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Re: December 19, 1966
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We did alot of good things in our tours and never asked for anything. When someone takes the time to say thank you it is special and from the Hart.

I have had two thngs hapen that I will always rmember. Towards the end of my tour while flying with the 189th out near the border a call came over the radio from a Yard LRRP Team. They were pined down by an NVA patrol. We were the nearest ship by about 15 minutes. Mr Borders asked them to pop smoke for location and verification. The clearing was large enough to get in and out of quickley so we did a hot fly by to assess the situation and let Charlie know that help had arrived. We took some small arms fire on the fly by and figured we could get in. Any way mission accomplished with no hits but we did trade a lot of lead with Charlie. When we got the Yards back to their SF camp (I can't remember which one) we shut down for a short break and to look for dammage. After about 5 minutes two of the Yards came back to the ship with 4 elephant hair bracelets, one for each of us. I lost it before my tour ended but have since bought another one as a reminder.

My second memory happened a few years ago. I was invited to tag along with a group of guys for my son-inlaws 30th birthday. The festivities were at a bar in Baltimore which also had entertainment!!! I was wearing my Jeans Jacket which has my VVA Patch on one side and my Gator Patch on the other. To my left there were five young Marines having a good time and one of them noticed my patches. He took a collection from his buddies came over to me and put 20 $1:00 bills down on the bar in front of me and motioned the dancer over to collect. They also woulden't let me buy any more beer.

Good Troops.

Tom Gator 851.

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