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knocked me down as I was close by—only one Marine was killed that day it was this Marine with the ‘premonition’!
While becoming part of the First Battalion, Fourth Marines during the month of Dec. my brothers from my old battalion, 2/7 were finding themselves locked in one of the fiercest battles of the Viet Nam War. Operation Harvest Moon got under way in Mid Dec. as 2/7 corralled a NVA Regiment North of Chu Lai.27@ We heard some of the news coming out of that battle and it wasn’t good—there
were heavy casualties and the fighting was fierce. Those of us in my platoon that had been a part of 2/7 until the previous month had feelings of ‘survivor’s remorse,’ etc. We tried our best to get information but it was difficult to come by— we did find out that weather, communications and coordination were problematic in that operation. Over time the heroic deeds of 2/7 and my former colleagues would be well documented—I was proud of them then and I’m proud of them now.
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