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1st Reconnaissance Battalion
Da Nang, Vietnam
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1ST Marine Division
1967-1969
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I'm just a simple old warrior who served in the uniform of this country's military in War, that loves to discuss all aspects of life. It is my firm conviction that if one understands what caused the war, how the war was conducted, and the Reconstruction Years that followed, one will know what this country is about. You can email 24/7 at: floydruggles@1streconbn.com Thanks for stopping by.
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Last update June 15th, 2013 ~ 3:28pm
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Our annual reunion
August 11-18, 2013
Milwaukee, WI
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1st Reconnaissance Battalion
Missions / Patrol Reports
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Too close to whisper...
...one click for "yes", two for "no"...
"Brothers of the Bush"
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Recon...their name is
their honor...and nothing more
need be said...Recon
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By James "Kimo" Andrews
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Swift, Silent and Deadly
Recon
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All Units
March 1966 - May 1971
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I'm thinking back to a time in 1969 when I was on a mission in Elephant Valley. A day that time stopped for me. It seems like yesterday for this proud Marine.
A company sized unit of North Vietnamese moved around me, four or five feet to my right and ten to twenty feet to my left on a winding trail. One by one they moved past me , one by one. As a twig snapped and one of the North Vietnamese turns and looks at me. Time stopped. His eyes seem to be searching for me. This moment was an eternity for me. Then, the enemy moved past me with packs on their backs, their weapons shouldered, carrying heavy arms and equipment. I could almost make out the serial numbers on their RPGs. Fifty or sixty NVA passed me and my team by that day and moved off into the bush. Not a shot was fired, not one shot was fired that day.
To all my brothers with painted faces. What a somber place it seems to be looking back at that river in Elephant Valley on that summer day. The enemy passed our team by that day. All of us recon Marines walked on through the elephant grass,crossed the river and moved to higher ground. Not a man was lost. Lt Riley and our radio operator, Pfc Tom Harkens called for artillery. The artillery rained down on the other side of the river. My mind wandered back to that place and that winding trail.
As I’m thinking back today to that day and time when not a shot was fired in Elephant Valley I do thank you my brother’s with painted faces from Company B. All my children and grandchildren also thank you.
This story is dedicated to a gung ho bunch of Marines from 1ST RECON. Thanks for the good times, my brothers.
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Take a ride past Freedom Hill to Camp Reasoner (August of 2009). The old camp stone sign is still there as well as an EGA over the guard shack door. The camp is in the hands of the army making it dangerous to go through it for a full tour of the area. It is believed the rock quarrying operation is an Army business. The Army runs a number of business including a cell phone network, hotels and other public works services. Click Here
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