en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_of Surrounded by an enemy battalion, our hopelessly outnumbered platoon waged a desperate battle for survival. https://open.spotify.com/show/5Th7BCpIKDE1hVTqNL3u0Q. We killed a lot of the enemy but we took few serious casualties. Was the 7th Infantry in Vietnam? - 2023 both tours. A dense mass of elephant grass hung over the riverbank, and he ducked under it. For example, life expectancy of male and female Veterans with household incomes less than $20,000, at respectively. to the empployees was very informative. He was wounded and suffered permanent disability shortly before his tour was up. Videos, Film, Music, and Movies about VN War, Author interview War & Life: Discussions with a Veteran, A Chat Between Three Veterans [live video with author], Lest We Forget Meet the Authors & Book Signing April 4th: Cherries and Donut Dolly, Interview with author John Podlaski in Examiner Magazine, American Heroes Radio interviews author of Cherries A Vietnam War Novel, Cherries Author Interviewed on British Website, U.K. Blogspot posts interviews author, John Podlaski, More Book Reviews and author interviews about Cherries, Les Scates, U.S. Army (Ret.) 10-4. Dap, Hope this helps. It was very nearly my last. They were also in a circular formation. Love this analysis. Re: Helicopter Crews (Medevac & Dustoff): To my knowledge, only the 1st Cav Medevac had M60s for protection. My 31-months in-country was in three Direct Support US Army aviation units, 15TC BN, First Cav, 335TH, Americal and 17TH Cav 101ST ABD65-71In the last battle I was directly involved, LAM SON 719, into Laos, cost army aviation units over 600-helicopters shot down or battle damagedthe NVA were waiting for our SECRET mission in early 71I was glad to go home at battles end, in March 71 , almost unscathed, I was TDY for my absurd third tourTo the point, many ARVN Rangers, airborne and their other best died in Lam Son 719US Army Infantry were forbidden entry to Laos in 71.. the ARVN were massacredand many US Army pilots and crew mambers were KIA & WIAeven MIA. It was on the Job Training ! endstream
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No creo que Susana _____ (seguir) sobre los consejos de su mdico. Tumbling end over end, the canisters exploded in a white-hot fireball. Thank God I made it. When Roeski got hit, I took over the M-60. Our home base was Quang Tri fire Base, But I spent about 6 months out at Mai Loc with the rig. (LogOut/ This has been going on for about a week Every time I try to watch a video on Youtube from my laptop I get instantly redirected to "gslbeacon.ligit.com." Thanks for the reply. After a couple of hours, the Viet Cong stopped shooting and melted back into the jungle. Not long after the artillery barrage ended, the North Vietnamese swept through 4th Platoon and executed some of the survivors. ), special forces, combat support, engineering, medics, and vehicle assault weapons. I was one of the lucky ones I came home without a physical scratch. To my right, Piambino had poked his head out of the trench to fire his M16 rifle. Cluster F, SNAFU and FUBAR fer sur. Hack received the Purple Heart for major combat injuries, and spent the rest of his military career as a recruiter for the US Army in Akron, Ohio. Vietnam War soldiers endured many hardships and faced many problems. Black fatalities amounted to 12 percent of all Americans killed in Southeast Asia, a figure proportional to the number of blacks in the U.S. population at the time and slightly lower than the proportion of blacks in the Army at the close of the war.. Eventually I found a spot where the bed leveled off and began firing on the NVA.
Yes, I made E4 at graduation, that was considered a NCO then. 11,465 of those killed were younger than 20 years old. My dog and I walked point my whole tour in Vietnam. Amen I was a machine gunner for 7 months 503rd infantry 173rd airborne and you hit the nail right on the head. Out of thousands of men that invaded that town in southern Afghanistan, we have lost 19. I personally believe and agree with previous posts that when its your time, not much you can do. I couldnt see DeLong and didnt know if No. 4 Bill May and Spc. As mentioned, who kept track of that in the first place? If the enemy was near, we never saw any. Lowering my gun, I turned around and noticed two VC sitting in the doorway of the hut, staring at me. I pumped 200 rounds into that riverbank. Sgt. Most of us have memories of these kind of experiences. I was an RTO for 9-1/2 months for Hawk Recon 2/327 101AB from dec, 1969 to sept 70. Diaphragm _____ 3. I was told my life expectancy was about 45 secs during a fire fight because of the weapons and demo I carried. Bruce Grandstaff and my best friend, Sgt. (Getty Images) Most war stories are about soldiers and battles. What were the life expectancies of soldiers during the VietnamWar? News media have reported tha an American commander ordered the air strike that burned Kim Phuc.Those are incorrect. Assigned to HHC 1/77 Armor, 1st, BDE 5th Inf. The battalion was sending us to a village with a small river running through it. Mech. One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. Of the eight who remained, seven were wounded. An interesting essay, even more interesting are the comments. Comments were more interesting than the article it self. Shermans had fairly thin armor (76mm at the thickest compared to a Tiger with 180mm at the