Banco Intercontinental, S.A., Santo Domingo, Dom Rep
CSI Leasing de Centroamerica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT, Miami, Florida
Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, Miami, Florida
Other Comments:
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 VI Campaign (1968-69)
From Month/Year
November / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969
Description This campaign was from 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969. In November 1968 the South Vietnam government with American support began a concentrated effort to expand security in the countryside. This project was known as the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign."
This period covers the election of President Richard M. Nixon and a change of policy brought about by his administration after January 1969 when he announced a coming end to US combat in Southeast Asia and a simultaneous strengthening of South Vietnam's ability to defend itself. Formal truce negotiations began in Paris on January 25, 1969. The period can be characterized as marking time in preparation for an about face. Forty-seven ground combat operations were recorded during this period, the following being the most important:
(1). Operation NAPOLEON in the Dong Ha area initiated previously (1967) by Marine units, terminated on 9 December 1968.
(2). Operation WHEELER WALLOWA by 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and 196th Infantry Brigade (Light) in north-central Quan Tin Province. This ended on 11 November.
(3). Operation MACARTHUR initiated by 4th U.S. Infantry Division in II Corps tactical zone terminated on 31 January 1969.
(4). Operation COCHISE GREEN conducted by the 173d Airborne Brigade in Binh Dinh Province.
(5). Operation TOAN THANG II consisted of ground operations throughout III CTZ. This was a multi-division operation involving allied forces.
(6). Operation SEA LORDS was a coast and riverine operation. On 6 December Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT was started to disrupt enemy infiltration of materials from the "Parrot's Beak" area of Cambodia. Air operations continued to be important with over 60,000 sorties flown.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
November / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember Susami, a SSgt whose name I forget but with whom I played Pinnocle on our time off. A 1st Lieutenant in our DASC who explained to me the principle of 'subtle arrogance' with which I agreed. A reinforced grunt platoon defending our ASRT as well as the Lieutenant doing TPQ-10 bombing. Recall one particular Marine Squadron callsign: Hellborn 206 or some number like it.
Memories Was sent to Hill 55 to set up the comm for an ASRT that was being transferred to support ground operations in and about the area. On the way back came back hitchhiking up Highway 1 through Danang, Phubai, Hue, Quang Tri City, to Dong Ha. Traded some cigarettes for unexploded ordnance north of Quang Tri and turned it over to EOD in Dong Ha. In early January was transferred to Vandegrift, to the DASC, in support of Task Force Hotel. Getting the word that Colonel Spark, whom I had just met, was killed in the south. Remember being diverted from a mail run to a medevac for an unit out in the field (I don't remember whether it was from the 9th Marines) in a CH-34. Visited Camp Carroll and the Rockpile as well as humped batteries to the Vandegrift ASRT located on top of Ca Lu mountain. My last UH-1 ride out of Vandegrift to Dong Ha.
