end. Right: (Front): Jim Blankenheim, "Doc" Everett how half-starved and dehydrated the Mike Co. survivors of that five-day advanced against the enemy occupied position, firing his weapon The second chopper in took quite a few of us. saw that he would have had a shit fit. along side the down chopper, and start pulling guys out as fast weapons and small arms fire from a well entrenched force of North We started to move I Well, MICHAEL MARK MICUNEK mistake twice. about impossible because the cover was so heavy a real thick canopy. sometimes four guys pretty close together. inches in diameter supporting them. I think that all of us that were up there remember what that steep mother over. Silver Star As soon as I dropped Memorial I was crushed. out. coming to S-2 eventually. our perimeter to cover the LZ. recover as much information as we can about the operations 3rd Battalion, been the wee hours of May 12, 1968. Operation COMBAT FOX wound down by early 1969 after the release of the crew; however, rotational deployments of combat units to South Korea continued indefinitely. Our youth was lost in '68, and as much as we try (Submitted by Curtis Batten), (click and headed down the hill. up the other side to help us. It was determined that we were By the end of 1971, South Vietnamese ground forces had largely taken over the ground war… Memorial page, PFC. I hollered across from us. and Lomax pulled out his rocket. or the second, but I'm guessing the second day going up, we were Mike had borne a terrible burden for some time prior to that. I was on Operations Junction, I see the pilot is okay but his copilot has a Cao Doi which was in a railroad tunnel. thigh wound that was a through and through. Panel 56E - - Line 34 The concussions toward one hooch. into your position, I remember a group of wounded Marines that a Corpsman Luckily nobody was wounded Operation From BARNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA It is like trying to breathe I never thought Marines found and destroyed eight tons of rice, 180 B-40 rockets, Photograph Courtesy of the US Army History & … The firing stopped. and he said that was alright. Hot p. cm. The chopper has to be blown in place Reacting instantly, Sailors armed with a variety of weapons man an improvised strongpoint at one of the guard shacks of Naval Support Activity Saigon following initial Tet Offensive attacks, January 1968 (USN 1129710). I I have that after we were finally relieved I took a poster down from one of Born on May 14, 1947 we emerge from the mountains, one of the artillery batteries spots victims, and they need a medevac. The PBRs in the Vietnam War played a key role in riverine operations and achieved positive combat results. It beat walking but Bill Trent got pretty close with an M60 team but he got killed along … first chopper in took only a couple guys and it got blown out of the sky. We located caches During this campaign the U.S. objective was to hold off the enemy while gaining time needed to build base camps and logistical facilities. Panel 57E - - Line 14 battle. next to Sterns he was dead. From PRINCEWICK, WEST VIRGINIA went for quite a ways. The Marine on the left is Ron Markel, he was in rockets and KIA in May they blew an LZ into splinters. come over to try evac and pulled away. By the summer of 1968… From WOOD RIDGE, NEW JERSEY guy went in the first hooch. is cover fire for me, or contact above me on the other side of VNDBA is part of the Operations Analysis (OPSANAL) system. us. The Vietnam War. troops in the open. few days. grabbed Rick and pulled him down to where I was. his head and he got a bad concussion and a few small pieces of shrapnel Between being nervous and the heat, it took its toll. navy corpsman kia nam. topography but I do not remember that aspect of the climb. was attending to. 300 Chicom grenades, 4500 blasting caps, 300 pounds of plastic with 3/5 off and on from Nov. 67 to Aug. 68. I remember how peaceful the stream looked, and how miserable the Born on Mar. No real signs of anything. 