I now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted at their best; men who suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped of their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate and the military. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory of me. As long as I have memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my family and my comrades…such good men.
The words -- profound. The author -- unknown.
9th Marines
RVN Operations
Apache Snow
Big Horn
Big Lodge
Buffalo
Cameron Falls
Chinook II
Cimarron
Con Thien
County Fair
Dawson River
Dawson River
Afton
Deckhouse V
Dewey Canyon I
Double Eagle
Double Eagle II
Liberty
Macon
Mississippi
Montana Mauler
Napoleon/Saline
Napoleon/
Saline II
Neosho
Neosho II
Pegasus
Prairie
Prairie II
Prairie III
Prairie IV
Prairie V
Scotland
Scotland II
Shawnee
Sterling
Sutter
Suwannee
Utah Mesa
Virginia Ridge
War Bonnet
TAOR-Tactical Area of Responsibility
I Corps, Da Nang, Red Beach, China Beach, Hill 55, Hill 327, Hill 282, An Hoa, Leatherneck Square, Dong Ha, Camp Carroll, Con Thien, Gio Linh, Cua Viet River, Quang Tri, Khe Sanh, Rockpile, Vandergrift, Ashau Valley, Dai Loc
