Posted on 05/13/2009 7:29:13 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
On March 25, 1969, the Marines of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, moved through a thick jungle in enemy territory less than a klick from the Laotian border. Their mission was to locate, engage and destroy any enemy position near the company's area of operation. But not long into the patrol, the Leathernecks were soon pinned down by intense enemy fire from a North Vietnamese army position. At the direction of the company commander, the artillery officer called in air support and soon Marine jets dropped napalm and high explosives on the enemy. "We could feel the heat from the napalm, while bullets and shrapnel flew over our heads," remembers Jack "Doc" Broz, a former Navy corpsman with the unit in a telephone interview.
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Excellent story! God Bless all our men and women in uniform!
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