In May, the platoon was re-attached to BLT 3/26 and spent time on the LSD 33 “USS Alamo,” preparing for landings that never came. His tank was sent to Hill 55 and did some “work” in Arizona territory. Days were spent on road sweeps, convoy escorts, and infantry/tank sweeps. The time there was spent on night time guard duty at An Hoa and Phu Loc 6. He was then sent to An Hoa to join 3rd Platoon, A Co. After five months he decided to take a trip “Down South” to Vietnam, where his plane was greeted by a rocket attack at Da Nang.
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To break the tedium, Jim took Jeep, PC and 6X driving training. The days in Okinawa were filled with inspections, busy-work training and boredom. He was one of six Marines who had a “real” job – as company armor. Since the H & S Company platoon was without a tank, they were referred to as Alpha 5-0 (zero tanks).
After two weeks at Staging Battalion, it was on to Okinawa, where he was assigned to A Co, 5th Tanks and the 3/26 Rear at Camp Schwab. Following his boot camp leave, he was assigned to area guard at Camp Del Mar and then he attended Basic Tank Crewman School. Two weeks of mess duty then preceded three weeks of infantry training (ITR). At the completion of boot camp he was meritoriously promoted to P.F.C.
In February, 1968, he was off to MCRD San Diego for boot camp where he served as the platoon secretary. To avoid the Draft, he signed up for a two-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. In the fall of 1967, he dropped a human physiology class and fell below the sixteen hours required for a military draft deferment. He successfully dodged the draft for 2 ½ years. After high school, it was on to college, where he was on the cross-country team. He was the first freshman in his school’s history to receive a varsity letter. In his small high school, he participated in cross country, basketball, track, baseball, chorus, and class plays. While growing up Jim belonged to the 4-H and F.F.A. Back in Iowa his parents farmed and had a chicken hatchery. His dad was stationed in England, where he met and married Jim’s English mother. Randy Browning Memorial “Awarded the Navy Cross”.View by Tank Companies & Ontos Battalions.There is no bridge across the river, people and students have to cross the river with small boat very dangerous. Thank you, Benefactors and everyone very much! Please review the bridge construction projects we have completed, to learn more about our workflow. And financial statements from start to finish.
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We will update the construction process in detail. Within 03 -> 04 months from the date of commencement. If you want to sponsor, we will send specific documents and count from Bridge No. Ca Mau and Western Vietnam currently need thousands of bridges. Except for special cases where local people cannot respond, we will sponsor 100%. We usually sponsor 50% -> 80% depending on the place and from time to time. A bridge with 2m in width and from 20m -> 65m in length ranges from VND 100 million -> VND 500 million, depending on the place and each time. Bridge construction price & funding level Ca Mau province in particular and the West in general, due to the dense terrain of the river, it is in need of thousands of bridges so that thousands of students, millions of people can go to school and trade safely, conveniently and fast.Īt present, we have funded 30 bridges in Ca Mau and are still planning to continue funding Ca Mau province and Western Vietnam.Ģ.
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