| I got a phone call one day from a fellow whose father had been in Vietnam with Bravo 1/9 in 1966. He had kept a diary complete with a bunch of drawings. The son sent me these 4. It has been a while and all I remember is that his name was Lavelle. The above was made when 1/9 got to Dia Loc pass May 6, 1966. |
| June 25, 1966 11:20pm Song Thu Bon river. |
| This is my personal favorite. Some near-by Sea Bees tossed a party for 1/9 (or maybe it was just Bravo company). I seem to remember the son saying they had just returned from some operation. In the finest tradition of inter-service cooperation things soon got out of hand. The Pabst Blue Ribbon bottle in the foreground suggests that adult beverages may have had something to do with it. |