobile — we take fire from an enemy bunker on a nearby hill — we air assault to the top of the hill — the difficulties of the terrain — 2, (Sept. 24, 1967), by Jerry Prater, with Jerome Church, and William Bruce Thomas, taking a duster to Willie Bridge — the NVA hit the platoon at night — my M-16 jams — screams of the wounded — Stamper and Thomas wounded by shrapnel — death of Archuleta and Yelland — Lt. Church ordered to stay on LZ Willie — Heath wounded and his gun knocked out — instead of reinforcements or medevac, the battalion commander lands alone — Battalion Commander nicked in the ear — we repel the NVA attack — we almost shoot our own reinforcements — rumors of my death greatly exaggerated — commander of the First Cav gives out medals — the DSC given to Lt. Col. Jenkins – an officer's account of the action at Willie Bridge (with a map) — the actual situation at Willie Bridge (a map) — the citation for Lt. Col. Jenkins' medal, (Oct. 5-6, 1967), by Jerry Prater, Jerry Church, Wayne Westenberger, Michael Dyess, Ralph Ricedorf, and Dallas Owens, the strength of the First Platoon — social circle confined mainly to the squad — a cordon operation with elements of D Company — in setting up for the night, booby traps were encountered and disarmed — a hot meal flown in — the extra treat of ice cream which I ate first — a sudden explosion sends body parts and clothing fragments everywhere — I eat my ice cream anyway — body parts collected and hauled to new set-up site — we learn that it was "Sugar Bear" Cook who was KIA, Charlie Co. war criminals assigned to us — fire put out with our own canteen water — we set up where foxholes had already been dug — hot food flown in — man blown to pieces as I watched — bits of intestine land in my food, we enter An Lão Valley — its reputation and ruin — the old French bridge — the old French fort where we build LZ Mustang — cutting fields of fire in the monsoon — Army anti-intellectualism — short round — the bombardment of an NVA bunker complex — inspection by the high Brass — what price democracy ? The Vietnam War, which had about one-fifth of the casualties of World War II but had lasted three times as long, had changed the country as much as the greatest cataclysm in world history. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer discusses They Marched into Sunlight, the critically acclaimed book on which Two Days in October is based. W.D. But their family was broken by Vietnam. The purpose of a LRRP in Vietnam was to send a team of about six infantrymen to a strategic place to observe and report enemy movement. And that’s a Vietnam War story that’s absent from our histories of the conflict -- all 30,000 of them. Flying by safely in their helicopters, men like Battalion Commander Terry Allen pressured the enlisted men on the ground to move more quickly and kill more of their foes. By Bob Neener Golf 2/9 Lima 3/3 . we run into the enemy concealed and dug in — death of Thompson — we return, enemy flees — the face of death — Thompson’s body lost at Đà Nẵng — our FO shells enemy night convoy — After Action Reports.   jerryprater1018@yahoo.com, The Road to Disaster (July 4, 1967), by Richard Dieterle As Troyer put it, the war "is run by the book and Charlie can't read English so he gets all the breaks and we usually get killed." Best Seller in Vietnam War History The Giant Killer: The incredible true story of the smallest man to serve in the U.S. Military—Vietnam veteran Green Beret Captain Richard J. Flaherty - Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, & 2 Purple Hearts. fbq('track', 'ViewContent'); disposition of the squads — an NVA soldier spotted at the bottom of a hole — Gunsaulas and Root enter a building and are shot — Root dies in Westenberger’s arms — tank moves up and blows a body out from beneath the ground — appeared to be an underground medical compound — village burnt — compound bulldozed — the character of Root, Military Times Hall of Valor — Thomas D. Bouchard, Charlie Company 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry, 1968, 8th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Wikipedia, 1st Cavalry Division, America’s First Team, my strict Christian upbringing and family background — my tenure at Abilene Christian College — I graduate from, (Dec. 12, 1966 - Feb. 24, 1967), by Jerry Prater, arrival at Ft. Polk — I decide not to be a conscientious objector — our first day spent processing — the next day: crew cuts and standing at attention — our barracks and drill sergeants — fire watch and KP — how we entered the mess hall and how we had to eat — my 14 day leave — the rigorous exercises inflicted on “fat boys” — I cover for Larry Nunn — I barely qualify on the M-14 — I’m devastated to discover that I’m being assigned to the Infantry — only about a dozen of us board the truck to Tiger Land, AIT at Tiger Land, Ft. Polk — Larry Nunn and Ed House — the Battalion Comander lays out our duties — cadence — qualifying on the M-16 — in rifle training I first experience the sound of bullets coming towards me — other weapons that we trained on — the evasion course — John Heflin, orientation in Oakland — flight to Cam Ranh Bay, stewardesses run the gauntlet — Pleiku — I get assigned to A 1/8 as I had once asked, on leave after AIT, I tell my family that I expect to go to the 4, initiation to a combat unit — the differences between veterans and “cherries” — the ordeal of pulling guard at night — “Hand Grenade” Brown’s trick — a skirmish erupts — Lt. Pape uses me as a guinea pig, a tent in An Khê — the veterans hold a wild war dance — Indian ways — the story of a stunning tragedy, the dangerous inability to identify the enemy — the problem of defending against friendly fire — Schmidt accidently discharges his grenade launcher — Schmidt does this a second time — an incident with a claymore mine — the patrol the next day — we are shot at by our own people while bathing in a pool — we receive H & I fire while out on an OP — the Vietnamese Police fire wildly around a village that we were surrounding on a cordon operation, the importance and consequences of the crash — the flight to LZ Quick (Hill 641) — the terrain of Hill 641 — the first chopper lands without incident — the crash of the second chopper — extensive casualties — the third chopper nearly crashes — Veazy banged up as he is thrown from the chopper — Veazy's further misadventures in the rough descent of the First Platoon down the mountainside — Hoerner's gruesome task — how SSgt. The show was based upon the events that occurred during the Vietnam War era. Sign up for the American Experience newsletter! Donald Hyche of Champaign, Illinois enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served as an area door gunner during the Vietnam War from 1970 – 1971. That’s a true war story. Bad Night at LZ Bird. War stories: Vietnam War journalists share examples of courage Vietnam-era war correspondents wore uniforms, ate field rations and shared many of the deprivations and dangers of ordinary fighting men. One Family's Vietnam War Story. var googletag = googletag || {}; // cutting the mustard /* fbq('track', 'PageView'); */ Three Vietnam War Veterans Share Their Stories. One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script', What particularly galled Troyer was his feeling that superior officers "wouldn't leave [a soldier] alone to fight the war with the knowledge he learned to fight with." War Stories last updated on 20 March, 2017 06:51. But many of the soldiers who went were drafted into the service, ineligible for a student deferment because they had never been to college. Explore the grit, heroism and heart of America’s soldiers and wartime workers, from World War One to the Iraq War. The Battle But the bodies had been so shot up that many were unrecognizable. Vox_Invisibilis. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) Central Illinois Vietnam War Stories Oral History Interview: Donald Hyche. Washburn — Washburn's daring one-man patrol — his success — Lt. Moore takes over our platoon — the tension between Washburn and Moore — Moore's encounter with a suicide squad — their grisly end — a routine set up in the boonies — fatal shots in the twilight, (February 1, 1968), by Michael Washburn, Tom McAndrews, Jim Battcher, Dallas Owens, Pat Skinner, Jerry Church, Wayne Westenberger, and Bruce Whitish; written by Jerry Prater, the meaning of "friendly fire" — its frequency — the leadership qualities of Michael Washburn — the background of Lt. Wesley Moore — Moore given command of the 1, the meaning of “riding the skids” — the sensation of flying in midair — my first experience — “Sky King” — I ignore the ban on riding the skids — the problem of a hot LZ — how I almost became an “Army of One”, we search for a company moniker — one of our guys gets a dozen homosexual letters at once — he later rapes an 80 year old man — the Marines think up a company nickname for us — rapist returned to the field in the hope that he would be assassinated, taking it easy on LZ Sharon — 75 NVA bodies strung out along the road — lieutenants discuss taking action against me for smoking grass — news that 2, the burden of command for those who rose from the rank of Private — air assault to Thôn Xuân DÆ°Æ¡ng — I appoint Giddings to be the point man — heavy enemy fire: Giddings hit and pinned down — the fire was so heavy that we could not cover Giddings — Giddings shot dead — the pain of losing a long time friend — my feelings of responsibility for his death, I am given command of the guns — the Marines in