Camp Holloway Discussion Forum Archive 02 - 05/07/01 to 02/28/03

Different Times

As I read some of the posting I begin to realize that no two tours would be the same even in our unit. During 1968 I remember flying many long days of resupply at Dak To and once in a while a hash and trash mission to the coast. I also remember doing assault and then we would sit at the runway at old Dak To or some other place until it was time to resupply or pull the troops out. During our tour with SOG we would sit at FOB II until it was time to fly.

During these times we would mix together and bullshit and all the platoons knew each other. A band of brothers. During 1969 it was completely different. We started in the new company area which I still say sucked. Then the Plei-Trap with all the garbage that brought. After that the first platoon went to An Khe while the second stayed in Pleiku and the Crocs started flying support for the ARVINs at Dak TO. Between that and the move we lost the bond that we had in 1968.

Help me out here. I need to hear what the guys before 1968 and the guys after 1969 think. I left in Sept of 69 and we were still trying to get established at An Khe. Maybe that's the reason I remember everybody from 1968 and then it gets fuzzy in 1969. What do you guys think?

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