Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates. Information presented by SFC (Ret) David Hack. I had to rely on my gun more than before. In our spare time we did medevacs and medcaps for the local communities and when required inserted SEALs . The oldest man killed was 62 years old. 76% of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower middle/working class backgrounds. Gotta say I think you hit it on the nose. This has been going on for about a week Every time I try to watch a video on Youtube from my laptop I get instantly redirected to "gslbeacon.ligit.com." After every officer in our company was either killed or had serious wounds, our 1st Sgt , David McNerney took over the company and without his leadership, and knowledge of war, and unbelievable courage, our company would probably have been wiped out. To an, open area. A dense mass of elephant grass hung over the riverbank, and he ducked under it. I personally believe and agree with previous posts that when its your time, not much you can do. I pumped 200 rounds into that riverbank. 4322 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<4E412331B845E54EBDFDC79FA0627A18>]/Index[4314 16]/Info 4313 0 R/Length 65/Prev 560501/Root 4315 0 R/Size 4330/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream HOOAH!!! They used the callsign MEDIVAC and were armed. 79% had a high school education or better. I was a cmbt engr demolition specialist carried a 45 auto and an M70 grenade launcher in addition to the C-4 and Det Cord. Americans who deliberately killed civilians received prison sentences while Communists who did so received commendations. From Cam Rahn, we kept flying north to, a Landing Zone near QUANG TRI. Remember he wanted to reenlist for one more year in Vietnam. They kept coming up the hill bringing more bodies to me until all seven had been found. Theres 58,276. We were discussing the different units and dangers of each. Vietnam Veterans represented 9.7% of their generation. The American military did not lose a battle of any consequence. As some said, averages are meaningless. Expenditures for a body in a combat zone? Terrified, I dropped down as fast as I could, pulling the gun and two ammo belts of 100 rounds apiece on top of me as I fell back into the dry streambed. Your email address will not be published. I think the number of Army and Hospital Corpsmen serving with the Marine Corp was very high, with the ratio of the number of them over there. May was eventually able to hand off 2nd Platoons No. Our patrols were typically about 14 hours 24/7 We operated of old LSTs and large barges. year old Marine thinking this is my last day on earth. Express your answer in terms of x. never happened,we lost two sweep team members and some Just published my book The Last Goodbye by John Fratangelo, available on line on Barnes and Noble and Amazon Prime Books, Getting great reviews. rice farmer who was still working with is ox like nothing ever The average age of the men killed: 23.1 years. Despite initial victories by the Communists forces, the Tet Offensive resulted in a major defeat of those forces. THE MAN I INHERITED THE GUN FROM WASNT SO LUCKY. Calculate the pH of a solution of 0.157 M pyridine. Different strokes for different folks in war fer sure. In total, the 7th Infantry spent four years in Vietnam. When we reached Company A, we placed our dead in the center of the two-company perimeter. We were probably not too far away on that day. Interesting reading. All the comments and replies are of absolute truth, I was only 18 when I got to Nam ,Im a country boy from NC so here I am Stop staring at your computer already, get up. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. I won a few times, and even when I did not I benefited from handling the gun under stress. 58,148 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.7 million who served. Hi, the whole thing is going nicely here and ofcourse every one If you look at all of the things the radio operators were tasked with, it becomes abundantly clear why commo guys weren't expected to last long. They were lazy, cowardly and of questionable loyalty, especially the RUFF/PUFFS, and they would steal your under ware if given half a chance. Mech. Very Good , I was a radio operator up in I corps in 68 & to me the worst thing was the walking . My heart was pounding out of my chest. E)V_5lu[vC3+"vg2L& A Marine on patrol crosses a rice paddy in Vietnam holding an M60 machine gun in 1966. I remember hearing a Lieutenant (Kennedy) say to one of his two platoon RTOs My RTO is Foxtrot Uniform. If you have other information let me know. They were held in special regard after the Normandy landings, when 225 Rangers scaled cliffs at Pointe Du Hoc on June 6, 1944 under intense enemy fire. Often as not he was right beside you with a stolen chicken and a bag of rice. The average man who fought in World War II was 26 years of age. Some unfortunately also came