Gravesite Visit #39 – Specialist Fourth Class John Forman Lobsinger – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17, 2022 In the fall of 2022, my employer gave me the opportunity to travel to Minneapolis-St. Paul for a planning session. After looking at the proposed schedule, I realized I could easily fit in a visit to a few gravesite visits located in and around the area. I compiled a list of […]

History Blog Post #4 – A probe on an NDP – December 1st thru December 7th, 1966

As the tropical winter months of 1966 continued, the Braves soon found out that enemy grenades could be just as deadly as friendly ones.  On December 1st, in the northwest corner of Phu Yen Province, Charlie Company established a night defensive position (NDP) near Hill 268. A group of dwellings and rice fields roughly a […]

History Blog Post #3 – Arrival to Vietnam – Tuy Hoa – September thru November 1966

ARRIVAL – TUY HOA – A SEASON OF FIRSTS As the Gordon pulled into port in Nha Trang on Wednesday, October 5th, the men aboard began to get their first glimpse of the lush green landscape that would be their battleground.  Quickly moved off the ship, they experienced their first convoy of the war, and […]