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Date Posted: 03:29:58 12/14/14 Sun
Author: Thom Mace
Subject: Re: Looking for anyone involved in the June 1970 firefight
In reply to: James Burk 's message, "Looking for anyone involved in the June 1970 firefight" on 08:59:45 08/30/06 Wed

Hi James,
I was not with India but was in the valley with Lima. I found out a couple of weeks later that a close friend Bo Blostecheck was one of the KIA, s and if you haven't discovered by now what happened then I'm really sorry to say it was told to me that it was friendly fire. I learned this from India's gunny who I talked with at battalion rear when we came back from elephant valley.
I just sent a message to one of the wounded in that incident who was asking for info on others who were involved in the fire fight.
We (Lima) did try to give assistance to both India and Kilo but when we came off of a ridge line headed toward the shooting we were held up with a medical I called in for one of our platoon leaders.
You may want to talk with Guy Riddle 541-659-4670 as he too was a close friend of Bo as well.
Hope you find the answers you are looking for and maybe Guy can help you with what actually happened between Kilo and India.
>I am looking for anyone involved or anyone who knows
>anything about the June 19/20, 1970 firefight in
>Elephant Valley by India Co.
>
>I have never really cared to know much until now. I
>have heard a couple of stories. One is that we were
>shot up by our own troops. The other one was we got
>caught in a VC ambush. I was medivaced out and spent a
>year in hospitals. I guess I never really thought
>much about it until now. I hold no grudges at all. I
>would just really like to know.

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Re: Looking for anyone involved in the June 1970 firefight -- Gary Shanks, 21:10:37 03/09/19 Sat