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http://www.mcvthf.org/VPA.htm
  Anthony Simpson ...and I Still Remember http://mcvthf.org/VPAandIstill.htm
  Art Allen The Medal http://mcvthf.org/VPATheMedal.htm
Bob Skeels “EOD PERSONNEL EQUIVALENTS“
http://mcvthf.org/Stories/EOD_PERSONNEL_EQUIVALENTS.html
  Breech Block
The M3A1 Grease Gun
http://mcvthf.org/Stories/M3A1_Grease_Gun.html
  Peter Brush The Ontos Anti-Tank Vehicle http://mcvthf.org/Stories/The_Ontos.htm
  R. Scott Berry My Tour of Duty with Ontos http://mcvthf.org/VPAOntos.htm
  Sgt Maj. Wm. F. "JJ" Carroll. USMC (Ret.) Ron Knosky Park http://mcvthf.org/VPAKnosky.htm
  Richard "Dick" Carey 1st Newsletter http://mcvthf.org/VPANews1998.htm
    VC Tax Collector http://mcvthf.org/VPATheVC.htm
   

Third Tank Battalion Reactionary Rifle Platoon

http://mcvthf.org/VPAThatWar.htm
    1st Sgt. Barnett Person USMC (Ret) http://mcvthf.org/VPAJPerson.htm
    William Raymond Corson 
Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret)
http://mcvthf.org/VPALtColCorson.htm
   

Robert Allen Butz, 1st Lt.

http://mcvthf.org/VPAButz.htm
    Bobby Ruble http://mcvthf.org/VPARuble.htm
    Joe Androlowizc, MSgt., USMC, Retired http://mcvthf.org/VPAAndrolowizc.htm
    Dennis Richardson http://mcvthf.org/VPARichardson.htm
    W.R. Blanchard http://mcvthf.org/VPABlanchard.htm
    Jack Arena http://mcvthf.org/VPAArena.htm
 

Jim Mazy Hotel Company, 2/4

http://mcvthf.org/VPAMazy.htm
    Tom Riggins

First Marine, Force Recon

http://mcvthf.org/VPARiggins.htm
    America’s Finest, So to Speak http://mcvthf.org/VPAAmericas.htm
 

As Told By: Col. Paul Goodwin, USMC (Ret.) C.O. Kilo Co., 3/3, 1969

Written by: Dick Carey

Capt. Michael Wunsch, KIA http://mcvthf.org/VPAWunsch.htm
  Harry Christensen

Captain Daniel Wilder Kent, KIA

http://mcvthf.org/VPAKent.htm
  Jim Coan Turkey Shoot at the DMZ http://mcvthf.org/VPATurkey.htm
    How The Washout Got Its Name http://mcvthf.org/VPAWashout.htm
    The Siege of Con Tien http://mcvthf.org/VPASiege.htm
    The Hitch Hiker Incident http://mcvthf.org/VPAHitch.htm
   

TET ATTACK AT CAM LO

http://mcvthf.org/VPATetCam.htm
  Lt. Col. Richard O. Culver, USMC (Ret.) The Four Gates To Hell http://mcvthf.org/VPA4Gates.htm
  Col. Wm. J. Davis, USMC (Ret.)

Return to Vietnam

40 Years Later

http://mcvthf.org/VPAReturnVN.htm
  Ed Mason Ed "Alwful Ed" Mason http://mcvthf.org/VPAAwlful.htm
  Frank Matthews SSgt. Earl Matthews,Jr. KIA http://mcvthf.org/VPAOnceMarine.htm
  David "Doc" Forsyth "Watch  me!" http://mcvthf.org/VPAWatchMe.htm
  Guy Wolfenbarger F-23 in Ambush Valley http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Flame_Tank_in_Ambush_Valley.htm
  Jack T. Hartzell Operation Kingfisher A Show of Force July 28-30 1967 http://mcvthf.org/VPAKingfisher.htm
  Richard "Ric" Langley How I Ended Up in Vietnam http://mcvthf.org/VPAEndedUp.htm
  Maj. Willard F. Lochridge, IV USMC (Ret) NIGHT OF THE TIGERS http://mcvthf.org/VPANightTigers.htm
  Rick Maddy, Kilo Co., 3/5 "February 28, 1968" http://mcvthf.org/VPAKilo3_5.htm
    Rockets And Green Feet http://mcvthf.org/VPARockets.htm
  Mike Ledford James M. "Mike" Ledford http://mcvthf.org/VPALedford.htm
  Robert "Bob" Peavey Fit To Be Tied http://mcvthf.org/VPAFit.htm
    Fire In The Hole http://mcvthf.org/VPAFireNole.htm
    "Heads, You Win. Tails . . . " http://mcvthf.org/VPAHeads.htm
  Lloyd '"Pappy'" Reynolds Stinkey and the .50 http://mcvthf.org/VPAStinky.htm
    Rabbit Hunting http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Rabbit_Hunting.html
    Inspections http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Inspections.htm
    Office Hours http://mcvthf.org/Stories/OfficeHours.html
    Re-enlisting and going off to war http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Re-enlisting.html
   

