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Date March 24, 2013
Name William Murphy
Email murph7@mindspring.com
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City Atlanta
State Ga.
Country USA
Comments My brother was Paul Murphy (Recon. 3 Bdg.,1st infantry Div.,Deceased/VN) The gov't said there was a big explosion(sept.14,'69) and a whole bunch of guys got killed. It was closed casket. What happened?



Date January 22, 2013
Name Wendell Affield
Email info@hawthornpetalpress.com
Home Page www.wendellaffield.com
City Shevlin
State MN
Country USA
Comments Jeff Johns and my sister were very close. They attended my wedding together in March 1969. Six months later I attended Jeff's funeral. We named our son Jeffrey in memory of a fallen soldier. A few weeks ago Larry Johns contacted me. He was 14 years old when his brother died--I don't remember Larry from the funeral but I do recall the numbness of a grief-striken family trying to make sense of such a terrible loss. I served four years in the Navy 1965-1969--two tours in Vietnam. The first aboard USS Rogers DD 876. The second with the Mobile Riverine Force, cox'n of an armor troop carrier in the Mekong Delta, working with the Army 9th Division and for four months on the Cua Viet River in I Corps with the 3rd Marine Division. My memoir, Muddy Jungle Rivers, was published in April 2012.View it at: www.muddyjunglerivers.com Larry's passion to remember his brother and the other men from Firebase Gela is laudable. I plan to submit an essay for Larry's anthology.



Date November 25, 2013
Name Victor Henke
Email vhenke@kc.rr.com
Home Page
City Leavenworth
State KS
Country USA
Comments Larry you did an excellent job on this I did not make Gela did not get to November PL till Oct then Recon in Nov. I believe we talked about a year ago. Excellent job



Date May 12, 2012
Name Vanessa
Email vanessanguyen9370@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Hanoi
State Fl
Country Vietnam
Comments Great idea ! you could do it ...



Date May 16, 2013
Name Tish Parker
Email ptarker@aol.com
Home Page
City Dripping Springs
State Texas
Country
Comments My brother was Paul Murphy, KIA September, 1969. My brother, William, told me about y'all and I am so grateful to meet all of you. Love and respect each and every one of you!! God Bless!!



Date January 30, 2013
Name Steve Stratton
Email stevestratton716@yahoo.com
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Comments I was with lima plt. alpha co. 1/28 Black Lions.Got to my unit around March 1969. Was moved there right after it was built. Gela was my home when I wasn't in the bush. First job was humping ammo for the m-60 and later an RTO for the Lt. Larry this is a great thing you are doing.



Date April 17, 2012
Name Steve Clasen
Email ssob1107@aol.com
Home Page
City Hermantown
State MN
Country USA
Comments Larry, When we meet two years ago and you told me about your brother Jeff, I immediately knew how devoted you were to him, his memory, and those he served with. It is an extraordinary venture you have embarked on to honor Jeff, and all those who served at FSB Gela. You will probably never fully realize how much it means to those who were at that tiny little place in the middle of the jungle, to be recognized for their service! I commend you for a job well done! You are indeed a brother! Love ya, man! Steve Clasen A Btry 8/6 Arty



Date May 13, 2012
Name Steve Clasen
Email
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City Hermantown
State MN
Country USA
Comments Just remembering the assault on FSB Gela on Mother's Day 1969. We honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Never forget!! To all my Gela brothers--love you guys!! Steve Clasen A Btry 8/6 Arty



Date March 30, 2013
Name Stanley Wroblewski
Email stanleywroblewski@gmail.com
Home Page www.cajunghosthunter.com
City Schriever
State Louisiana
Country United States
Comments Super bad site! Love it, immensely! I am facebook friends with Perry Bergeron who is the brother of an old schoolmate of mine, Allie. I am looking forward to your book and thouroughly enjoyed your website. May your brother RIP and I thank him for his service to this great country!



Date August 10, 2015
Name Shores Turner
Email shores1948@gmail.com
Home Page
City Granbury
State Texas
Country USA
Comments A 8/6 1st Inf. wounded Mother's Day May 12, 1969 at Gela.



Date May 21, 2012
Name Sam Matthews
Email sammatthews6692@bellsouth.net
Home Page
City Santa Rosa Beach
State FL
Country
Comments Well Done. COL(R)Sam Matthews, Big Red One August 1967-June 1969.



Date March 25, 2014
Name Ronald Sites
Email rongofish@roadrunner.com
Home Page
City Mapleton
State Maine
Country USA
Comments Was at Gela in "69". Never forget



Date April 8, 2013
Name Ronald Dahlen
Email acefu2@gmail.com
Home Page
City Lynnwood
State Wa.
Country
Comments Arrived Viet Nam Jan. 10, 1969. Walked point in 2nd platoon Charlie co. until April and then joined RECON. While with recon I was sent to a one week Sniper training and for the rest of my time in recon carried a special M-14 with sniper ammo. Not that great in the jungle! Was with recon until Sept. Then was assigned to a Fifty cal. bunker for a short while. Then I became the battalion gopher (go for). It is another story. Still alive, retired, traveling, carousing etc.



