March 27th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Seven
March 26th, 1969 Recap With the exception of the battalion Recon Platoon, all battalion elements remained at their previous locations. Alpha (LZ Cider), Bravo (LZ Swift), Charlie (LZ Cider patrol base), Delta (LZ D-Handle), 4.2″ Mortars (LZ D-Handle mortar base). The Recon Platoon reverted back to Battalion control (previously attached to Charlie Company) and established […]
Gravesite Visit #20 – Specialist Fourth Class James Robert Long – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saturday April 10th, 2021- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania On Saturday, April 10th, 2021, my family and I left our Air BnB in Morgantown, West Virginia and drove north on Interstate 79 towards Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We had barely completed our move from Alaska to West Virginia, and had not yet closed on our home purchase. One of the […]
Gravesite Visit #2 – Corporal Willie Danien Martinez – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Author’s note – I wrote this in September of 2019 while on a work trip to New Mexico. Keep that in mind as you read it, as I have not updated it to reflect current events. Imagine your country is at war. Which isn’t hard, since here in America we’ve been actively engaged in combat […]