RETIRED FROM THE PHONE COMPANY AT THE END OF 2001. SPENT THE NEXT 15 YEARS TRAVELING, PLAYING GOLF, HITTING THE CASINOS AND ENJOYING RETIREMENT. STARTING IN 2016 WITH THE BIRTH OF MY 1st GRANDDAUGHTER (ELIZABETH), FOLLOWED BY JULIETTE 4 MONTHS LATER AND FINALLY KATHRYN IN 2019. I STARTED A NEW "CAREER" AS PAPA . I SPEND MY TIME BABYSITTING AND ENJOYING THE 3 OF THEM. IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, KATHRYN WILL MOVE ON TO THE 1st GRADE AND FULL TIME SCHOOL AND I WILL PROBABLY GO BACK TO GOLF. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ALL THIS TIME HAS PASSED.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.