Aftermath
On the long ride back from Bin Khe I rehashed the events of that day over and over wondering each time if my radio operators had done well and how my superiors would evaluate my performance in the field.
First Impressions
The Army had trained me as a radio operator and I had every expectation that they would assign me to a unit in need of one. When I arrived in Qui Nhon I was sent to the Headquarters Company of the US Army Support Command in Qui Nhon. My assignment was that of clerk typist.
Recollections Of A LRP First Sergeant
It has been almost 30 years since I first arrived in Vietnam in 1966 as the Operations NCO of the 9th Division cavalry squadron. I have since come to realize that memories fade and history of units are diminished forever by the failure to record the stories of first hand experiences.
Welcome To Vietnam
I literally received my orders for Vietnam on my birthday in 1966. At the time I was working as a student instructor in the United States Army Radio Operators School at Fort Ord, California.
A Good Ambush
In the spring of 1963 most of the world, with the exception of France, couldn't tell you where Indochina was let alone pin the tiny nation of South Vietnam down on a map without squinting or being off by a country or two.