home with physical scars. MEDEVAC helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. We were told in training that the life expectancy of a machine gunner was about seven seconds from the moment the first round was fired. Please do not send samples. Also, it has been incorrectly reported that two of Kim Phucs brothers were killed in this incident. Point was the safest place to be,they knew to wait for key elements, RTO, Medica, M60 Gunners. We wanted a break. Thats why they called us GRUNTS ! They were glad to see me as it had been a while for replacements with the unit. Sgt. (LogOut/ 58,148 were killed in Vietnam, 75,000 severely disabled, 23,214 were 100% disabled, 5,283 lost limbs and 1,081 sustained multiple amputations. My first tour was as an advisor to the VN Abn. On the morning of March 22, 1967, companies A and B of my battalion began a search-and-destroy operation along the Cambodian border. Shermans had fairly thin armor (76mm at the thickest compared to a Tiger with 180mm at the thickest with most around 100mm). I was already lugging around a 24-pound weapon, 300 rounds of ammo and a pack that weighed a good 45 pounds. The two platoons were to advance no more than 200 yards from the main body of the company. I was a helicopter pilot My dad died of cancer at 52. the life expectancy of a LT in Vietnam in major combat was 16 minutes. Two points: 1) at least in Army units, Medevacs (dust offs) flew unarmed aircraft. 1ST MAW 66-68. I had a 20% death rate in my Hospital Corpsman Class. I was trained as a RTO in 1970 at Fort Ord then went to Fort Gordon for teletype school, my MOS was 05C20 when I finished. Wow I was 31.8 Gun shot Carried model 1200 Winchester shot gun WIA May 68 Article was great. Then I dropped back down in the streambed to organize our ammo. From a military standpoint, it was almost an unprecedented performance. I always found life expectancy numbers interesting in that I could never find any supporting information that could be validated. 10 1/2 months in the bush. Be glad you served with a soldiers soldier like LTC Herbert. endstream endobj 4315 0 obj <>/Metadata 89 0 R/Pages 4312 0 R/StructTreeRoot 120 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 4316 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 4312 0 R/Resources<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 4317 0 obj <>stream Very memorable comments. 0 I was an Artillery Forward Observer 13F20 E-5 at that time. I served in A Company 3/22 of the 3rd Brigade 4th Infantry 12/66, then Hq Co 2/12 of the 3rd Brigade 25th Inf until the night of the TET offensive end of January 1968 and returned home July 18 1968. The rolling fire burned everything to the ground and undoubtedly killed scores of NVA. Background [ edit] General Vo Nguyen Giap, the designer of the Tet Offensive, is considered by some as ranking with Wellington, Grant, Lee and MacArthur as a great commander. Ever since that fateful day in 1967, I have often wondered what became of my beloved M60. The battalion was sending us to a village with a small river running through it. We fought to an agreed stalemate. We observed the rules of the Geneva Convention while the bad guys had no interest in doing so. As I was running to the rivers edge, ready to unload on the VC hiding in the elephant grass, I ran past a grass hut and never bothered to clear it. I watched in horror as four NVA soldiers ambled through the branches of a downed tree that partially concealed us. If you would like to get a copy, and cant find it, let me know, and I will make sure you get one. The average life expectancy of a front-line soldier in eastern Ukraine is four hours, a Marine said. The next morning, the blasting could still be, heard. In your rucksack . 82nd 2/505th. Ed, I was in a Grunt Platoon in Vietnam 70-71. Soon after, Pfc. The average age of the 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years (Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 have both event date and birth date. BS but ia a way you are correct. They were also in a circular formation. Dap, Hope this helps. 11,465 of those killed were younger than 20 years old. They were great patriots fighting for their families and their homeland. In my tour everyone had the same chance of getting shot. Work Plz. The man listed as missing was machine gunner Joe DeLong, captured along with No. The Kb of pyridine, C5H5N, is 1.5 x 10-9. However, it was the discretion of the individual crewmen if they wanted to carry personal weapons or not. We soon learned that the NVA troops were very different from the local guerrillas we had fought around Tuy Hoa. Re: Helicopter Crews (Medevac & Dustoff): To my knowledge, only the 1st Cav Medevac had M60s for protection. I too never understood survivor quilt, Enjoyed your article. I prayed I would not have to fire over the heads of the 4th Platoon troops entering the draw to retrieve our dead. Some very close calls but I am alive at age 