From Frank Rodriquez
| Terry Oldham, Frank Rodriquez, Benny Valdez. |
From Robert Nicholson
| On the far left is Freddie Weakee, the short black is Nathanial Riley, Robert Martinez next to him. Charles Kanehailua behind Riley. Taken at stack arms at China Beach. This was Freddie's third tour. It had taken a toll on him. He was always on the verge of blowing up, it took little to set him off. When I located him a couple of years ago he said he'd had a lot of problems since Vietnam. Some jail time. Now he stays in his trailor and reads the bible. Kind of the classic PTSD bunkering up symptoms. |
From Travis Skaggs
| Frank Stewart facing the camera. Frank made it home okay. On June 20, 1969 he left the company and went to supply. He rotated home around October of that year. Frank was a dependable Marine and well thought of. David Call (WIA March 18, 1969) told that in early 1969 at Hill 22 several NVA were spotted several hundred yards away. Frank grabbed an M-60 and managed to drop most of them before they could get away. When were were fighting in Hiep Duc valley (late August 1969) Frank volunteered to rejoin the company even though he had already done more than his share. Ray Rankin (WIA August 26, 1969) had just landed at LZ Ross. He had been medivaced a few days earlier for heat. As he started to get off Frank got on and told him the company needed every man it could get and he was going out. So Ray went too. It's funny the things you remember. Frank and I were talking one day about being incountry and being married. He told me his wife's name was Bunny. Now why should I remember a think like that after all these years. He was from Kissimmee, FL. That was where we had our 1999 reunion. Tried to find him but no luck. I have one other memory of him. While at Cobb Bridge we had to get some kind of shot. Got mine and was walking away when I heard a bunch of yelling and looked back to see him passed out on the ground. |