The Legend of The Ia Drang Valley The legend of the Ia Drang (pronounced: I Drang) refers to the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. It was the scene of a very significant firefight. It was the very first time a contingent of troop-carrying helicopters inserted a large number of American troops deep into enemy territory. The troops were… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
It Is Our Obligation It is my belief, as it is of many who served in Southeast Asia; that if everyone does not make it back, then there is a little part of each of us left behind. For this reason, I think it is critically important to each one of us, men and… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
Ft. Wolters, Texas A 24-hour Memorial to all the fallen Aviators who had gone on ahead While going through Primary in 1968 at Ft. Wolters, TX, it was my pleasure to be a WOC with some very special people. Our TAC Officers were Mr. Mull and Mr. Quick. My two closest friends… [Read more…]
February 18, 2012
A lot of crap has been said about the Vietnam Grunt. Many movies portrayed them as illiterate and uneducated killers. Forrest Gump made the grunt look like simpletons. I was a Vietnam Grunt. I had graduated from high school in June and received my draft notice in early December as an early Christmas present. After… [Read more…]
February 16, 2012
Let me stress from the very beginning that this is my opinion. There has been no surveys or opinion polls taken. I served with the best Pilots the World has to offer. Since joining the 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry Association, I have met many more of these great men. When the Army decided to use… [Read more…]
February 9, 2012
The photographs used in this post came from www.tourofdutyinfo.com . The main means of communication for an Infantry outfit was the AN/PRC-25. It was commonly referred to as the “Prick-25”. It weighed 23.5 lbs and was worn on the back by a special harness. It was capable of pre setting two frequencies so you could… [Read more…]
February 8, 2012
Most of the information in this post was found in the following websites: www.aircav.com, www.238awc.org , www.wikipedia.org and www.ask.com. The weapons used in Vietnam were numerous. Those used by the Infantryman in Charlie Troop changed as field use and other factors demanded. The weaponry used on the helicopters also changed as the aircraft changed. The… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012
As with a lot of the posts in this Blog, I get a lot of the information from Charlie Troopers and other websites. For this post I received information from Walt Titchenell, Walker Jones and Bruce Huffman. As the war in Vietnam went on, the helicopters used by C Troop continued to improve. Below is… [Read more…]
February 2, 2012
I am about to enter into an area for which I am not sure how I will come out of it. I have talked about War Protesters before. Those were civilian war protesters. This post will deal with Veteran War Protesters. I hadn’t given a lot of thought to Veterans as war protesters. I started… [Read more…]
January 23, 2012
I’m not really sure when Sergeant (SGT) Michael Bresnahan was assigned to Charlie Troop. This was his second tour. Sgt Bresnahan had served in a different unit on his last tour. Both times he was an Infantryman. Sgt Bresnahan was relatively tall. To me almost everybody is tall. He was married to a lady for Thailand.… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
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