Sgt Grit
The last two newsletters have had a few articles about the How-6's and if they were used in Viet-Nam. I was in the first HOW-6 Platoon that was formed in November of 1965 and was part of 3rd Amtrac's outside of Danang and transferred to 1st Marine div in late 66. There is not much history of us being there because we were always attached to and in support of other outfits during Operations and river patrols. They were worn out by the time we were replaced by a company of How-6s in December of 1966 and that appears to be the start of the history of the HOW-6s in Viet Nam. I was a field radio operator (2531). I don't remember many names but myself ,Mike Lentini, who I still have contact with, and Don Brown, who was killed when the track he was on hit a land mine(DOW-11nov 1966) arrived together and met Tim Gott ( I believe He received 2 Purple Hearts) there. We were all from 2/8 at Camp Lejeune.
Don Lariviere
1963-1967