Sir Freddy Johnson
Bill Ventura’s close up photo of Freddy Johnson with his ever present cigar. In any event, good to see Freddy again.
Freddy Johnson has been located. Eloy Rod has talked to him on the phone or the email. Let me post a photo of Freddy (Via Billy Ventura) when they were at he Camp Carroll or Con Thien area.
Looking for Platoon Members
We’re in the process of gathering information on the whereabouts of all platoon members. Coop is currently doing the heavy lifting assembling a Google Doc with all of the information in it.
We are looking for more information to update our document. If you have any new contact details for any members please contact Coop at: Joseph Cooper. Please replace ‘(AT)’ in his e-mail address with the ‘@’ symbol.
Semper Fi
Pilch to Pedro to Philbin
“Anyway since we were totally exhausted (both mentally and physically) I guess sleeping wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I mean in those days we could sleep on the jungle floor and not give it a second thought.”
–Eric “Smitty” Smith
Race wasn’t a barrier for friends in Vietnam
“The two men wound up fighting side by side in a vicious battle on a godforsaken hill with the uninspiring name of LZ Margo in mid-September. Then came a fateful day nearly two weeks later.”



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