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Freedom cane recipient, Cpl Darrell Jensen. He is a 25th. Div. soldier. You can see his leg injury. He said he appreciated the cane very much. The photo includes his physical therapist,on the left and wife and son on the right of the photo.
UPDATE: Vets Urged to File 'Ao' Claims Now, Not Wait for Reg. Tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's disease or B cell leukemia should file claims now with the Department of Veterans Affairs for disability compensation, not wait until VA publishes a regulation officially linking these diseases to wartime service.
Picture submitted by Mac Reppert:
On the far left, just barely in the picture, is Dennis Krause, my RTO; I (Mac Reppert) am in the foreground second from the left and to the right of Denny; I don’t know who the guy in the jungle hat is, but I don’t think he was a chu hoi – I think he might have been someone from the BN S-3 shop; and the guy on the far right was our CO Jim Hansard (later KIA). The picture was taken by acting PAO PFC Herb Burdett just after a successful ambush my platoon triggered on a trail at the edge of the Michelin Rubber on an NVA convoy of a dozen ox carts loaded with supplies, just North of the village of Dau Tieng in the first or second week of August 1968. Records recovered from the body of the NVA Commanding Officer indicated an escort force of 150, although there can be no certain knowledge of this.
Charlie Company's men certainly did their part in the defense of this mountain top camp.
Here are a few pictures Ruben Sanchez wanted to share with you. He says: I remember at one of the reunions I saw pictures of C/2/22 (Mechanized) that joined up with C/3/22 in Vietnam. That's the unit I came from as well as others of the basic training cadre. The pictures are from 1964 & 1965. I thought you might get a kick out of seeing the pictures. You will see some of our personnel carriers at our barracks, some crossing the Columbia River in Yakima and a couple of pictures in C/3/22.
The James E. Callahan Chapter 65 Vietnam Veterans of America located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts had a plaque made for Joe honoring his silver star which he received as a member of Charlie Company for action on August 25, 1968. Joe was injured in Vietnam in October of 1968 and received the silver star and an army commendation medal for heroism in February of 1969 at Chelsea Naval Hospital. There was never a ceremony for him. The awards were given to him by a corpsman.
On May 1st, 2010, Chapter 65 held a ceremony in Pittsfield
to honor the 27 men killed in Vietnam from Berkshire County. As part of the ceremony, Joe was given the plaque honoring his silver
star and his citation was read. it was quite an emotional day for Joe, who had no idea he was to be honored, his family and
his many friends.
The plaque was made by Paul Bartlett. Paul is a member of Chapter 65 and has a company Heliplaque. He makes
a variety of beautiful military plaques. Our C/3/22 Association sent two coins which were incorprated into Joe's plaque. (Click
the picture to enlarge).
You may vividly remember the boat trip to Vietnam or may have heard about it. Click the picture to the left to see more of The Walker on display. Dave Gehr sent these photos.
Ayandria Barry, M.Ed, daughter of Sylvester Ellis (KIA 5-6-70), sent this email: I work with the Severely Wounded Soldiers coming back from the war and I get lots of benefit information coming across my desk. I wanted to make sure that I share this stuff with you guys because a lot of you guys are eligible for these benefits.
Have you guys heard of CRSC(Combat Related Special Compensation) Chapter 61 benefit, you guys would qualify for that as well if you had any Combat injuries.