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- Twenty-Five-Night Ambush: Confessions of a Vietnam Vet by Sgt Robert Boardman
- Twenty-FiveNight Ambush: Confessions of a Vietnam Vet Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5.17 A letter from a Vietnam veteran to a WWII Marine. As surely as Spring follows a bitter Winter, hope can emerge from the pain, tragedy and suffering of war and its aftermath. Dear Bob, It is hard to write my story. I've started many times. But I get going and feel this huge weight crushing down on …
Read More - The Black Angel
- The Black Angel Do not remain neglectful of hospitality to strangers, for by it some have entertained angels without knowing it Hebrews 13.2 He spotted me on the crowded ward of the hospital ship, USS Solace. This black man, clad in his clean, blue Navy dungarees, appeared to be a member of the ship's crew. He made his way through the crowded bunks of wounded Marines and sailors, came up to me with an engaging smile, stuck out his hand and said: "My name's so & so-- good to meet …
Read More - The Password
- The Password Communications dominate war; broadly considered, they are the most important single element in strategy, political or military. Rear Adm. Alfred Mahan, 1900 During combat in WWII in the Pacific, the enemy was often a skilled infiltrator and night fighter. Because of this, Marine units found it necessary to adopt a different password for identification every night. In the First Marine Division, before nightfall, the password was sent out verbally through the regiments, battalions, companies and on down to platoons, squads, weapons-served units and tank crews. Every man knew …
Read More - The Alphabet Men of C Co. First Tank Battalion
- The Alphabet Men of C Co. First Tank Battalion Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a single honor, the brave with the weaklings. A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.Homer in The Iliad, 800 BC At Camp Elliott in San Diego after Boot Camp in early 1943, we were "volunteered" alphabetically, A, B, C & D, for Marine Corps tank training at Jaques Farm. The Alphabet Men, …
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