I remember arriving at my first fire base in Nam in March 1969. The firebase had been over run just before I got there and hit hard. Anyway, never forget a marine survivor telling me to take my dog tags off from around my neck and tie them with your laces in my boot for two reasons. One is because they clang if you go on a patrol and make noise and the other was, if you get hit by a mortar or rocket or step on a mine all that maybe left of you is parts of your boots and they like to identify you by the dog tags. Welcome to the Nam.
Hey Randy , do you remember the name of the fire base ?Was it at the Liberty Bridge.? ( Phu-loc 6). Harry
Randy,
Was that firebase LZ Ross? I remember walking out the gate at Ross to spend time in the bush. There was some sort of junkyard there either right inside the wire or just on the other side of the wire. There were pieces of choppers, tanks, & what looked like a jet in that junkyard. Seeing those things made it clear to me I was in for some serious business.
Cpl. J.P. Sitek 0331
Lima 3/7
Phu-loc 6 was over run sometime in March 69. 2nd Battalion D Battery 11th Marines and some from 1/5 Kia. Wade 3/5 69-71
Wade, it was 19 March 69. Harry
It was indeed March 19.1969 Liberty Bridge Phu Loc 6, on the Song Thu Bon river. N.E. of An Hoa and southwest of Da Nang. I was there as well. I was with B 1/5 60mm mortars. An account of that battle is included in the book “Brutal Battles of Viet Nam. Semper Fi!