March 10th 1968
While conducting Operation Muscatine with the Americal, we were receiving Artillery support from 2/9 or the "Mighty ninth" as they called themselves, When our BN commanded flew out to LZ Uptight just south of Chu Lai to take part in the firing of the 500,000 105 round. I guess it was a big deal, I just hoped they didn't stop to long to pat each other on the back. I hear the casing is in the 4ths memorabilia collection.
Next month the 9th would fire almost that many in a continuing operation Macarthur, That the 4th killed over 5,000 enemy while pushing 2 NVA divisions back past Kontum and into Cambodia. Ladies and Gentlemen, there is no line in the sand that marks Vietnam from Cambodia, I can guarantee we were on the C side of that line. I may have seen Kerry.
Wait that was south of here.
But that’s latter this month. And next month.
Ron
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