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Date February 20, 2013
Name Alexander Walker
Email alex983@cox.net
Home Page http://retiredboomerdude.blogspot.com
City Hampton
State VA
Country USA
Comments Hey guys just wanted to say hello to all the Lai Khe and Gela vets. I was with D Co 1/28th from July 1969 through Nov 1969... I was in on that battle north of Apollo on 25 Oct 1969 as a buck Sgt squad leader. You are doing a great job Larry of keeping the memory of the Black Lions at Gela alive...thanks.



Date January 15, 2015
Name Allen Riddagh
Email awr5248@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Palmdale
State CA
Country USA
Comments I was at Gela Aug 69 Lima D 1/28



Date July 18, 2012
Name Ann Gallo
Email bearland53@aol.com
Home Page
City Galloway
State NJ
Country USA
Comments My husband SALVATORE GALLO was stationed in Firebase Lorraine - Aug 68 - Aug 69. He earned his Silver Star at Lai Khe April 1969. He was in November Platoon - Alpha Company - 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry. He had prostate cancer April 2004 and died of bladder cancer May 5, 2012 (I believe it is linked to AO, but not on the presumptive list). He never talked about his time in Vietnam. I have been doing a lot of research and found these pics very interesting.



Date February 11, 2013
Name B. Rachel Mishler
Email brmishler@gmail.com
Home Page
City Minneapolis
State Minnesota
Country USA
Comments I met Richard at The Wall in 1987 while visiting DC with a group of Vietnam veterans. We returned to Minneapolis, eventually married and spent seven years together. Richard shared many, many stories and photos he much later developed. Even though we were unable to stay living in the same house, we didn't let a day go by without a phone call. He was a brilliant man and always held my interest. Richard was so happy to have found Jeff Johns' family. He died in a house fire 5/13/11.



Date August 2, 2012
Name Bill Bell
Email billbell@pinncom.com
Home Page
City Lavaca
State AR
Country USA
Comments http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=leave no man behind Leave No Man Behind: Bill Bell and the Search for American POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War by Garnett "Bill" Bell (5 customer reviews) Price New Used Collectible $287.58 $39.87 $199.95 Leave No Man Behind by Garnett Bill Bell 479-674-5449 "No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic." (Nixon) "Psychologists or sociologists may explain some day what it is about that distant monochromatic land, of green mountains and fields merging with an azure sea, that for millennia has acted as a magnet for foreigners who sought glory there and found frustration, who believed that in its rice fields and jungles some principle was to be established and entered them only to recede in disillusion.



Date August 26, 2015
Name Bill Brock
Email bands10@att.net
Home Page 5610 Hummingbird Lane
City Mckinney
State TX
Country USA
Comments Pilot for Crossbows June 68 to June 69



Date June 1, 2012
Name Bill Gilmore
Email dollar.bill@cox.net
Home Page
City Omaha
State Nebraska
Country
Comments Great job on the webpage and presentation. I was Air Force located in Central Highlands at Pleiku AFB in 1968-69. Thanks for your work and memories.



Date September 4, 2012
Name Bill McCallum
Email Parnelli21@aol.com
Home Page
City Somerst
State NJ
Country USA
Comments I was at Gela on May 12th. Didn't recall that it was Mother's Day until reading the other posts. I recall helping to carry wounded to the evacutation area and holding IVs for some of them. Watched as the color drained from one of the KIAs. Never knew his name. I helped carry Ken Sellers (sp) to one of the Dustoffs. Ken was from Vero Beach, Fla. I don't know if he survived.



Date July 17, 2012
Name Bobby W. Foster
Email bwfcaf@comcast.net
Home Page
City Spring
State Texas
Country USA
Comments Was at Gela from start to finish and proud to say I still talk to some the ole boys from that time in history that no one would have remembered if you were not doing this fine tribute. To all the Red One Brothers of all MOS's I salute you and if ever needed just give me a call and I will send a few rounds of H.E. Larry you are indeed a fine man and what this country should be about. I know for sure we old Arty boys appreciate your efforts. Take care all. SGT. Bobby W. Foster A BTRY 8/6TH Artillery



Date September 24, 2014
Name Cathy Harris
Email harrisjeffcathy@yahoo.com
Home Page
City louisville
State Kentucky
Country United States
Comments My uncle was Steven Dale Hooper. He was in B Co. 28th inf. He was killed on March 22, 1969. Anyone know him? Any and all information appreciated



Date December 12, 2015
Name Charles Emmrich
Email chuckie157@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Pound
State WI
Country USA
Comments I was the medic for mike platoon Bravo C0. 1/28 infantry 1st infantry division. I was in on the diigging the first bunkers for FSB Gela. Sometime in May 1969. Steve Brose was also killed by a charge on the perimeter. It was during a thunderstorm and lightening must have set it off. He was on listening post and I carried him back. I was wounded on June 25th carrying wounded back from a listening post at FSB Gela.



