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 […]

History Blog Post #1 – Ft. Lewis, Washington – December 1965 to September 1966

FORMATION, TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT In 1965, the conflict in Vietnam, once limited in scope, involving mainly United States military advisors to the military of the Republic of South Vietnam, blossomed into a full scale ground war. US Marine and US Army combat divisions arrived, oriented themselves to this strange new conflict, and began conducting offensive […]