Riflecop1
05-27-2015, 14:42
I'm not able to start a thread on the Taps board so I'm posting this in Base Camp for the mods to move to Taps. I did not see this posted anywhere else but I thought some people on this forum would want know about this.
This gentleman lived in my community and recently passed away but I never had the privilege and honor to meet him:
http://community.fortunecity.ws/westwood/dior/66/samcook1.jpg
http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/jhnewsandguide.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/81/c81fa5c1-1625-5c53-a32f-f38043206b25/5563ac2571839.image.jpg?resize=300%2C452
Obituary:http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/valley/obituaries/coutts-served-in-special-forces-guided-hunts/article_26635384-3785-524d-8a0c-776ccbf71789.html
I read that retired LTC Bucky Burruss said that he saw Sammy Coutts attack the 18B NVA Regiment with a company of Cham strikers during Tet '68. Burruss also noted, "When I went to the other side of Nha Trang, I found Sam Coutts there, fighting a different enemy unit. Sam had encountered five of the NVA huddled in a conference and killed them all. When I got there, he was running through enemy gunfire, shielding a couple of children with his body as he got them out of harm's way."
RIP (salute)
This gentleman lived in my community and recently passed away but I never had the privilege and honor to meet him:
http://community.fortunecity.ws/westwood/dior/66/samcook1.jpg
http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/jhnewsandguide.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/81/c81fa5c1-1625-5c53-a32f-f38043206b25/5563ac2571839.image.jpg?resize=300%2C452
Obituary:http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/valley/obituaries/coutts-served-in-special-forces-guided-hunts/article_26635384-3785-524d-8a0c-776ccbf71789.html
I read that retired LTC Bucky Burruss said that he saw Sammy Coutts attack the 18B NVA Regiment with a company of Cham strikers during Tet '68. Burruss also noted, "When I went to the other side of Nha Trang, I found Sam Coutts there, fighting a different enemy unit. Sam had encountered five of the NVA huddled in a conference and killed them all. When I got there, he was running through enemy gunfire, shielding a couple of children with his body as he got them out of harm's way."
RIP (salute)