74. If there was anything to this life expectancy of a few minutes then myself and many of my friends that are still alive today would be a long time dead. 11 c mos , meaning I was also cross trained for mortars . Flipping the safety off, I scanned the jungle in front of me. I was an FO back in the day. 2) by my research, medics suffered 93% casualties with about 33% deaths. An infantry platoon commander in combat had an average of 6 weeks life expectancy. General Westmoreland quoting Douglas Pike (a professor at the University of California, Berkeley), a major military defeat for the VC and NVA. Although the percent that died is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300 percent higher than in World War II. They run into the fire to help the wounded and many get wounded or killed. You of course had the radio plus xtra batteries & handsets plus your rucksack with 7 to 8 canteens , 20 mags ( I used to carry 17 rounds in the mags instead of 20 ) because the springs would force the round into the chamber causing jams . Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Company C, 87th Infantry Regiment, walk on patrol north of the Long . I was a grunt with c co. 4/31 196th it inf bade. Few areas of the world have been as hotly contested as the India-Pakistan border. I was a medic on one for two yrs and the only weapon I was issue was a six-shot .38. I was wasting ammo and didnt even have a target! Sometimes on Family Guy when there about to take someones heart out they say, calimar or maybe its spelled different. of what was usually 5 or 6 going in and many times the leads would find traps, punji pits or the VC waiting. An NVA soldier had evidently spotted the gun and waited patiently for me to stick my head up. In total, the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs (3,744 planes, 5,607 helicopters and 578 UAVs). We all die, so its not even worth worrying about when in my opinion, id rather do something that i knew was worth it and risk dieing instead of living in fear of death. I didnt want any medals. Really no mention of the regular rifleman. They also had a 12 gauge, and a M 79 grenade launcher and M 16. I was told to show the new guy how to use it properly. The first thing my platoon sgt. As a Huey door gunner, when we left the ground on a mission, I always thought that this mission would be my last! my left and saw this rice paddie farmer and his ox and I was trying to motion him to get down he just looks at me and starts Name the major nerves that serve the following body areas? According to the American War Library, as of February 28, 2019, it is estimated that approximately 610,000 Americans who served in land forces during the Vietnam War or in air missions over Vietnam between 1954 and 1975 are still alive to this day. Soon I could take the gun apart and put it back together in the dark. His best friend is 86 and still alive. If anything went wrong, I could easily kill some of our soldiers. How Many Vietnam War Veterans Are Still Alive? When I popped back up to put out some automatic fire, a bullet whizzed by my earno more than an inch from my headand slammed into the tree next to me, shattering the bark. 5 seconds. I applaud your courage as I know an RTOs job is essential, difficult (carrying the weight of his radio transmitter, his rifle, his ammo, and his rucksack), and dangerous as the enemy surely wanted to knock out any communications for support. A former expert with the M60 machine gun shares his experiences wielding the fearsome weapon in Vietnam. From the Landing Zone, we were carried not too far. Your article was quite interesting. endstream endobj startxref Every single . ), special forces, combat support, engineering, medics, and vehicle assault weapons. They were all up there scanning the terrain and looking for signs. Cause-specific . DeLong had only fired the weapon once in training, so I let him fire off a few rounds to practice. Posterior Thigh _____ 4. While I was in training, my motivation was to get these wings and I wear them today proudly, the airman recalled in 2015. The CACF is the basis for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall): Average age of 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. Non-divisional aeromedical evacuation units went by the callsign DUSTOFF. I've never heard about the life expectancy of 6 weeks (even with a short google search). The income differentials in life expectancy for Veterans in 2011-14, however, are estimated to be smaller. Enter the the Ksp expression forC2D3 in terms of the molar solubility x.? Take out the power center, youve got the edge. We took fire all the time and responded. I DISAGREETHE ENEMY WOULD SHOOT THE GUY NEXT TO THE RTO-KNOWING HE WAS THE COMMANDER. The fact is that most machine gunners, RTOs, junior officers and other extremely dangerous jobs survived the war. 1 Gun had registered its first kill. Vietnam War soldiers endured many hardships and faced many problems. Some 23% of Vietnam vets had fathers with professional, managerial I spent my year in Vietnam with the 1/22nd infantry part of the 4th division. He decided to stay even though he had a deep feeling he wasnt going to make it. He served as a sergeant with the Big Red One in Lai Khe, Vietnam. Supported by a shoulder strap, No. The body felt as though it weighed considerably more than it looked. 