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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
This is a personal project intended to simply put in writing memories of a special time in my life. It’s not intended to be a ‘documentary’ or a literary work of art. Over time, names, dates and other facts tend to become fuzzy or even forgotten. I’ve tried to verify as many of the details as possible—unfortunately, official records are often hard to come by, especially regarding small unit operations. As is always the case when you write about your ‘personal’ experiences it is often impossible to ‘source’ all of those. I did , however, discover a web site that had many of our Battalion Sit Reps organized by month beginning in May 1965 and continuing thru the duration of the Viet Nam conflict. That site is : www.recordsofwar.com/vietnam/usmc/2ndBn7thmarines.htm and www.recordsofwar.com/vietnam/usmc/1stBn4thmarines.htm. These records were archived by Texas Tech. University and are linked to the ‘Records of War site ‘ ( VVA.vietnam.ttu.edu ) This site enabled me to read the actual sit reps submitted by our Battalion to Regimental HQ and read them month and day at a time —often seeing actual reports from companies re. enemy and friendly activity
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