Onesix
Ong Thanh was pretty much missed by C company. They were elsewhere securing for the 15th Arty (I think) and were brought in after the fact for the final sweep and recovery. I am a member of the Black Lion Society and actually assisted Ed Burke with the original contact list when the society first started. My searches now have me with a list of over 170 names of Charlie company members spanning the years my chrono is covering. Once I complete my portion maybe someone else will pick up the pieces and go further back with it. As it is, just the short span I'm covering is almost more than one person can handle. Gathering and gleaning the details of where and when is a pretty daunting task and then having to sort through photos to figure out where they were taken is yet another task. Next is "bumping" the photos to bring back the color and also remove any anomolies (dirt, fisheyes, wrinkles, etc.) and finally you get to identifying the individuas in the photos based on 40 year old memories. I haven't repeatedly contacted anyone that hasn't shown interest in my endeavor so the "field of play" is pretty much limited to just a few individuals thus far. Perhaps when this is as completed as I can go then I can submit it all to Ed Burke who might be able to drum up more interest from other society members. It's a tough row to hoe but there's a Black Lion at the plow handle so it will get done. I'm still very new here so haven't figured out all the formatting and stuff when posting. Sorry about that...it should improve with time though. I'm still trying to figure out where the heck a guy has to go to edit the "About Me" profile stuff!
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