4 Joey Piambino were to my right in the streambed. July 68 to July 69. The helicopter provided unprecedented mobility. I put the M60s bipod legs down, lifted the weapon and positioned it on the ground outside the streambed facing the NVA. Me molesta que mis padres no ______ (cuidar) su alimentacin.. 3. Fact: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. An infantry platoon commander in combat had an average of 6 weeks life expectancy. Then he said youre on a FB, the enemy always knows your location, can pretty much attack at will, and you really dont have the capability to retreat. Still, militarily, the Tet Offensive was a total defeat of the Communist forces on all fronts. He then said that they were generally on patrol moving through their area, both attacking and being attacked depending if the VC knew their location. 1 Gun was on my hip with the safety off, ready to rock and roll. Like you, I carried a PRC-25 for about 5 months and never got hit. In the few firefights and skirmishes we had with local VC, the gun always performed well. 1 gun and was hoping it would stay that way. I applaud the courage and difficult and all so dangerous job of Roger Herforth when he served as an RTO for the Hawk Recon Platoon of the 101st airborne division in Vietnam.. I personally carried 300 rounds of ammo at all times, one belt in the gun and two across my chest. They were well-armed, well-trained and knew how to fight. Ernest, Im glad that your first tour with the VN airborne was rewarding. If you were an administrative officer or clerk in an air-conditioned trailer in Saigon, your war might be a lot like peacetime duty. The group found the first man killed and carried him up the hill, placing his body right next to me. happened. To my right, Piambino had poked his head out of the trench to fire his M16 rifle. Combatants on both sides faced physical challenges posed by the climate, terrain and wildlife of the country. Hack received the Purple Heart for major combat injuries, and spent the rest of his military career as a recruiter for the US Army in Akron, Ohio. In that time 4 us kia and 4 wounded. In 1964 an Ohio woman took up the challenge that had led to Amelia Earharts disappearance. Fact: The American military was not defeated in Vietnam. Certainly got my attention. I, in turn, would take an M16 rifle, which felt like a feather in comparison. It doesnt make any sense statistically/mathematically it is impossible. I was wounded 3 times during the 10 1/2 months I was in-country before being medevacd out in Apr of 68. Still shaken, I grabbed the gun and crawled to the left inside the streambed. He said fighting was especially deadly in the war-torn city of Bakhmut, dubbed "the meat . 4314 0 obj <> endobj I am one lucky SOB. 101st Airborne Division. 74% say they would serve again, even knowing the outcome. The smell of those charred bodies, blackened and smoking from the napalm strike, is something I can never forget. meaning what is the chance of me getting killed in combat. Also , it I might add that the, Government big wigs, have a quota [percentage]of a lot of the Military equipment etc that had a certain amount of time to function until it was disable, blow up, wrecked, junk, etc. Like most inexperienced gunners, he underestimated the power of the pig and failed to keep the barrel down when firing. Explore the Life of a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam. (and yes, you cant ask them, so it would have to be derived from the AA-reports and survivors). The blasts from the AMMO, really lit up the whole area. In Vietnam he cut the hair of everyone in his company for free. !We dont abuse prisoners Now, if he reaches for his weapon to continue the fight BLOW HIS ASS AWAY THIS AINT SUNDAY SCHOOL!!! Some Brothers said why spend another year in this hellhole???? 4 Paul Domke, who carried extra belts of ammo and fed them into the gun. February 5 th, 1967, Galiano was headed to Saigon, Vietnam with 90 fellow Americans on an Air Force c-131, but orders were quickly altered . This is excellent! Foot soldiers went by the grace of God, but had a better chance than the infantry platoon commander in combat. Was Billeted near an Army medevac Unit and was offered a chance to lay on my stomach with an M16 and door gun for them I decided not a good Idea. I look over to It was reported as an overwhelming success for the Communist forces and a decided defeat for the U.S. forces. I was one of the lucky ones I came home without a physical scratch. Nicknamed "the pig" due to its size, weight and sound, the gun struck fear into enemy troops. Prayers for all. How old are Vietnam vets now? The Organization of the Viet Cong Units in the South never recovered. