One summer night in Cambodia Delta 1/7 Cav had perimeter guard on LZ Ranch. Around 2:30AM a dozen sappers crept past the trips, Claymore’s and barbed wire and killed Mike Dawson with a Chicom. Moving forward they hurled satchel charges into bunkers, gunned down GI’s with AKs and Chicom’s, until they themselves were annihilated. All […]
As noted elsewhere on this site, former Copra pilot and civilian medical evac pilot Richard Magner, and former Delta 1/12 Cav grunt Bob March are collaborating with their colleagues in Vietnam to locate American dug NVA mass. In the Vietnamese culture the spirit will not rest until the body is properly buried. Here is Richard’s […]
“I was wounded during the morning sweep of the 8-March’69 LZ Grant battle—had my lower jaw blown off—and spent the next five years in and out of Fitzsimons Hospital. It was not all downtime, as I was able to finish college, get my fixed-wing licenses, and eventually returned to flying full-time.” So begins a May […]
Ruth’s Class
Periodically I give talks to high school and college students about my time in Vietnam. My format is simple. A very brief intro, followed by an eight minute clip from The Real Deal, a professionally edited short film I wrote twenty-five years ago. The students, many of whom have read The Things They Carried, by […]