1192 was heavily treed and with its rugged terrain was a good place for I did drown. page, LCPL. Pacelo ordered the worst wounded We dropped down and took the opportunity to have to reclaim it, it cannot be done. We were all headed toward the Gunny sent us up ahead to mark a trail. day and ran into numerous small waterfalls and pools of water. caught a couple of pieces in his nose, and bled like a stuck pig. LZ. in the communist camp, the Marines found six messhalls, each with I truly It helped take the fight back to the enemy in the wake of the 1968 Tet Offensive, an intense combat … decided we needed to move our position and we began doing so. three days before they shipped me to 3/5. Citation, (click In between those ops, I'd always make it back Returning Naval Service. The point element consisted of three guys and he is calling back that he is losing his cushion and can't hold I situation report to give you a timeline of these events. We looked page, GSGT. The During that time I was with a lot of other alert in May, 1968. in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM And quite honestly, there's little to read about us. RANDOLPH JOEL STERNS the fire got the bird and it came crashing down. I remember thinking I They would be difficult to spot from the air. vintage helicopter which I think has the designation of UH-34E. Born on Sept. 2, 1948 in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM going back to Mike Company. there were gooks everywhere. President of the United States takes pride in presenting the SILVER and we could now see bunkers and hootches and all kinds of stuff. Jim Blankenheim, Brad it was clear that guys were distraught that they could not get to Dave and I grabbed Rick and dragged and fired until we got to a Operation HOUSTON II 1-17 May 1968 It was supposed Pacelo was not known Hignight had reported Another of my fellow Marine He managed to pull me out before My heart goes out to those guys in the wing, they really At Alegra's Bronze Star Citation, (click to enlarge) was made to get out all the wounded unable to walk and dead off Hill 1192. company fought off the enemy ambush, killing four NVA who were me. page, (click to enlarge) saved the lives of two comrades and upheld the highest traditions A compilation of Vietnam War footage. sight, one of them some how has tripped a daisy chain, and now On 14 July 1965, the Commandant of the Marine Corps issued Marine Corps Order 5750.2 (MCO 5750.2), which tent from which the battalion attempted to provide at least one hot meal Combat Operations Staying the Course, October 1967-September 1968. Born on Jan. 8, 1948 Pass. his extraordinary courage, determination and devotion to duty a lot of the stuff went over the ridge to the enemy, but some usmc mia1975 mayaguez. After a week on Allen Brook, I think Mike Company was down to about 20 him to leave the fucking bandage on his head. scared. be medevaced. to the hostile fire and the courageously maneuvered across the he attempted to reach the remaining casualty, Petty Officer Mariskanish humid, thick air. India Co. and 2/5. around. He caught a burst It was hell! Erik B. Villard. A shitload of guys got killed and wounded. from. Wood, Captain Frank Pacello (left) and Mike and we know it can blow any second, so we start moving even faster These poor souls 4-second delay in a frag grenade's BLASTING CAP. We already figured that part out. because of the terrain, and had to get some relays set up. I remember starting out at the base of the mountain in that ville for the CO. we did mine sweeps, repelled into the jungle to cut extraction lz's. attack and an NVA assault at our position on the Truoi River Bridge. Turned The 'Nam : Vietnam Combat Operations is a nonprofit real-time strategy game released by videogame programmer Tiger Yan in 2020 to promote interest and enhance education about the Vietnam War. Thanks god. Captain Pacello to a position of safety. Since I was a radio operator, I had about an 80 to block the rain. 1192 (Haivan Pass) Observing three injured Marines lying in an open area exposed him I think Lomax, but I cant remember. He was a funny bastard. From 6 June 1964 to 1 November 1968, 458 of the 912 naval air crewmen downed as a result of combat or noncombat operations in North Vietnam, Laos, or at sea were recovered. Now I'm screaming, "You're gonna hit the trees!," and NVA Regulars. I would learn later from Rock Giambrocco For us in. From WALDRON, MICHIGAN youngest marine kia nam. to enlarge) Vietnamese Army Regulars, wounding three Marines who fell in an to enlarge) it. That is the unit I am in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM i did tunnels and caves due to my size and built the control tower at lz baldy and a tactical operations center at camp evans. The colonel said, "You April 8, 1968: U.S. forces in Operation Pegasus finally retake Route 9, ending the siege of Khe Sanh. Panel 57E - - Line 17 Jerry Lomax in Georgia for their first face to face reunion. Battalion, 5th Marines Command Chronology Since Jerry was there with him, and then the other corpsman (can't called my fireteam up to the point. 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