Marc Johnson served two tours in Vietnam. After he returned home, he documented some of his memories for his family. Here are two excerpts:
“One of the South Vietnamese base camps close to ours came under a ground attack one night. Since we always had American Liaison Officers at these camps, I called to find out what was going on and if they needed any assistance. An American Army captain (LNO) answered the phone and said he didn’t have time to talk, as they were under attack. I told him “he better give me the information, as we were the only help that would come to his aid in the middle of the night if things got serious.” He realized I was right and furnished me the information.”
“Another night, a communication center the division had on top of a mountain called NUI BA DEN (Black Widow Mountain) came under attack. It was raining hard and our helicopters could not come to their assistance and it was run over by the VC. It was dark inside our bunker and we were listening to the battle on our radio. A radio operator at the camp was keeping us informed as to the situation they were experiencing. He said and I’ll always remember it, “It is raining, the wind is blowing, people are dying and there is nothing I can do.” Hell, there wasn’t anything we could do either.”
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Chu Chi Base Camp 1968-1969