Date March 26, 2015
Name Roger VanDenburg
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Comments For those of us who accepted our duty when our country called, the collection of Doc Shirley's photos and reflections of a younger American generation shown within "Contrasts of War" help me find the positive energy which Doc demonstrates. Here is an honored citizen, who shows no bitterness but only the empathy for the people of a war-torn country and the troopers who occupied it. I was always looking to the day I would leave. Bob used his time wisely and left us a legacy of photo memories. Thank you, Bob and Larry for such a poignant book.



Date May 28, 2012
Name Roger Van Denburg
Email vanrog5@msn.com
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City Hernando
State FL
Country USA
Comments Larry. Great job and the latest with many wonderful, memorable photos is a great tribute to us and those who had the historical foresight to take and preserve those photos. I honor today, Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, the memories of SSGT Fleitman and 2LT Keahey III, 1/28th Delta Company, Gela occupants, killed in action on 1969June08. And to all those Delta Company members during that time, God Bless you and may life be good!



Date April 23, 2012
Name Roger Mercer
Email rogerandtana@gmail.com
Home Page
City Salem
State MO
Country
Comments Great website Larry. Jeff would be proud. Thanks for remembering all of us who were there so long ago.



Date May 14, 2012
Name Roger Mercer
Email rogerandtana@gmail.com
Home Page
City Salem
State MO
Country US
Comments Amen Steve!



Date February 11, 2013
Name Rod Rodriguez
Email CLR1260@aol.com
Home Page
City Pasadena
State CA
Country USA
Comments Hope this finds all the Gela Vets well. I was an FO with Delta 1/28th, out of Alpha 2/33 Arty. Later became the FDO for B 2/33 Arty at Thurder II and FSB Apollo.



Date January 12, 2014
Name Robert Sholly
Email rsholly@usa.net
Home Page www.youngsoldiersamazingwarriors.com
City Pearland
State Texas
Country USA
Comments Welcome Home, guys.



Date May 29, 2012
Name Richard L Sweat
Email n0ike@live.com
Home Page
City Colorado Springs
State CO
Country US
Comments Thanks Larry,nice job with the memory of FSB Gela. And many more FSB that I help build with A Btry 2/33 FA, section (Dungeon Alpha 5) Fire Mission. Welcome Home and Take Care. Richard



Date January 23, 2015
Name Ralph E. Newton
Email renewton@hughes.net
Home Page
City English
State IN
Country USA
Comments Vietnam Dec 68 - Dec. 69 A Btry 2/33 Art, A Co 1/28 Inf Forward Observer team 2/33 art Fire Direction ctr. Lakhi



Date April 26, 2012
Name Peter Welter
Email drpeterwelter@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Vero Beach
State fl
Country U.S.
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Date August 6, 2012
Name Peter Welter
Email drpeterwelter@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Vero Beach
State FL
Country United States
Comments Bergie and I were in 1/28 Charlie company for the mothers day ground attack. Our side of the perimeter was not the side attacked. At about 3am when it was over I took a stretcher and pulled a poncho liner over my head and went to sleep, when I awoke about 7 am I noticed that the other stretchers were lined up next to me they had mistaken me for a kia and put all the bodiesaound me as our position was closest to the helipad. Bergie and I were also at Gela the day the Lt. and sergeant were killed by mortor fire.



Date June 24, 2012
Name Perry "Bergie" Bergeron
Email perrybergeron@rocketmail.com
Home Page
City Robeline
State LA. 71469
Country USA
Comments I joined 1/28th Recon in late June/'69. Met your Brother Jeff. He started giving out information for us new guys.Recon was different from a Line Co. and he said we better damn well pay attention. His death affected me deeply. Loosing almost all of Recon in 2 days was devastating. I had 6 more months, in the boonies, after my Recon membership up North. Thank you for doing this project Larry. Like I said, I'll be seeing you in Mid - Late August 2012.



Date January 8, 2013
Name Nancy Caracciolo Warner
Email ncwarner@comcast.net
Home Page
City Ipswich
State MA
Country USA
Comments I served in RVN from July 1969- August 1970, with the American Red Cross. I was a Donut Dollie and my first duty station was Lai Khe and the Big Red One. My first visit to the field was to FSB Gela! It was quite an adventure. That first visit out there we saw A Co 1/28th and we were able to spend some time with 2/33 Arty battery. Gela became my favorite field visit and my favorite "guys." I was only in Lai Khe until October of 1969, but Gela always held a place in my heart throughout my year in RVN. I married a man I met on Gela though we did not really know eachother until we reconnected in the States, but we always tell the story that we met "in the jungle." I have some photos and will send them along some day. Thank you for making this site available. We reunite every year with about 30 guys who served in A Co. 1/28th and were on Gela. They will be thrilled to see this site!! Welcome home! Nancy