A story for National POW/MIA Recognition Day. My friend, Betsy, wrote this article about a fellow Detroiter. By Betsy Alexander, Historical Education Coordinator Operation Crazy Horse was a search and destroy mission which commenced May 15, 1966, the action centered on and around LZ Hereford in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam. Charlie (or C) Company, […]| CherriesWriter – Vietnam War website
What was the probability that, more than 8,000 miles from home, I would run into even one GI from Tonawanda? And when I did, it couldn’t have been more surprising. Read what happened. By Paul A. Scipione During the absolute peak of 543,000 American GIs in Vietnam in the summer of 1969, I found myself […]| CherriesWriter – Vietnam War website
Here’s another short poetry submission by a fellow Vietnam War veteran. By Pvt Gerald L. Wolf The Sun came out today, To shed it’s radiant beams on the soil. What a curious sight to behold, Amid all this trouble and toil. The Sun came out today, But it may as well not have come out at all. It brought along blue skies […]| CherriesWriter – Vietnam War website
Ask any Marine if they can remember the first day they actually became a Marine, and you likely will be told it was boot camp graduation day. This Marine cites other defining moments in the journey that eclipse the boot camp experience. Here’s his story: By Ronald Winter Ask any Marine if they can remember the […]| CherriesWriter – Vietnam War website