One Hit, One Miss, No Errors

http://mcvthf.org/VPAOneRun.htm
    DOUBLE AMBUSH ON ROUTE 9 http://mcvthf.org/VPADoubleAm.htm
    Personal Air Conditioner in the M48a3 http://mcvthf.org/Stories/AirConditionedM48a3.html
    OPERATION HICKORY http://mcvthf.org/VPAOPHickory.htm
    THE DAY WE DROWNED SUPER GOOF II (BRAVO 14) http://mcvthf.org/VPADrownGoof.htm
    RAT’S, SNAKE’S AND THINGS THAT GO BITE IN THE NIGHT http://mcvthf.org/Stories/RatsnSnakes.html
    TANKERS DIDN’T DO IT!! http://mcvthf.org/Stories/TankersDidntDoIt.html
    TANKERS DON’T DRINK (MUCH) http://mcvthf.org/Stories/TankersDontDrink.html
    A LOAD OF PLYWOOD http://mcvthf.org/Stories/ALoadofPlywood.html
    In The Chow Line http://mcvthf.org/Stories/ChowLine.html
    IT WAS THAT KIND OF WAR http://mcvthf.org/Stories/ThatKindofWar.html
    Chico http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Chico.html
    A Cup of Cocoa http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Cocoa.html
    An Hoa - Phu Loc 6 http://mcvthf.org/Stories/AnHoa.html
    Coming Home http://mcvthf.org/Stories/CommingHome.html
    "Pappys" Confession http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Charlston_09.htm
  Pete Ritch

Pete Ritch Shares Storey

http://mcvthf.org/VPANorth.htm
    A Tanker Talks - Thirteen Months And A Wake Up http://mcvthf.org/VPA13Months.htm
    History Project http://ftp.mcvthf.org/Stories/Tankers_Association_History_Project.htm
    The Vandergrift Ice Run http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Vandergrift_Ice_Run.htm
  Lt.  Col Ray Stewart, USMC (Ret.) SUMMARY OF BLT 2/3 IN OPERATION BUFFALO/BEAVER TRACK (2-14 JULY 67) http://mcvthf.org/VPASumBuff.htm
    Operation Starlite: The First Big Battle (17-24 August 1965) http://mcvthf.org/VPAStarlite.htm
    Battle for Hue full Article http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Battlefor%20HueCity01.html
    Battle for Hue Leatherneck Article http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Battlefor%20HueCity02.html
  Chuck Truitt The Vinh Dai Jeep Crusher http://mcvthf.org/VPAJeep.htm
  John Wear

The "Garbage Burners" on a

Garbage Working Party

http://mcvthf.org/VPABurners.htm
    "Close Call -  A Marine Dodging Death" http://mcvthf.org/VPACplWear.htm
    Tribute to Robert Minetto http://mcvthf.org/VPADrownMinetto.htm
 

John Wear - Told by,

Sgt Maj. Wm. F. "JJ" Carroll. USMC (Ret.)

Kenneth Bores

My 2 Days at Con Thien http://mcvthf.org/VPAMy2Days.htm
  Kennith Whitehead
Operation Liberty
http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Tanks_on_Operation_Liberty_June_1966.html
  Larry Williams The Battle of Mike’s Hill. http://mcvthf.org/VPAJan241968.htm
  John Yawl Sweet Swede http://mcvthf.org/VPASweet.htm
 
Ken Zebal
LZ Hawk
http://mcvthf.org/Stories/LZ_Hawk_Khe_Sanh.html
   
VIET-NAM REVISITED 
http://mcvthf.org/Stories/Vietnam_Revisited_After_25_Years.html
  Lt. Col. Ken Zitz, USMC (Ret.) STILL THE HIGHEST CALLING http://mcvthf.org/VPACalling.htm
  by Rene Cerda May 19, 1968 May 19, 1968 Award & Story
  by Fred Kellogg May 19, 1968 May 19, 1968 Award & Story
  by Harris Himes May 19, 1968 May 19, 1968 Award & Story 
  By Rick Oswood May 19, 1968 May 19, 1968 Award & Story
 

by Greg Martin, Dave Granger and Hank Brightwell

Operation Buffalo

A Conversation about Operation Buffalo