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Would like to hear from any Marine/Corpsman who served with me. (See "The Missing List" on the right side) In particular, I'd like to locate the following: MCRD San Diego Platoon 3070 recruits who graduated in Sep 1966, Marines that underwent Infantry Training with Y Company, 3rd Bn, 2nd ITR, MCB Camp Pendleton Sep-Oct '66, and those who took basic wire communications school in the same base Oct-Nov '66; 9th Comm Bn (RR&C Co) Marines who served in 1966-1967 at MCB 29 Palms, California, the wife of a senior NCO at MCB 29 Palms who picked up my buddy and me from an aircraft accident site near the town of 29 Palms, and rushed us to the base hospital on June 30 1967; 2nd LAAM Bn, HQ Battery, in Chu Lai, Vietnam, from Feb 68 to May 68; 2nd LAAM Bn, Alpha (A) Battery, in Ky Hoa Island, Chu Lai, Vietnam, from May 68 until Oct 68; MASS-2, Dong Ha DASC/ASRT Detachment, Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Vietnam, from Oct 68 to Jan 69, also Hill 55 ASRT, for whom I set up their wire comm; MASS-2, Vandegrift (LZ Stud) Task Force Hotel DASC/ASRT Detachment, Ca Lu, Quang Tri, Vietnam, from Jan 69 to Feb 69; H&S Co., 1st Bn, 6th Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC, from Mar 69 to May 69.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
April / 1968
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August / 1968
Description This campaign was from 2 April to 30 June 1968. During this period friendly forces conducted a number of battalion-size attritional operations against the enemy.
Operations PEGASUS-Lam Son 207 relieved the Khe Sanh Combat Base on 5 April and thereby opened Route 9 for the first time since August 1967. This operation not only severely restricted the North Vietnamese Army's use of western Quang Tri Province but also inflicted casualties on the remnants of two North Vietnamese divisions withdrawing from the area. This success was followed by a singular allied spoiling operation in the A Shau Valley, Operation DELAWARE-Lam Son. These two operations prevented the enemy from further attacking I Corps Tactical Zone population centers and forced him to shift his pressure to the III Corps Tactical Zone.
During the period 5-12 May 1968 the Viet Cong launched an offensive with Saigon as the primary objective. Friendly forces defended the city with great determination. Consequently Saigon was never in danger of being overrun. Small Viet Cong units that did manage to get into the outskirts were fragmented and driven out with great loss of enemy life. By the end of June 1968 friendly forces had decisively blunted the enemy's attacks, inflicted very heavy casualties, and hindered his ability to attack urban areas throughout the Republic of Vietnam. The enemy was forced to withdraw to his sanctuaries.
The strength of the U.S. Army in Vietnam reach a peak of nearly 360,000 men during this period.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
April / 1968
To Month/Year
August / 1968
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember Comm Section: Franco, Gascoigne, Holmes, et al I don't remember. Sgt Golf, US Army, a memorable character during my stint at guard duty in our sector of responsibility.
Memories The first part of this period pulled guard duty on the southern perimeter of Chu Lai Combat Air Base. Our sector was the SE section of the base, with the coast line on the left flank and the wire perimeter on the south. Three observation towers and a line of bunkers and trenches constituted the defense line. Marines occupied the center tower, the other flanking towers were assigned to the Army.
In early May, I was transferred to Alpha Battery on Hill 44 (Ky Hoa Island) just outside and north of the main Chu Lai Airbase. We worked with a CAP unit at one end of the island and five small hamlets mostly comprised of farmers and fishermen.
