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Date Posted: 17:52:05 03/17/09 Tue
Author: William (Bill) Parrish
Subject: Re: 1968 Tet
In reply to: John Bieda 's message, "1968 Tet" on 09:32:07 02/02/08 Sat

>Its been 40 years since the '68 Tet offensive !!
>VC attacked the 84th compound the night of Feb 3rd.
>Sp4 Daniel Pena was killed in post#3 when VC blew up
>his guard post and entered the compound spraying the
>barracks and hootches. C Co cook David Pippin was
>fatally wounded with a satchel charge and died a few
>weeks later. The cooks tent was near post#3 perimeter.
>I was up the hill in post#4 shitting a brick. The
>rumor going around was that Pena saw movement and
>requested permission to fire, but the OD never gave
>the OK. I recall the OD was a blond haired 2nd Lt from
>C Co. I was there and shitting bricks also, its a time I never forgot! Trying to get some help with ptsd but having a hard time with va.

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