While serving in Vietnam with 3/1/1 in 1968, I acquired a little friend. My last name being Mongar, I was given the nickname, “Mongoose”. Seems that the kids in a local ville that we tromped through occasionally, heard me being called, “Mongoose”, and next time through, they presented my with this very young mongoose. After my first day of carrying this little critter around, it never left my side. The little thing met it’s Waterloo during a mortar and rocket attack in Elephant Valley, in June or July of 1968. It was an experience I will never forget, one of those things that happened in Vietnam that can never be repeated.
2 of a Kind
Hello, my name is Don, I was with 3/1/1 from 11/67 to 12/68, 0351. Our Bn Lt. Col when I first got to Nam, Marble Mt had the moniker YE OLD MONGOOSE stenciled on the back of his jeep. Were you on float? I was with H & S 106’s flames and rockets. Was attached to Mike, Kilo, Lima, and India at various times on ops. Semper Fi
Doc Harrison 1/3/3 D2 We got smacked in that same valley in 1965.
looking for the hat that the Marine has on.where can I get it??
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