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Subject: Re: 1968 November
Author: .	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:00:21 04/27/00 Thu In reply to: . 's message, "1968" on 15:02:23 04/09/00 Sun > [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: 1968 November, LZ Mile High
Author: John Kolsun [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:50:57 04/27/00 Thu > >

[> [> [> Subject: Thanksgiving 1968 A day I'll never forget.

Author:
Anne Philiben
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Date Posted: 23:10:10 11/16/00 Thu

> > >We waited all night for a unit which had been caught in an ambush and then pinned down. The wounded finally started coming in about 5AM. I'd gone back to the BOQ to get some sleep. When I got to the ward it looked like we'd been ambushed. Their were charts, patients, sheets, equipment all over the ward. It took us till 10AM to learn which patient was in each bed. We never had a break all day. I think of it every thanksgiving.

[> [> Subject: Re: 1968 November
Author: Albert E Hatchell [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 10:59:05 11/17/00 Fri > > A stand down day from the Phoenix Program. Our compound at Xuan Loc was festive....had to be...worked with a bunch of civilians....and they put on a good feed bag. Great meal with good friends and a few moments to forget whats going on all around us. Next day we're back in the boonies working for Uncle Sam.

[> [> Subject: Re: 1968 November

Author:
jesse j. wallace sr.
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Date Posted: 17:59:43 11/17/00 Fri

> >nov.20-68 i was with the 4th combat eng.as a demo sp. we were attach to the 1/12th inf rifle platoon,we were the 4th eng,airmoble assult team and repaller's, at that time part of the 4th inf was trying to close the rout 511 chock point and two teams of us had to attach and hold two hill top's for fire suport bases LZ Swinger and LZ-20.we were on our way into LZ SWinger when the first chopper was shoot down and every one was lost ,myself and team were on the next chopper and we made our approch and had to jump about 15 to 18 feet from the ground , and started our fight while the other choppers were comming in we did our best to keep the VC down. my friend barry herron and his team was on the 3rd chopper behind us to come in ,and when they got there he and i and 1 infantryman took a 51 anti-aircraft gun out,in the next 5 days we set up a 105 h base and on the 25th of nov. we reloaded & made a airassult with the 1/12inf. on the rout 511 ..in the next 10 days we took over the 511 and blow over 600 VC bunkers --and i still didn't get any turkey.on the nov. 30 we met and regroup with another unit and moved on into VC valley...thank you and god bless all that made it back and may god which over those's that didn't come back..

[> [> Subject: Thanksgiving: 1968 Camp Evans I Corps

Author:
Jim Valinoti, medic, 1/30th Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division
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Date Posted: 17:30:56 11/18/00 Sat

FNG Medic just only country since 16 October '68 and completed all of the 1st Cav's processing from the 90th Replacement Btn in Long Bien to HHB of 1/30 Artillery in Da Nang. Spent the night in a tent in Da Nang along side of a runway where diesel trucks and tractors were moving supplies and equipment all night. The smell was awful. It was only surpassed by the smoke in the tent that we all were later breathing while sleeping when some idiot in the tent was careless with a cigarette and started a smoldering canvas fire. Arrived at Camp Evans in time to help with preparations for the 1st Cav Division's move south to III Corps (Phouc Vinh). Exciting times! Ah, we were all so immortal in those days.

Jim Valinoti, medic
1/30th Artillery
1st Cavalry Division
VN 1968-1969

[> [> Subject: Thanksgiving (1968)
Author: Harold W. Defibaugh [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:37:08 11/18/00 Sat > >Thanksgiving (1968) lai kha (1st infantry division) Friday, 17-Nov-00 11:59:10 I was assigned to the 1st infantry division during my tour in nam. at thanksgiving 1968 i was at one of our basecamps at lai kha. Harold W. Defibaugh

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Thanksgiving (1968)

Author:
John R. Howell
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Date Posted: 10:18:06 10/30/01 Tue

>> >Thanksgiving (1968) lai kha (1st infantry division)
>Friday, 17-Nov-00 11:59:10
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>I was assigned to the 1st infantry division during my
>tour in nam. at thanksgiving 1968 i was
>at one of our basecamps at lai kha.
>
>Harold W. Defibaugh

Was or Was not Da Nang mortored during November and December of 1968. Some one please e-mail me, I need pictures and proof for a VA claim. I was with Det 1 834th Air Division.

[> [> Subject: Re: 1968 November
Author: Stanley Fistick [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:20:01 11/18/00 Sat At FSB Copperhead-every last man got drunk on pink champagne which resulted in mass vomiting-Charlie missed his chance that night!

[> [> Subject: Thanksgiving 1968

Author:
Bob Poff
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Date Posted: 01:06:22 11/19/00 Sun

> >We (C-1-8, 4th ID) were on FB 25 roughly halfway between Dakto and Ben Het in November of 1968. We were in the process of building this firebase after having made a "strategic retreat" off of FB 29 where the NVA had us zeroed in and were pounding us every day. I was still pretty new and was scheduled to go on my first 'slurp' on Thanksgiving Day. I was a little nervous and hadn't given much thought to the holiday except to think of all the folks at home and how I wished I could be with them.
We went up to the mess bunker and there I saw an amazing sight...guys leaving with plates piled high with just about every kind of food that is associated with the traditional Holiday dinner! I also saw that the officers were serving the meal and having a great time doing so!
I have always had a sentimental streak and the combination of this great meal and the officers serving us first, warmed the cockles of my heart. It was one of the nicest things that happened during my tour of duty and I have never forgotten it.
Of course, I had to 'saddle up' and go out on my first slurp just a bit later, but that just made the day even more memorable! Vietnam was often like that, I guess all the hell made us really appreciate the good times in between...but that meal was above and beyond what I had expected on Thanksgiving Day on a firebase in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

[> [> Subject: Re: 1968 November
Author: Billy Joe Huff, Jr. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:34:25 11/19/00 Sun > >The only descent meal in months and Mr. Charles decides to invite himself to supper....thats right only we celebrate Thanksgiving, maybe next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4/42 FA, 4th Inf, "B" battery anyone else close to Dakto at this time...........CPL Huff

[> [> [> Subject: Re: 1968 November
Author: keith a. sheets [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:21:56 11/20/00 Mon Dian, 1st inf. div. cant remember anything (so embarassed).

[> [> Subject: Thanksgiving 1968
Author: Al Kidd [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:58:28 11/20/00 Mon > >Thanksgiving 1969 I spent Thanksgiving of 68 at Dak To Firebase and Thanksgiving 69 at An Khe! Both holidays HHC put out the extra mile to give us a grand feast!! adkidd@gateway.net Al Kidd