I was on hill 55 on Thanksgiving day with my plt. standing by to fly out on a Sparel Hawk! My Bn 3/7 was on hill 37 and the 7th Marines HQ was on hill 55.
We had our dinner on Hill 55 and it was great! I still have the program cover after all these 47 years.
Robert McLeod
Sgt Maj USMC Ret
I was on Hill 55 Nov 1969. We didn’t get any turkey, we got hit that night. Spooky paid them a visit.
I was on Hill 55 on Thanksgiving in 1968 with 3/11
I was with Bravo Co. 1/7 on Hill 10 Oct. 68 then moved to what I thought was Hill 55 Just north of Dodge City 1st of Nov. It was part of a switch of T.A.O.R.s……….do i have my hill # wrong? 7th Marines Rule!
My first hill was 37 then 55 later to 65 and finally !Ross it was firebase Ross that got overrun! I was with alpha 2/1 1/7 to many memories good and bad! Ksettlrmire(reverand)