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February 18, 2019 Grunt.com Admin

TET 69 Secrets

It have been 50 years since the 69 Tet offensive and now i ca finaly tell the truth about my service in the Marines.It is now declassified. On Feb 1 1969 i just finished my scout sniper training at Stone Bay Camp Lajune and was home enjoying 20 day leave when I got a call to return to HQ 2nd Recon. Once I arrived I was sent right away to a secret location near Onslo Beach.The only thing we were told was that we were shipping out to an undiclosed location. We were all issued a M-21 sniper rifle and loaded onto cattlecars.The next stop was Cherry point airbase. We were loaded onto C-130 cargo planes and imediatly took off About 10hours later under the cover of darkness we landded at Danag airbase in South Veitnam and were loaded onto covered trucks but still did not know where we were going. Finaly we were at our destiation Hue city. We were told to lock and load and to set up firing positions aroundd the city andd to shoot anyboby tring to leave the city.We were ther for about a week and lost Marines and We were then sent back to Danag again under the cover of darkness and told to never speak about waht we did.All any body need to know was we were on a training mission and the guys we lost were just lost None of us got any medals or nothing. I think I need a drink.
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Comments

Cpl. Bill Walter, 1969-75 USMC-R - April 21, 2020

Does anyone feel like me? I feel like I just walked through this dickhead’s mind and I’m having a hard time scraping the bullshit off my boots. I have never thought it was okay for these pieces of crap to be allowed to walk correctly for the rest of their lives. But I think Mickey B. has the best plan, just walk away. I suggest the editors look more closely to incoming scripts.

Mickey Blair - April 21, 2020

This story sure set my B.S. detector off after reading the first sentence. So many Posers out there. I’ve heard too many of these mythical stories over the years. I usually walk away without saying anything and just shake my head. Each time it gets harder. Mickey Blair HQ and Btry I Motor-T ’67 – ’68

Ernie Powell - April 21, 2020

I was gonna reply but it’s all been said already. Thanks men Semper Fi 1964/1968

Edward R Giddings 2585231 Sergeant in the Marines 1969-1973 - April 21, 2020

I have to agree with the previous comments!! This guy can’t spell, doesn’t know the flight time a C130 would take from Cherry Point to Danang….doesn’t know the year of the Tet offensive…admittedly, the year before I enlisted in the Marines…But it was ALL over the news!! ………Snipers were in place in Vietnam Nam, stationed in Okinawa, Camp Pendleton……and Finally, WHY would their “Mission” be Top Secret!!

MICHAEL FELCH “Headcold” - April 21, 2020

DON’T FORGET “under the cover of darkness” / “in covered trucks”… I’M WATCHING FOR SQUIRRELS IN THE TREES NOW… MUST HAVE STOPED IN PHU BI FOR LUNCH…

john Randall - April 21, 2020

All I can say my Fellow Marines is this guy is full of SHIT ! I spent my 4 year enlistment in the 1st and 2nd MAW. I flew many times on C- 130s with VMGRs 152,252,and 352. We never flew that far that fast. Semper Fi to all my Brother & Sister Marines.

RK OTTO GySgt Retired - April 21, 2020

I flew from MCAS, Cherry Point, NC in 1966 to DaNang on a C-141. It took us well over one whole day due to stops for refueling. He said about 10 hours on a C-130 from Cherry Point to DaNang. IMPOSSIBLE.

Brian Mc Guinn - April 21, 2020

So ”our Friend’s” crew of trained killer/killers, flying from CPNC to ”Danag” RVN, would’ve been in the air for 8050.2 Nautical miles at the C-130F’s best cruise rate of 292 Kts for a total of 27.6 hours aloft. This presumes a point-to-point flightplan, not the Great Circle route usually taken up the West Coast to Alaska, and down the Aleutians/Kurils to Japan. To run a flight of C-130s straight across the Pacific without stopping, would’ve need several tanker rendezvous. I guess it was worth it to send these secret squirrels on their super sniper mission to a fight a year later. Witnesses or spies on the regular route might’ve compromised OpSec, I suppose. I’ve been on a VMGR-252 hop from CPNC to MCAS Yuma, and we landed in Texas for refuelling, then had to layover at DMAFB, Tucson, for repairs, before finally running into Yuma. Took 2 days. CPL McGuinn, Brian 6635 VMA-513 Avionics 10/75 – 12/77.Semper Fi

Edd Prothro, MSgt USMC Ret. - April 21, 2020

Heading back to Okinawa after emergency leave stateside, I thought I was lucky to catch a hop on a C130 out of El Toro. We flew the big arc loop to Elmendorf AFB, AK, then to Yokota, Japan and Iwakuni, then finally to MCAF Futima. I don’t remember the exact flight time, but it was about a day and a half after we left El Toro, One of my fondest memories was a sign when we landed at Elmendorf which said, “Welcome to Alaska, Don’t eat yellow snow!” My body was still shaking three days after I got back up to Camp Schwab. My hats off to all those air-dales that fly those thing all the time. We always called them TWA (Teeny Weeny Airlines), but the price was right so I really couldn’t complain.

Murray hermanson - April 21, 2020

Really, I think they took them down to South America, (told them they were in Vietnam) and they were on a CIA mission to take over some area down there. Harry our friend might have wrote this. Just kidding. Think he just needed some one to rag on that day and we were the ones. Hope he is reading many feel good stories, and feeling good.

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