thickest with most around 100mm). Point, slack and compass. where can i find red bird vienna sausage? I picked up my M60 and walked to the center of the perimeter, where I found the company commander, Capt. Sholly injured an ankle, and 1st Lt. Cary Allen took command of Company B. Cause-specific . In the First Armored Division, now part of the 23rd Infantry Division, commonly known as the Americal Division, combat medics were called into action every day because the fighting was now. These records were transferred into the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration in 2008. It doesnt make any sense statistically/mathematically it is impossible. I was over there twice serving as a Hospital Corpsman with a marine unit. If you would like to get a copy, and cant find it, let me know, and I will make sure you get one. See also: Population Before I became a team leader on ambush and recon I was in command of the scout jeep for the 25th ID resupply convoy from January 1968 to June 15, 1968 and I found the resupply convoys a lot more dangerous because the enemy always knew where it would be and when. General Westmoreland quoting Douglas Pike (a professor at the University of California, Berkeley), a major military defeat for the VC and NVA. Thats what I figured but didnt know for sure. 2 Gun to Ranallo. The Army suffered the most total casualties, 38,179 or 2.7 percent of its force. He was killed in an ambush along with three others. 1 Gun over my shoulder, grabbed a corner of a poncho and stumbled off with three other soldiers. Theres 58,276. The last American troops departed in their entirety 29 March 1973. As a result, less than one percent of all Americans wounded, who survived the first 24 hours, died. Michael Doolittle..I was with 1/8 inf, 1st Brigade, and that day, March 22nd was also our darkest day. He pulled the company into a perimeter and dispatched 4th Platoon to recon the trail to the west, while 1st Platoon performed a similar mission to the east-southeast. It was one of my most memorable tours in the Navy I later went to a carrier and was bored silly because I had about 1% of the responsibilities I had as an O-2. I prayed I would not have to fire over the heads of the 4th Platoon troops entering the draw to retrieve our dead. Supported by a shoulder strap, No. My second tour was as the S3 for LTC Anthony Herbertone of Americas greatest leaders and WARRIORS OF ALL TIME. TONY DISAGREED> hE SAID TAKE A 19 YEAR OLD, WHO HAS JUST TAKEN TWO ROUNDS TO HIS BODY, And IS watching his best friend die from multiple, bleeding wounds he wont give a shit about the Geneva Convention. He decided to stay even though he had a deep feeling he wasnt going to make it. US Wings recently added to OTEXA's Made in U.S.A. 23,24 This study found that the death rate for Vietnam veterans was 1.3 times that for non-Vietnam veterans; however, the excess deaths were limited to Engineer Corps members (RR, 2.5). I had to rely on my gun more than before. Gotta say I think you hit it on the nose. The American military did not lose a battle of any consequence. Corrections and confirmations to this errored index resulted in the addition of 358 U.S. military personnel confirmed to have served in Vietnam but not originally listed by the Department of Defense (All names are currently on file and accessible 24/7/365). Together we had passed the test. I felt the same way jumping off the chopper with my m-60, 300. rounds of ammo,grenades,sandbags and six canteens of water. Also, it has been incorrectly reported that two of Kim Phucs brothers were killed in this incident. I am convinced the same NVA soldier who shot at me moments before had killed my good friend, a budding doo-wop singer from Long Island, New York. The Vietnam War gave us trouble because we didnt know how to counteract against guerrilla warfare in a jungle (dont forget that the US Army was switching to M16s, which often jammed). I was a helicopter pilot I think the number of Army and Hospital Corpsmen serving with the Marine Corp was very high, with the ratio of the number of them over there. Roger Loves you too, Im sure. The average age of the 58,148 US Servicemembers killed in Vietnam was . NFS. I had a 20% death rate in my Hospital Corpsman Class. In 1964 an Ohio woman took up the challenge that had led to Amelia Earharts disappearance. Umm..maybe its because we also learn from experience. This Battle changed his life and his future, had it not been for his actions, every man on this FSB Gold would have died. Carrying a dead man some 300 yards through thick jungle in 100-degree heat was extraordinarily difficult. Half of the company hopped off the Huey on one side of the river, and the rest exited on the other side. I was sitting on the ground one day trying to dry out my gear and better configure my ruck when my squad leader came walking over to me and said, Gow, youve got the radio. As he turned and walked away! Work Plz. I remember hearing somewhere about an RTO who wasnt getting the info out correctly and the Lieutenant (Kennedy) grabbed the mic and said My RTO Is Foxtrot Uniform. Point was the safest place to be,they knew to wait for key elements, RTO, Medica, M60 Gunners. Interesting but something is missing. Ambushed on October 4th,1967. No trees or anything on the ground. Artillery, and ground forces. In my tour everyone had the same chance of getting shot. I was a REMF but Ive heard of 05Cs that were stuck out in the boonies on a firebase.