a fix — air assault to establish LZ Snapper — the Guns of Co Roc — guns miss us — moonscape — B-52s shake the earth — the tragic fate of the 1/5 â€” Operational Report, our position on a spit outside Khe Sanh — enemy probe alarm — two new men flown in — how one of them stayed awake — Medevac, the jungle in I Corps — NVA spotter walks up to our position and is shot — After Action Report, we run into the enemy concealed and dug in — death of Thompson — we return, enemy flees — the face of death — Thompson’s body lost at Đà Nẵng — our FO shells enemy night convoy — After Action Reports, we fly to LZ Sharon only to leave it for the boonies — we set up at an old site — the K-9 dog sets off a booby trap — the death of a young man — the risky way we remedy the situation — we move to another site, my watch is stolen — atmosphere of hostility — I nearly get caught with a bag of grass — mortar attack, a dopey idea — something for us to think about — I fire off a LAW, plan to auto-gyro into A Shâu — commander of the whole division chews me out — we land without incident — tank knocked out, D Company captures a deuce and a half — digging in — walking through a minefield — the living black cloud — crash of the C-130 — a man crushed by an air drop — hit with a pebble while on guard — discipline problems — sergeant has his foot blown off — we steal rear echelon’s rations — a racist move against Lt. Ewing — Operational Report, Mike and I chosen to go to Đà Nẵng — looking for Thompson’s body — “shortosis” — going through Phú Bài — Đà Nẵng is like being “back in the World” — incident with Air Force personnel — the ghoul ambulance driver — we do not find Thompson’s body, emotional wounds of combat veterans — I receive orders to leave Vietnam — Ed House and Larry Nunn are on my flight home — land at Ft. Lewis where we are given new uniforms — hostile protestors at the Seattle airport — prejudicial behavior of the stewardess — arrive at Dallas and run the gauntlet of another hostile crowd — welcomed home — people distanced themselves from combat veterans — my wife's betrayal and our divorce — the price we veterans paid, options for concluding service — I report to 2, The Death of Gerrit John “Doc” Schouwburg, The Firefight of 2 July 1967 at Túy An (1), Michael Washburn’s Friendly Fire Incident, The Lost Platoon — the Tragedy of March 25, The Strength of Line Companies in the 1/8 Cavalry, 6 Nov. 67 - 29 May 68 (with a Graph), South Vietnam, Political and Topographical, Percentage of the Viet Ethnic Group by Province, Indochina, Precipitation & Monsoon Air Flow, Bồng SÆ¡n, the An Lão Valley, and Tam Quan, LZ Sandra, LZ Mustang, and the An Lão Valley, The Encyclopedia of Hočąk (Winnebago) Mythology. War Stories - Experience War These stories are told by those who lived it . Witcher stops me from bypassing a steep rise, and goes around it himself — Sgt. by George Konaf | Nov 11, 2020. When the War Got Real. {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? His acts of valor would earn him the Medal of Honor. Men like Troyer had to deal with several frustrations particular to the war in Vietnam. third of July at LZ English —weapons of the dead — wild chopper ride to LZ Geronimo — funeral service — trek to the sea — the ordeal of the march — Davis looses foot — Sgt. Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today. Witcher blown to pieces, I am knocked down — Nunn and I have minor shrapnel wounds — Doc Aguirre reaches the scene — I reflect on the fact that if past is prologue, the future looks grim, Sgt. by Jerry Prater and Michael Washburn. We're going to do whatever the government says -- they own me, I got to do it.". During the Vietnam war, more bombs were used than the entirety of WWII. But their family was broken by Vietnam. Veterans' Stories. Though the war has been over for 45 years, its particularly poignant impact on film and television might have something to do with the fact that it was the first war to be fully televised. Like other twenty-year-olds, both in the service and out, he felt invulnerable. The LRRP team was to avoid detection by and contact … The lasting effects of the Vietnam War are as potent a part of pop culture in 2020 as the unfolding war was itself in the late 1960s. Unlucky Tiger Becomes War Casualty. Prock assigns us an OP after a hard day's trek in the tropical heat — what we carried, and how the radio was used — walking to the OP site — smoking on the OP and the dangers it presented — I try to suppress my cough by lying down, but this causes me to fall asleep — Sgt. Vietnam War stories: Telling stories long buried Infantry medic came home, tried to forget things he had seen. ' The True Story of the Vietnam War and One Man's Sufferings. 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