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 91% of Vietnam Veterans say they are glad they served. I am 81 now and survived the encounter by terminated the sniper. (Getty Images) Most war stories are about soldiers and battles. Black fatalities amounted to 12 percent of all Americans killed in Southeast Asia, a figure proportional to the number of blacks in the U.S. population at the time and slightly lower than the proportion of blacks in the Army at the close of the war.. In a strange country scared shitless .I was a minesweeper.My first time out on a mission they put me on the drag line fifty yards from the road which was route 1, Then all hell broke lose 1 Gun more than I did. I think what is missing is the fact that the life expectancy of those firing at us was much shorter than those that they were firing at. Out of thousands of men that invaded that town in southern Afghanistan, we have lost 19. I quit trying to make sense of all the numbers that have been generated about Vietnam. I also was 2/327 B company. (You can unsubscribe anytime), The US Wings website is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) compliant and adheres to their standards for accessibility of the internet so people with disabilities can surf the web more easily & efficiently. 4329 0 obj <>stream I was a 2nd Lt. Infantry platoon Leader. Id had a premonition, and asked the LT to let me trade off to become the AG. %PDF-1.5 % This is hard to believe, losing nearly 711,000 between 95 and 00. I saw killed and wounded everywhere in our combat operations. Correct. All of the next day, we could see SMOKE from the fire caused by the explosions of the AMMO at, the AMMO DUMP. According to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) there are now officially 58, 318 names on the wall. The man with the carbine immediately dropped it, and the two VC surrendered. My dog and I walked point my whole tour in Vietnam. Activated in 1915, as the 173rd Infantry Brigade, the unit saw service in World War II but is best known for its actions during the Vietnam War. Soldier,this is a wardont forget that, and anytime we are in a fight we will be toughest SOBs in the fight!! I for one commend you for your courage and thank you for your service to your country. Ordered to reinforce the unit, the Company B commander put our four platoons abreast of each other, and we marched west. Fact: No American had involvement in this incident near Trang Bang that burned Phan Thi Kim Phuc. 67-67 11B 4th Id. A typical Patrol Boat River (PBR) was about 31 feet long and had twin 50s forward an M 60 midships and a 50 aft. Love you Wortman!!!! . Half of the company hopped off the Huey on one side of the river, and the rest exited on the other side. And yes, please God, bless America. Fortunately, it was recorded on Spotify and can be listened to here: Thank you for both articles: (1)Going up river to port and (2) the flight from Italy back to Nam. Vietnam Veterans were the best educated forces our nation had ever sent into combat. The trailer for that video can be seen by googling the title, and it might still be sold on Amazon. Great information. Lucky you. Our home base was Quang Tri fire Base, But I spent about 6 months out at Mai Loc with the rig. Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. No combat assignments for another year of service in Vietnam or get out in about a month. Four platoons in a rifle company. There must have been a real mathematician to come up with those calculations. I will always think/say, we had absolutely no reason for being in that place. My father was on a lrrp team!65-67never was shot but killed alot.He never really got over it though died in 2012! Death by a Bottle! After about 30 minutes, the four enemy soldiers got up and left the area. In the last 5 years the symptoms of PTSD and AO are starting getting worse in me. Here are statistics from the Combat Area Casualty File (CACF) as of November 1993. Required fields are marked *. Photo above is of Stanley Kober with RTO, John Scheur. Of the eight who remained, seven were wounded. Our Aussie Dust off choppers had door gunners, we worked on the theory if the Noggies would shot at Red Cross choppers, we would return fire, Aussie grunt, 60000 00 Aussies fought in Vietnam, Up the Old Red Rooster and more beer. May they rest in peace. The Vietnamese pilot who dropped the napalm in error is currently living in the United States. I have a fried Who is killed in Vietnam six months before I got there cause of death was other how would I find out since his parents are long gone, Do a search for his name n Coffeltdatabase.org, Sir, would you mind me translating this into Spanish and getting it posted in our blog? My assistant gunner and my ammo bearer also carried 300 rounds each. 8h%5HF8r,X'q#Vtgz%)P/Oi#rU(uO&*Xx1t^=xVLi He also worked on Jacqueline Kennedys hair pieces and wigs. Our 5th night there, the AMMO area started burning / blowing up. 9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the official Vietnam era from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975. 