The Patriot Files Forums - My Name is Clark Lohmann, I live in Omaha Nebraska

Hello MORTARDUDE, CLARK LOHMANN HERE LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF. I SERVED WITH BRAVO COMPANY 2-22 INF MECH DEC 67-JUNE 68. I AM LEARNING THIS SITE AT THE HELP OF MORTARDUDE, I AM GETTING TO KNOW ALOT MORE BRAVO PEOPLE BY EMAIL. MORTARDUDE, GARY, AND HOPEFULLY MANY MORE WITH YOUR HELP GENTLEMEN. OUR NEXT REUNION IS IN KANSAS CITY, MO IN MAY OF 2005 AND THIS WILL ALL BE ON THE NEWSLETTERS ONCE I CAN GET YOU MEN IN WITH US.
I THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT MY VIETNAM EXPERIENCE, I WAS ASSIGNED WITH B CO IN DEC 67, I SPENT CHRISTMAS ON BERM GUARD AND THE COMPANY CAME IN AND WE WENT NORTH AND SET UP OUR PERIMETER ON THE CAMBODIAN BORDER IT WAS WELL USED I HEARD LATER AND THEY EXPECTED US TO GET HIT AND HIT WE DID. ON JAN 1-2 OF 68 AT 11 P.M. UNTIL 6A.M. THEY CAME WITH A HUMAN WAVE ATTACK I WAS ON LP LISTEN POST ALL NIGHT IN BETWEEN THE GOOKS AND OUR PEOPLE, AT LIGHT THEY CAME OUT AND GOT US I WAS RADIOING MESSAGES ALL NIGHT ABOUT THE MOVEMENT THERE WERE ABOUT 35 BODIES AROUND AND NEAR OUR LP HOLE AND IN ALL 401 NVA AND VC WERE KILLED WE LOST 23 AMERICANS. TO THIS DAY I THINK THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME I NEVER GOT TO BE A FNG I WAS IN BATTLE FROM THE START. ON MARCH 13 BRAVO WAS A BLOCKING FORCE FOR CHARLEY CO, THEY GOT MEN PINNED DOWN IN AN AMBUSH SO THEY SENT BRAVO IN TO TRY AND RESCUE THEM, WE GOT AMBUSHED I HIT THE DIRT AND AIMED MY SIXTY TO SEE WHERE THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM AND BAM IT WAS TORN RIGHT OUT OF MY HANDS BY AN AK-47 THROUGH THE FEED TRAY, SO ALL I COULD GET OFF WAS ONE SHOT THE ONE IN THE BARRELL, THE GOOKS NEXT SHOT GRAZED MY LEFT EYE FROM THEN ON ALL I COULD DO WAS PRAY HE KEPT SHOOTING THE 47'S HITTING NEXT TO MY HEAD BUT GOD ANSWERED AND HE DID NOT HIT ME AGAIN. AND FINALLY MAY 27TH OF 68 WE HIT A 500LB BOMB THEY TOLD ME AND BLEW THE APC ALL TO SHIT I WOKE UP TWO DAYS LATER WITH MY SPLEEN GONE MY LEFT WRIST FRACTURED AND HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH ALL MY BROTHERS UNTIL THE REUNION OF 2000 IN CLEVELAND, BUT THERE IS ONLY A FEW OF US. JERRY PIERCE FILLED ME IN ON THE 27TH ISSUE HE WAS BEHIND US AND TOLD ME HIS MEDIC BEAT ON MY CHEST AND BLEW IN MY MOUTH AND THEY THREW ME ON THE DUST OFF AND UNTIL THEN FOR 30 SOME YEARS HE THOUGHT I WAS DEAD. BESIDES YOUR S&D MISSIONS AND NIGHT AMBUSHES EVERYNIGHT AND LAYING WITH THE BUGS AND THE RED ANTS THIS IN SHORT WAS MY VIETNAM CAREER.