This book contains stories of Reconnaissance Marines in Vietnam.
Reconnaissance Missions and Patrols of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion.
I wrote this book because time stopped for me.
July 7th, 1968 (14:30) - July 9th of 1969 (16:30)
528,480 Minutes
My time in Nam
I'll take you back to riveting, true-to-life account of survival, heroism, and death in the Elite Marine Recon Units of the Vietnam War.
My units experiences behind enemy lines during the war.
In the thick of a Jungle War, the Marines of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion understood that the only things keeping them a live were their own skills and courage and the loyalty they had to one another.
In 1st Recon you performed at a very high level of proficiency. Or you Died...
The Recon Marines in Vietnam had one of the most difficult dangerous assigment in Vietnam. Making perilous helicopter inserts deep in enemy control territory.
Risked their lives every day in small teams, never knowing whether they would live to see the next day.
I'll take you back to '68 and '69 of the war when I run point on over twenty Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrols.
It seems like yesterday for this proud Marine.
March 15th, 1969 11:30am
His eyes seem to be searching for me. This moment was an eternity for me on that day. Then the enemy moved off. Pasting me by with packs on their backs, their weapons shouldered, carrying heavy arms and equipment.
Fifty or sixty NVA passed me by that day 8000 miles away on that winding trail.
This moment of 5 to 6 minutes was an eternity for me.
To all my brothers with painted faces. What a somber place it seems to be looking back at that time in Nam.
My mind wandered back today to that place "Not a shot was fired" not one shot.
I do thank my brother’s with painted faces from Company B.
All my children and grandchildren also thank you.
Not a shot was fired that day.
To all the winding trails in Nam you will read the stores of the Recon Marines!