4 Charlie Ranallo, were on No. Over 900,000 patients were airlifted (nearly half were American). The death squads focused on leaders at the village level and on anyone who improved the lives of the peasants such as medical personnel, social workers, and school teachers. Bloody May 1968 Mini TET. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. Our chase after the enemy unwittingly led us into a large ambush. Enemy fire greeted as us as soon as we landed near the village. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star in 1974. 1 gun! Everyone laughed. The rule of thumb was , any new guys would get the radio and keep it until another new guy came in. What Was It Like To Hump The Boonies in Vietnam? Both served in A 2/18 1st Infantry Division. Lt lost a finger, same time. Screaming Eagles! At this time- senior Army leadership ordered us all to read the Geneva Convention to our troops because of the My Lai debachle. . HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. Their personal income exceeds that of our non-veteran age group by more than 18 percent. I loved it. Helicopters, F4 fighters. to the empployees was very informative. Do the math. My bud, Price took over as RTO. I was an O5C-20 in Vietnam. Fact: Mortality studies show that 9,000 is a better estimate. I do remember when I got short I thought about it a lot more. Anyway I was wondering about the RTOs in a grunt platoon, was that their MOS or were they 11B that carried a PRC ? When the Company B units that landed on the opposite side of the river got to the bank, some troops reached in and pulled the enemy from the water. The 4th Platoon survivors stayed put for the night. Life Expectancy of the World Population. For example, life expectancy of male and female Veterans with household incomes less than $20,000, at respectively. At Fort Lewis, every recruit learned to operate various weapons. Average age of men killed: 23.1 years Total Deaths: 23.11 years Enlisted: 50,274; 22.37 years Officers: 6,598; 28.43 years Warrants: 1,276; 24.73 years E1: 525; 20.34 years Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. I carried the PRC-25 Radio most of that time. Of the . Hurrying forward with No. I was an RTO for 9-1/2 months for Hawk Recon 2/327 101AB from dec, 1969 to sept 70. Robert Sholly, standing with Platoon Sgt. Vietnam veterans' personal income exceeds that of our non-veteran age group by more than 18 percent. I picked up my M60 and walked to the center of the perimeter, where I found the company commander, Capt. He was wounded and suffered permanent disability shortly before his tour was up. THANKS! A much better approach would be/have been: of all the combat-casualties, what was their At that time, an infantry company consisted of about 150 men. To keep busy on the boat ride to Vietnam, my unitCompany B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regimentheld competitions where we took the gun apart and put it back together while blindfolded to see who could do it fastest. In all that time, the Tet 1968 fighting in Saigon was the only time the unit fought a pitched urban battlevery unusual during the war. I was told my life expectancy was about 45 secs during a fire fight because of the weapons and demo I carried. by Zita Ballinger Fletcher 1/18/2022. (Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 have both event date and birth date. The Bn & Company I was assigned to, was on the last row of Bldgs. Some of my men didnt. We were very, lucky. They were not randomly selected but simply the best at doing it. If the enemy was near, we never saw any. Sergeant Galiano's experience does not deny Brands depiction of the battle in Vietnam, but offers a typically overlooked perspective of a drafted soldier fighting in the central highlands of Vietnam. Thanks for the perceived loss and the countless assassinations and torture visited upon Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians goes mainly to the American media and their undying support-by-misrepresentation of the anti-War movement in the United States. Thats what I figured but didnt know for sure. What is the life expectancy of Vietnam veterans? Tony told me that either he or I would greet all incoming troops and we did- and here is the speech we gave to them. Some were constantly exposed to combat, some not so often. Sociologists Charles C. Moskos and John Sibley Butler, in their recently published book All That We Can Be, said they analyzed the claim that blacks were used like cannon fodder during Vietnam and can report definitely that this charge is untrue.
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