| Comments:Beginning April 26, 1969 for a six-day period we were OpCon to 3d Bn 1st Marines on a search and clear operation that proceeded in two phases: 1) moving from Hill 55 across the Golden Gate Bridge and then southwest of Hill 55 into the Dodge City area south of Route 4, and then 2) north to Route 4, then west into the Thuong Duc Valley along Route 4 via Hill 37 (See Dai Loc mapsheet 6640 IV, coordinates AT916582), where we stopped for an hour or two, past Hill 65, and south across the Song Vu Gia into the northern Arizona Territory near Minh Tan. (I am uncertain of the river crossing point, but it was within grid squares AT8154, AT8255, or AT8355.)
In the first phase of this operation south of Route 4 into the Dodge City area, I led our Heavy Section with Kilo Company, 3/1, commanded by a Captain Weeks, while the Light Section was with India Company, which was commanded by a tall first lieutenant whose name I do not recall but would like to know.
Attached to Kilo Co 3/1 from 2/69 to 10/69, 2nd Platoon, Co. A, 5th Tanks. |
