History Blog Post #6 – 1967 – January & February – The Pond.

1967 – JANUARY & FEBRUARY 1967 started for the battalion much as 1966 had ended.  Operation Adams continued, moving into the fifth and final phase of the operation, dubbed “Operation Rice Bowl”.  The mission was simple, secure the rice paddies in the lowland coastal basin and let the civilian farmers harvest the crops free of […]

History Blog Post #5 – Phu Yen Province – December 1966

The soldiers of the 3-12 Infantry were also encountering an enemy that was the master of the booby trap.  Punji stake traps, filled with wooden stakes sharpened and smeared with human excrement were common, and landmines and explosive devices littered the battlefield.  But for Bravo Company, 3-12, and one soldier in particular, a peculiar and […]

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 […]