Date February 27, 2015
Name Chuck Hadley
Email chadley@magnumproducing.com
Home Page
City Houston
State Texas
Country USA
Comments I came into FSB Gela in June of 1969 and served on Gun 1(named ACE) which is 102mm howitzer of Battery A 2/32. I served for about a month and a fellow name Green in Ammo section asked me to trade with him and we did. I knew Lenny Potts of the recon team and Doc Campbell very well, bless their souls. I watched the recon team come in that day on the 14th as the tent I lived was at the entrance to Gela. I was wounded on Oct 31 at FSB Apollo out on the helicopter "pad" in a 3/4 qtr ton truck and was sent stateside in Nov 1969. Would like to thank the medics who treated me especially the tall lanky one who tore into those ARVN soldiers in my defense. I really like what Larry Johns has done on this site, as it is the opposite of war, love and forgiveness. Yeah, we all lived an adventurous life here and we have a lot of good stories mixed in with fighting to share and remember because we are a band of brothers. I'm here in Houston playing geologist and drilling oil wells and never retiring.



Date January 11, 2016
Name Chuck Hadley
Email chadley@magnumproducing.com
Home Page
City Houston
State Texas
Country United States
Comments Contact me , anyone who knows who were the medics assigned to HHQ 1/28 Inf. who were not assigned a line company . I was wounded at FSB Apollo on chopper pad while on a 3/4 ton truck along with Mac(Dan) McIntyre both of us arty 2/33rd. Tall lanky medic with glasses and other with black glasses ...would just like to thank them . Chuck Hadley



Date May 15, 2012
Name curtis gilliland
Email saigon42503@yahoo.com
Home Page
City somerset
State kentucky
Country pulaski
Comments Really enjoy your website Larry. As, I think I may have told you I have also been back to area where Gela was located several times but never truly knew where it was located. As, you and I have seen the area looks quite a bit different than what it did back in the 60s and 70s. I first drove to the area in 1992, with some Vietnamese friends who knew nothing of the area and today it looks much different than it did in "92. Keep up the good work. I should be in that area next week if all goes as planned.



Date May 27, 2012
Name Curtis Gilliland
Email saigo42503@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Somerset
State Kentucky
Country USA
Comments Larry, Right now I'm in Saigon and will be for three more weeks and I again looked at the pictures and video and everytime I do it brings back memories. You've done a great service and I appreciate it. To hear the old songs with the videos and pictures takes me right back to then. If you search out the book "Charlie Company and what it did to us" by Peter Goldman, you will notice it's about my company C 2/28 Ist but its written about the same time period and place your brother and I served. Good job, Larry. I appreciate what you've done. This is my 27th trip back here to Vietnam. I still don't know why I come



Date November 30, 2018
Name Daniel Potter
Email danpotter505@gmail.com
Home Page
City Condon
State OR
Country
Comments My uncle Martin Potter was in Delta Company 1/28 1st Infantry Division 1969-1970. If anyone knew him I would like to here from you. Thank you Larry for this website and thanks to Danny Willis and Bob Shirley for bringing me here.



Date April 17, 2012
Name Del Hiesterman
Email dhieste@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Missoula
State MT
Country USA
Comments You have honored the memory of your brother as well as all those who were there. So long ago but still vivid. I am anxious to see the final product. A/2/33 FA. FDC Section



Date June 9, 2012
Name Dennis E. Dewey
Email donna422@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Endicott
State NY
Country USA
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Date March 17, 2015
Name Don Gamble
Email jadag@centurytel.net
Home Page
City Holcombe
State WI
Country
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Date November 15, 2012
Name Don Price
Email dwprice@scrtc.com
Home Page
City Glasgow
State ky
Country
Comments I was a Sgt. with HHC at FSB Gela. I would be glad to hear from anyone that was there.



Date August 9, 2014
Name Doug Skinner
Email despasca@aol.com
Home Page
City Ambridge
State Pennsylvania
Country USA
Comments Sure was glad to hear about this site, have a lot of old friends I want to catch up with.



Date July 20, 2012
Name Eddie Beville
Email chrome_hog@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Inverness
State Florida
Country USA
Comments WECOME HOME MY FELLOW BROTHERS......Larry, great work and thank you for remembering all of us and not just your brother / who gave his all. Bravo Battery...8/6 Arty..May 1969 - March 1970.



Date June 9, 2013
Name Elaine (Davis) Nestler
Email ike1950@hotmail.com
Home Page
City New Cambria
State Ks.
Country U.S.
Comments I am visiting my brother (Brad Davis) in Atlanta.I was a junior in high school when he was in Vietnam & have always been interested in the experiences he had their, but a bit hesitant to approach the subject. So I really appreciate the work & time you have put into this project. I look forward to reading more as you continue your search. thank you.



Date January 5, 2015
Name Elliot Juren
Email elliotmj@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Norfolk
State VA
Country USA
Comments Hello all. Sorry to be getting to this party so late but Doc Shirley has kept me informed on the book progress and I can't wait to get a few copies. I was the RTO for Delta 1/28 while Bob was the medic. Hate to admit that the name Gela doesn't really ring a bell but the pix surely bring back lots of memories. Looking forward to the book.



Date August 13, 2015
Name Ernie Flynn Sr
Email flynn1000@msn.cm
Home Page
City Billings
State MT
Country USA
Comments Gun 2 Alpha 2/33rd. I was there the night we had ground attack at Gela. We lost our gunner, Jack Tirrell. I often wonder what happened to him.