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02-07-2010, 08:11
http://www.rjsmith.com/topo_map.html#pleiku-complete
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Buffalobob
02-07-2010, 11:12
The only one I could find that I could remember was the Eastern DMZ. I visited on Charlie 4 for a while. That was one cold mother when the wind would blow in off the ocean. My Dad sent me a set of long johns which helped a lot.
http://www.rjsmith.com/DMZ_East.html
We moved around a lot and sometimes all I knew was whether we were in elephant grass or triple canopy. You could tell which it was by whether or not your arms were bleeding. :D
The only one I could find that I could remember was the Eastern DMZ. I visited on Charlie 4 for a while. That was one cold mother when the wind would blow in off the ocean. My Dad sent me a set of long johns which helped a lot.
http://www.rjsmith.com/DMZ_East.html
We moved around a lot and sometimes all I knew was whether we were in elephant grass or triple canopy. You could tell which it was by whether or not your arms were bleeding. :D
What year where you there? I was there in '69. I was looking in my little bible, it has notes of where I was and when written in it. I was at C-2 and C-3, along with Leatherneck Square, Cua Viet. We were mostly West of Dong Ha mountain on Mutters Ridge. Including Payable, LZ Stud (Vandegrift), Rock Pile, ConThien, Cam Lo.
Cua Viet was a in-county R&R spot in '69. A friend who was with 2/4, his unit was over runned there in '68. I accuse him of getting the natives riled up.
Cam'on.
H.
Buffalobob
02-07-2010, 11:48
I was there during Feb and Mar 1971. The guy below was my first CO when I got in country and then he went to BN as Redleg liaison and was shot down on the DMZ. He was not rescued because not every infantry officer has what it takes to be an infantry officer. Obviously I have a very low tolerance for cowardice in the face of the enemy. I still get angry over him not being rescued.
Study in stoicism
By ANDE YAKSTIS
May 6, 2007 - 10:39PM
Richard Anshus points with his combat knife to the area where he was captured in Vietnam and held as a POW for more than four years.
Airborne Ranger Lt. Richard Anshus was awarded the Bronze Star for outstanding leadership on the battlefieldsof Vietnam before he was captured.
Anshus, a 28-year retired Army Lt. Colonel, told the story of his ventures in the Vietnam War to students at Roxana High School. Students in Jeff Welker’s history class listened to Anshus talk about the hardships in a North Vietnamese prison camp, where he was a prisoner for more than two years.
Anshus went through the Army’s best combat leadership training at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated as a first lieutenant from West Point in 1969 and was selected as an elite Airborne Ranger with the famous 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. Anshus was a 22-year-old company commander who bravely led his infantry soldiers into battles in the jungles and rugged mountains of Vietnam. He was honored with the Bronze Star for his leadership under enemy fire with the 2nd Battalion-1st Infantry Americal Division. Students in the Roxana history class listened as Anshus talked about the fateful day he was captured by the enemy in March 1971.
He was flying with a helicopter pilot, searching for enemy forces on the ground. Suddenly, the helicopter was shot down and crashed in the midst of enemy soldiers.
“I was shot in the chest,” Anshus said. “I radioed for help.” He was captured and walked 10 miles to a prisoner of war camp. “I was in pain from my chest wound,” he said. “The enemy soldiers interrogated us day and night.” Anshus slept on boards in a tiny cell with no windows. “They operated on my injured arm twice without using any anesthetic,” he said. Prisoners tapped on the walls in a secret code and used hand signals to communicate with each other, Anshus told the students.
He was moved to the notorious “Hanoi Hilton” prisoner of war camp. “The worst feeling of being a prisoner of war is knowing that you may never go home again,” Anshus said. U.S. B-52 bombers continually bombed the area around the POW camp, he said. “I saw four B-52 bombers shot down,” he said. He was freed on March 27, 1973, after more than two years as a prisoner of war. Anshus married his sweetheart, Sylvia, and they have a daughter, Dr. Christina Anshus.
He was awarded another Bronze Star for an exceptional action while accompanying U.S. Special Forces on a mission to Grenada. Through his alertness, Anshus discovered that the plane, with U.S. Special Forces, was preparing to take off without ammunition to fight in Grenada. “The ammunition was sitting on a pallet on the airport runway,” he said. “I alerted the officer and the ammunition was loaded on the plane.” A sergeant on the special mission later thanked Anshus “for saving our lives.” He lives in O’Fallon, Ill.
Buffalobob
02-07-2010, 11:51
P.S.
SGM Pete G was there with me.
I am glad to see that he survived. Generally the Bac Viet did not keep grunts as prisoners. One just did not want to be taken alive by them.
The Reaper
02-07-2010, 13:43
P.S.
SGM Pete G was there with me.
Garner?
TR
Buffalobob
02-07-2010, 13:46
Gould - SF sniper school
Dragbag036
02-07-2010, 17:17
Gould - SF sniper school
I didn't think Pete was that old. About a year ago he was at 26 years of service. I guess I'll call him.
Buffalobob
02-07-2010, 19:47
I didn't think Pete was that old. About a year ago he was at 26 years of service. I guess I'll call him.
I assume it is the same person being as there surely are not two people by that name .
The unit would be 2/1 Inf 196 Inf Bde. I am Jim Collier. If it is the same person he will know the name.
PS
If it is not the same person then it will certainly save me some embarrassment being as I was going to stop in and see him the next time I went down to Bragg.
P.S.S.
You are right. This is not the same SGM Gould. I went back into my old emails from the last time we had talked (Jan. 2004) and he mentioned he had retired but I had forgotten. I saw the sniper article ( http://www.soc.mil/swcs/swmag/08May.pdf ) and just thought -There's Pete.
Dragbag036
02-07-2010, 21:45
I didn't think so. I talked to Pete right after I got off the site and he was 7 in 1971 and had no idea about what you were talking about.
Buffalobob
02-07-2010, 22:02
he was 7 in 1971
Too bad for me being as I was hoping to get a good tour of the facilities but I guess he is happy not to be 60+ years old.
Dragbag036
02-08-2010, 09:29
Too bad for me being as I was hoping to get a good tour of the facilities but I guess he is happy not to be 60+ years old.
He no longer works there. Change of the SGM was a while back. But I'm sure someone here would do you the favor if you really wanted it and they have the time. I've been gone for over a year myself.